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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220When someone has a burn on their skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Or, when the body has a burn on its skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Or if there be <i>any</i> flesh, in the skin whereof <i>there is</i> a hot burning, and the quick <i>flesh</i> that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Or if the body receives a burn on its skin by fire, and the raw <i>flesh</i> of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw <i>flesh</i> of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw <i>flesh</i> of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw <i>flesh</i> of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Or if the body has on its skin a burn from fire and the new flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish white or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When there is a burn on the skin of one’s body produced by fire, and the patch made raw by the burn becomes reddish-white or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When there is a burn on the skin of one&#8217s body produced by fire, and the patch made raw by the burn becomes reddish-white or white, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Or 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you have a burn that gets infected and turns red or reddish-white, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Or 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If anyone has a burn on his skin and the raw flesh of the burn turns into a pink or bright white area,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In case any of you have been burned, if the raw flesh becomes white or reddish-white, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When a person has a burn scar in the skin that turns bright, white-reddish, or white, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When there is a burn on someone?s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"When a body has a burn on its skin and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Or 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Or when flesh has a fiery burning in its skin, and the quickening of the burning, the bright white spot, has been reddish or white,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> '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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Or when there shall be flesh in his skin a burning of fire, and there was a quickening of the burning, a brightness reddish white, or white;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The flesh also and skin that hath been burnt, and after it is healed hath a white or a red scar, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if flesh and skin has been burned by fire, and, having been healed, now has a white or red scar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If there was a burn on a person’s skin, and the burned area now becomes a reddish white or a white blotch,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Or, when the body has a burn on the skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Or if a person's body has a burn on its skin, and the quick flesh of the burn has a shiny spot, somewhat white or reddish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if the flesh will have a burn of fire in his skin and there shall be in the sore of the burn a shiny spot of white or of red or of white;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Or 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if the flesh be in his skin <i>in a state of</i> fiery inflammation, and there should be in his skin the part which is healed of the inflammation, bright, clear, and white, suffused with red or very white;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3073" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Laws about Skin Diseases</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>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. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there is</a> <a href="/hebrew/4348.htm" title="4348: miḵ·waṯ- (N-fsc) -- A burnt spot, scar of a burn. From kavah; a burn.">a burn</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ḇə·‘ō·rōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">on someone’s skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ḇā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4241.htm" title="4241: miḥ·yaṯ (N-fsc) -- Preservation of life, sustenance. From chayah; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. The quick.">and the raw</a> <a href="/hebrew/4348.htm" title="4348: ham·miḵ·wāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A burnt spot, scar of a burn. From kavah; a burn.">area of the burn</a> <a href="/hebrew/934.htm" title="934: ba·he·reṯ (N-fs) -- Brightness, bright spot. Feminine active participle of the same as bahiyr; a whitish spot on the skin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">becomes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lə·ḇā·nāh (Adj-fs) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">reddish-white</a> <a href="/hebrew/125.htm" title="125: ’ă·ḏam·de·meṯ (Adj-fsc) -- Reddish. Reduplicated from 'adam; reddish."></a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lə·ḇā·nāh (Adj-fs) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">white,</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Numbers 12:10-15</a></span><br />As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, / and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. / Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-19</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-45</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-16</a></span><br />While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a></span><br />While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a></span><br />In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a></span><br />So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3-10</a></span><br />Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7</a></span><br />So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burns have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;</p><p class="hdg">a hot burning [heb] a burning of fire</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Isaiah 3:24</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> 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; <i>and</i> burning instead of beauty.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-32.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-15.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Inflammation</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-10.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-10.htm">Quickening</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-15.htm">Raw</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Red</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Reddish-White</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm">Somewhat</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Whereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-31.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/numbers/21-6.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-52.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Inflammation</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Live</a> <a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-45.htm">Quickening</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-15.htm">Raw</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Red</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Reddish-White</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-8.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Somewhat</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-9.htm">Whereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm">The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When there is a burn on someone’s skin</b><br>In the context of Leviticus, the laws concerning skin diseases, including burns, were given to the Israelites as part of the holiness code. These laws were intended to maintain the purity and health of the community. Burns were common injuries in ancient times, often resulting from cooking, working with fire, or accidents. The priests were responsible for diagnosing and managing these conditions, which underscores the importance of health and hygiene in maintaining ritual purity.