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The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin, but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if the bright spot stay in his place, <i>and</i> spread not in the skin, but it <i>be</i> somewhat dark; it <i>is</i> a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it <i>is</i> an inflammation of the burning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But if the bright spot stays in one place, <i>and</i> has not spread on the skin, but has faded, it <i>is</i> a swelling from the burn. The priest shall pronounce him clean, for it <i>is</i> the scar from the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is <i>only</i> the scar of the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar of the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But if the bright spot remains in its place, and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is <i>only</i> the scar of the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is <i>only</i> the scar of the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dull in color, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the spot has remained where it was and has not spread on the skin but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn. The priest is to pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the spot has remained where it was and has not spread on the skin but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn. The priest is to pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />However, if the infection hasn't spread and has begun to heal, and if only a scar remains, he will say, "Only a scar remains from the burn, and you are clean." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If the irritated area does not spread but has faded, it is only a sore caused by the burn. The priest must declare him clean, because it is a scar caused by the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread and is light in color, it is not a dreaded skin disease. The priest shall pronounce you ritually clean, because it is only a scar from the burn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But if the bright spot remains in place, doesn't spread in the skin, and it's dull, it's the swelling of the burned area. The priest is to declare him clean, since it's the scar from a burn."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, because it is the scar of the burn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if the bright spot shall stay in its place, and not spread in the skin, but be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar from the burn. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And if the bright spot stays in its place, it has not spread in the skin, and has faded; it [is] a rising of the burning, and the priest has pronounced him clean; for it [is] inflammation of the burning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And if the bright spot stay in its place, it hath not spread in the skin, and is become weak; a rising of the burning it is, and the priest hath pronounced him clean; for it is inflammation of the burning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if the brightness shall stand still, the lowest, spreading not in the skin, and it was dim; it a rising of the burning, and the priest cleansed him: for it a scar of the burning.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if the whiteness stay in its place, and be not very clear, it is the sore of a burning, and therefore he shall be cleansed, because it is only the scar of a burning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if the whiteness stays in its place and is not very clear, it is the mark of a burn, and for this reason he shall be declared clean, because it is only the scar from a burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But if the blotch remains the same without spreading on the skin and is faded, it is merely the spot of the burn; the priest shall therefore declare the person clean, since it is only the scar of the burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin but has abated, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burn.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if the shiny spot stays in its place and does not spread in the skin and is somewhat even, it is a scab of the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; because it is the scab of the burn.<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 shiny spot remains in its place and it has not changed in the skin but it is even, it is the sore of a burn; the Priest shall declare it clean because it is the sore of a burn.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim, it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if the bright spot remain stationary, and be not spread in the skin, but <i>the sore</i> should be dark, it is a scar of inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the mark of the inflammation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-28.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=3116" 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">27</span>On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/934.htm" title="934: hab·ba·he·reṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Brightness, bright spot. Feminine active participle of the same as bahiyr; a whitish spot on the skin.">the spot</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ṯa·‘ă·mōḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">is unchanged</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: taḥ·te·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and has not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6581.htm" title="6581: p̄ā·śə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To spread. A primitive root; to spread.">spread</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ḇā·‘ō·wr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">on the skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/3544.htm" title="3544: ḵê·hāh (Adj-fs) -- Dim, dull, faint. From kahah; feeble, obscure.">but has faded,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hi·w (Conj-w:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/7613.htm" title="7613: śə·’êṯ (N-fsc) -- From nasa'; an elevation or leprous scab; figuratively, elation or cheerfulness; exaltation in rank or character.">is a swelling</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.">from the burn,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">and the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: wə·ṭi·hă·rōw (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">is to pronounce him clean;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6867.htm" title="6867: ṣā·re·ḇeṯ (N-fsc) -- Scab, scar (of a sore). From Tsaw'ar; conflagration.">is only the scar</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.">from the burn.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,…<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="/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 17:12-14</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 1:40-44</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_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="/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="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/luke/4-27.htm">Luke 4:27</a></span><br />And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”<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="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<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. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Dim</a> <a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Faded</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">However</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Inflammation</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Less</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Pale</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Scar</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Size</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Somewhat</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Stays</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Swelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Unchanged</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Weak</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-52.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-34.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Dim</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Faded</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">However</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Inflammation</a> <a href="/numbers/5-13.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Less</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Pale</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-34.