Leviticus 13:23
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus 13:23 in other translations
| BSB | But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. |
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| WEB | But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. |
| ASV | But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. |
| YLT | and if in its place the bright spot stay--it hath not spread--it is an inflammation of the ulcer; and the priest hath pronounced him clean. |
| DARBY | But if the bright spot have remained in its place, and have not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. |
| BBE | But if the bright mark keeps in the same place and gets no greater, it is the mark of the old wound, and the priest will say that he is clean. |
| Webster | But if the bright spot shall stay in its place, and not spread, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. |
What does Leviticus 13:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:9-37
9-37. if the rising be white--This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly patches themselves…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 13:18-44
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean. Human life lies exposed to many…
Leviticus 13:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 13:23
- Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
- 1 Peter 4:2-3
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
- Job 40:4-5
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
- Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- 2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2-3
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord. Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
- Matthew 26:75
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
- Job 34:31-32
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
- Genesis 38:26
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
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Context
- Leviticus 13:22
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
- Leviticus 13:23
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
- Leviticus 13:24
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
Leviticus 13:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero si la mancha blanca se estuviere en su lugar, que no haya cundido, es la costra de la apostema; y el sacerdote lo dará por limpio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais si la tache est demeurée à sa place au même état, et ne s’est pas étendue, c’est la cicatrice de l’ulcère: le sacrificateur le déclarera pur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn der Flecken an seiner Stelle stehen bleibt, wenn er nicht um sich gegriffen hat, so ist es die Narbe der Beule; und der Priester soll ihn für rein erklären. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sin autem steterit in loco suo, ulceris est cicatrix, et homo mundus erit. |