<p><b>and the raw area of the burn</b><br>The "raw area" refers to the exposed, sensitive part of the skin that has been damaged. In ancient Israel, the understanding of medical conditions was limited, and visible symptoms were crucial for diagnosis. The rawness of the burn would have been a sign of potential infection or impurity, which needed careful examination by the priest. This reflects the broader biblical theme of distinguishing between clean and unclean, pure and impure.<p><b>becomes reddish-white or white</b><br>The change in color to reddish-white or white was significant in determining the nature of the skin condition. In the Levitical system, these colors could indicate a deeper issue, such as leprosy, which was a term used for various skin diseases. The priest's role was to discern whether the condition was merely a superficial burn or something more serious that could render a person ceremonially unclean. This process of examination and discernment is echoed in the New Testament, where spiritual discernment is emphasized (e.g., <a href="/1_corinthians/2-14.htm">1 Corinthians 2:14-15</a>). The transformation of the skin's appearance can also be seen as a metaphor for spiritual transformation, where outward signs reflect inward realities.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai. He is the central figure in delivering God's laws to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>Moses' brother and the first high priest, who, along with his sons, was responsible for carrying out the laws concerning cleanliness and uncleanliness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the Levitical laws, who were to follow these instructions to maintain purity and holiness as God's chosen people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priests.htm">The Priests</a></b><br>Those responsible for examining skin conditions and determining cleanliness or uncleanliness according to God's laws.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites received these laws, emphasizing their journey and dependence on God for guidance and provision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus emphasize the importance of holiness and purity in the life of God's people. We are called to be set apart and to live lives that reflect God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priesthood.htm">The Role of the Priesthood</a></b><br>The priests served as mediators between God and the people, pointing to the ultimate High Priest, Jesus Christ, who intercedes for us and provides cleansing from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/physical_and_spiritual_health.htm">Physical and Spiritual Health</a></b><br>The concern for physical cleanliness in Leviticus reflects a deeper concern for spiritual health. We should examine our lives for areas that need God's cleansing and healing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The community played a role in maintaining purity, reminding us of our responsibility to support and encourage one another in our spiritual journeys.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_care.htm">God's Provision and Care</a></b><br>The detailed laws show God's care for His people, providing a way for them to live safely and healthily. We can trust in God's provision and guidance in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_priests_diagnose_skin_diseases.htm">How could priests with no formal medical training accurately diagnose skin diseases (Leviticus 13:1-8)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_link_skin_issues_to_divine_judgment.htm">Why does the text attribute certain skin conditions to divine judgment instead of natural causes (Leviticus 13:9-17)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_stoning_contradict_'do_not_kill'.htm">Does the prescribed stoning for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14) contradict the Sixth Commandment against killing (Exodus 20:13)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_israelites_keep_lamps_burning_always.htm">How historically feasible was it for the Israelites to keep the lamps burning continually (Leviticus 24:2) given their technological limitations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">or if there is in the skin of the flesh. </span>As a burn or inflammation arising from contact with pitch or hot water was adduced in <a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm" title="The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,">Leviticus 13:18</a>, the verse before us specifies a sore, pustule, or blister occasioned by "a burning of fire," as the Margin of the Authorised Version rightly has it, and not <span class= "ital">a hot burning, </span>as it is in the text. The ancient canons distinctly define this by "that which is burnt with a coal or with embers, whatsoever is from the force of actual fire, is the burning here meant," in contradistinction to the burn or inflammation mentioned in <a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm" title="The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,">Leviticus 13:18</a>.<p><span class= "bld">And the quick flesh that burneth.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">and the sound flesh of the burning </span>(see <a href="/leviticus/13-10.htm" title="And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;">Leviticus 13:10</a>), that is, the tender flesh which is renewed (after it has lost the purulent matter in it) and exhibits these symptoms.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 24-28.</span> - The method of discriminating between a leprous spot and the scar of a burn. <span class="cmt_word">If there be any flesh, in the skin whereof</span> there is <span class="cmt_word">a hot burning</span>. This rendering indicates that the authors of the Authorized Version thought a disease of the nature of a carbuncle to be meant; but it is better to take the words literally as they are translated in the margin, <span class="accented">If there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a burning of fire</span>; that is, a scar from a burn, The leprous spot and the scar are to be distinguished as in the previous case. An old nicer or burn is a more likely place for a leprous spot to appear than any part of the body which is sound, just as in the moral sphere sin fixes on some old wound of the soul to burst out in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there is</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a burn</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכְוַת־</span> <span class="translit">(miḵ·waṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4348.htm">Strong's 4348: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burnt spot, scar of a burn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on someone’s skin</span><br /><span class="heb">בְעֹר֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·‘ō·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the raw</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽחְיַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(miḥ·yaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4241.htm">Strong's 4241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[area] of the burn</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּכְוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miḵ·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4348.htm">Strong's 4348: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burnt spot, scar of a burn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">becomes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">reddish-white</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> </span><span class="str2">White</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">white,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> </span><span class="str2">White</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-24.htm">Leviticus 13:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:24 Or when the body has a burn (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>