But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn’t deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
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But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn’t deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
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But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 13:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 13:4-5 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn’t turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. Behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested and the plague hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
- Leviticus 13:23 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.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Somewhat dark, or, contracted, i.e. not spreading. See Lev…
Somewhat dark, or, contracted, i.e. not spreading. See Lev 13:6.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if the priest look on it,.... On the…
But if the priest look on it,.... On the hot burning and bright spot in it, in another person:
and, behold, there be no white hair on the white spot, and it be no lower than the other skin; why the word "other" should be supplied I know not, any more than in Lev 13:21,
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but be somewhat dark; or "contracted"; see Gill on Lev 13:21,
then the priest shall shut him up seven days; as in the case of the burning boil or hot ulcer, as in Lev 13:21.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Obscure. Hebrew may be, "stopped," as it is opposed…
Obscure. Hebrew may be, "stopped," as it is opposed to ver. 22, if it spread. See ver. 55-56.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) But if the priest look on it.—If these…
(26) But if the priest look on it.—If these symptoms are absent, the same directions are to be followed as laid down in Lev_13:21, in the case of a boil or an inflammation.
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Yahweh continues telling Moses and Aaron what the people must do when someone has a skin disease.
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examines it
Here "it" refers to the burn on the person's skin.
the priest must pronounce him unclean
The man whom other people must not touch is spoken of as if he were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
infectious disease
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the priest must pronounce him clean
The man whom other people may touch is spoken of as if he were physically clean. (See: Metaphor)
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