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Scar</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Size</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Somewhat</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-24.htm">Stays</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Swelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Unchanged</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Weak</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'; 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In the context of Levitical law, the unchanged nature of the spot is crucial for determining ritual purity. The unchanged spot signifies that the condition is not contagious or indicative of a more serious disease like leprosy. This reflects the meticulous nature of the priestly examination process, emphasizing the importance of careful observation and patience in making a diagnosis. The stability of the spot can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual steadfastness, where believers are encouraged to remain firm in their faith and not be swayed by external circumstances.<p><b>but has faded</b><br>The fading of the spot suggests healing or a reduction in severity, which is a positive sign in the context of Levitical purity laws. Fading indicates that the condition is not active or spreading, which is a key factor in determining cleanliness. This can be seen as a symbol of redemption and restoration, where what was once a cause for concern is now diminishing. In a broader biblical context, fading can be associated with the idea of sin being washed away or reduced through repentance and divine intervention, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>, where sins are made as white as snow.<p><b>it is a swelling from the burn</b><br>This phrase identifies the cause of the skin condition as a burn, which is a common injury in ancient times due to cooking, fire use, and warfare. The mention of a burn highlights the practical aspects of Levitical law, which takes into account various causes of skin conditions. The swelling from a burn is distinguished from other skin diseases, emphasizing the need for accurate diagnosis. In a spiritual sense, burns and their scars can symbolize trials and suffering, which, though painful, can lead to growth and purification, much like the refining process described in <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>.<p><b>and the priest is to pronounce him clean</b><br>The role of the priest as a mediator and judge in matters of purity is underscored here. The priest's pronouncement of cleanliness is not just a medical diagnosis but a declaration of the individual's ability to rejoin the community and participate in religious life. This reflects the priestly authority and the importance of community and worship in Israelite society. The priest's role can be seen as a type of Christ, who is our ultimate High Priest, mediating on our behalf and declaring us clean through His sacrifice, as described in <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>.<p><b>for it is only the scar from the burn</b><br>The final phrase confirms the non-threatening nature of the condition, as it is merely a scar. Scars are evidence of past wounds but also of healing. In biblical symbolism, scars can represent the enduring marks of past trials and the faithfulness of God in bringing healing and restoration. This can be connected to the scars of Christ, which are a testament to His sacrifice and victory over sin and death, as seen in <a href="/john/20-27.htm">John 20:27</a>, where Jesus shows His scars to Thomas. The acknowledgment of scars as part of one's history and testimony is a powerful reminder of God's redemptive work in the lives of believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>The priest acts as a mediator and judge in matters of ceremonial cleanliness, reflecting the role of spiritual leadership in ancient Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/person_with_a_burn.htm">Person with a Burn</a></b><br>Represents individuals who have suffered physical injury and are undergoing examination for ceremonial cleanliness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a></b><br>The broader context involves maintaining the purity and holiness of the community as commanded by God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where the presence of God dwells, necessitating the purity of those who approach it.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/ceremonial_law.htm">Ceremonial Law</a></b><br>The laws given to Israel to maintain holiness and cleanliness, reflecting God's standards.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_community.htm">Holiness and Community</a></b><br>The importance of maintaining purity within the community reflects God's call for His people to be set apart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>The priest's role in examining and pronouncing cleanliness highlights the responsibility of spiritual leaders to guide and care for their communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/physical_and_spiritual_healing.htm">Physical and Spiritual Healing</a></b><br>The examination of physical ailments can be seen as a metaphor for addressing spiritual issues, emphasizing the need for both physical and spiritual healing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_standards.htm">God's Standards</a></b><br>The detailed laws remind us of God's high standards for holiness and the need for His people to strive for purity in all aspects of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_and_restoration.htm">Compassion and Restoration</a></b><br>The process of examination and pronouncement of cleanliness shows God's desire for restoration and inclusion of individuals back into the community.<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/is_quarantine_for_spots_still_relevant.htm">Does commanding people with suspicious spots to remain quarantined align with modern understandings of infectious diseases (Leviticus 13:4-5)?</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/key_events_in_aaron's_life.htm">What were the key events in Aaron's life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-28.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">But if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the spot</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·he·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_934.htm">Strong's 934: </a> </span><span class="str2">A whitish spot on the skin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is unchanged</span><br /><span class="heb">תַעֲמֹ֨ד</span> <span class="translit">(ṯa·‘ă·mōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and has not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spread</span><br /><span class="heb">פָשְׂתָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·śə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6581.htm">Strong's 6581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spread</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the skin</span><br /><span class="heb">בָעוֹר֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - 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">but has faded,</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵהָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵê·hāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3544.htm">Strong's 3544: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dim, dull, faint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִ֣וא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hi·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is a swelling</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂאֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(śə·’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7613.htm">Strong's 7613: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation, leprous scab, elation, cheerfulness, exaltation in rank, character</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the burn,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּכְוָ֖ה</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">and the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is to pronounce him clean;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭi·hă·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be clean or pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</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">it</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֑וא</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is only the scar</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרֶ֥בֶת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·re·ḇeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6867.htm">Strong's 6867: </a> </span><span class="str2">Scab, scar (of a sore)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the burn.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּכְוָ֖ה</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-28.htm">Leviticus 13:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:28 If the bright spot stays in its (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:29" /></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>