Leviticus 13 · Verse 24

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 13:24, King James Version

Leviticus 13:24 in other translations

BSBWhen there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
WEB“Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
ASVOr when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;
YLT‘Or when flesh hath in its skin a fiery burning, and the quickening of the burning, the bright white spot, hath been very red or white,
DARBYOr if in the flesh, in the skin thereof, there is a burning inflammation, and the place of the inflammation become a bright spot white-reddish or white,
BBEOr if there is a burn on the skin of the flesh, and if the diseased flesh in the burn becomes a bright place, red and white or white,
WebsterOr if there is any flesh, in the skin of which there is a hot burning, and the live flesh that burneth hath a white bright spot, somewhat reddish or white;

What does Leviticus 13:24 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…

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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…

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Leviticus 13:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

א֣וֹ'oorH176
בָשָׂ֔רva.SarfleshH1320
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
בְעֹר֖וֹve.'o.Roon skin itsH5785
מִכְוַת\־mikh.vat-a burn ofH4348
אֵ֑שׁ'EshfireH784
וְֽהָיְתָ֞הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will beH1961
מִֽחְיַ֣תmich.Yat[the] raw spot ofH4241
הַמִּכְוָ֗הha.mikh.Vahthe burnH4348
בַּהֶ֛רֶתba.He.reta bright spotH934
לְבָנָ֥הle.va.NahwhiteH3836
אֲדַמְדֶּ֖מֶת'a.dam.De.metreddishH125
א֥וֹ'oorH176
לְבָנָֽה\׃le.va.NahwhiteH3836

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 13:24

  • Isaiah 3:24

    And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a hot burning. Heb. a burning of fire.
Isa 3:24This is supposed to state the case of such as had been hurt by fire; which would leave a scar, in which the leprosy might appear, and which was to be distinguished by the rules here given.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 13:25

    Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

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Leviticus 13:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Asimismo cuando la carne tuviere en su piel quemadura de fuego, y hubiere en lo sanado del fuego mancha blanquecina, bermejiza ó blanca,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ou si la chair a dans sa peau une brûlure de feu, et que la marque de la brûlure soit une tache d’un blanc roussâtre ou blanche,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Oder wenn in der Haut des Fleisches eine feurige Entzündung entsteht, und das Mal der Entzündung wird ein weiß-rötlicher oder weißer Flecken,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Caro autem et cutis, quam ignis exusserit, et sanata albam sive rufam habuerit cicatricem,