Leviticus 13:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the flesh, and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the plague appears deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy, and the priest shall examine him and pronounce him unclean.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The priest will examine the infected area on the skin of the body. If the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After examining the person, the priest will declare them unclean.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the fsh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his fsh, it is a plague of prosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him uncan.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and let the preast loke on the sore that is in the skynne of his fleshe. Yf the heer in the sore be turned vnto whyte, and the sore also seme to be lower than the skynne of his fleshe then it is suerly a leprosye, and let the preast loke on him and make hym vnclene.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan the prest seyth the plage vpon the skynne of the flesh, that the hayres are turned to whyte, and it seme deper in that place then the other skynne of his flesh, then is it surely a leprosy, therfore shal the prest loke vpon him, and iudge him vncleane.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Priest shall looke on the sore in the skinne of his flesh: if the heare in the sore be turned into white, and the sore seeme to be lower then the skinne of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosie. Therefore the Priest shall looke on him, and pronounce him vncleane:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the priest shall loke on the sore in the skinne of his fleshe: and when the heere in the sore is turned to whyte, and the sore also seeme to be lower then the skinne of his fleshe, it is a plague of leprosie: and the priestes shall loke on hym, and iudge hym vncleane.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and [when] the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight [be] deeper than the skin of his flesh, it [is] a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the priest hath seen the plague in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the plague hath turned white, and the appearance of the plague `is' deeper than the skin of his flesh -- it `is' a plague of leprosy, and the priest hath seen him, and hath pronounced him unclean.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The priest must then examine the infection on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body, then it is a diseased infection, so when the priest examines it he must pronounce the person unclean.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'
  • 1 Cor 5:4-6 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
  • 2 Thess 3:14-15 : 14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this letter, note that person and do not associate with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
  • 1 Tim 1:20 : 20 Of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
  • 2 Tim 2:16-17 : 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. 17 And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember those who have the rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
  • Gen 13:3 : 3 And he traveled on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
  • Lev 10:10 : 10 that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
  • Lev 13:2 : 2 When a man has in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.
  • Ezek 16:30 : 30 How weak is your heart, says the Lord GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of an imperious, whorish woman;
  • Ezek 44:23 : 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
  • Hos 7:9 : 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know it: yes, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he does not know it.
  • Hag 2:11 : 11 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
  • Matt 16:19 : 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
  • Matt 18:17-18 : 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he refuses to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector. 18 Truly I say to you, Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
  • John 20:23 : 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 13:4-32
    29 verses
    95%

    4If the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh and does not appear deeper than the skin, and the hair has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the one with the plague for seven days.

    5And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if the plague seems to be at a standstill, and it has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up another seven days.

    6And the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the plague is somewhat dark and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is just a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

    7But if the scab spreads over the skin after he has been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again.

    8And if the priest sees that the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.

    9When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.

    10And the priest shall examine him, and if the swelling is white in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

    11it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean and shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

    12And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin and covers all the skin of the one with the plague from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks,

    13then the priest shall consider, and if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean who has the plague; it has all turned white; he is clean.

    14But when raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.

    15And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean, for the raw flesh is unclean; it is leprosy.

    16Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, he shall come to the priest.

    17And the priest shall examine him, and if the plague has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean who has the plague; he is clean.

    18The flesh also in which there was a boil and it is healed,

    19and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish-white, it shall be shown to the priest.

    20And if, when the priest examines it, it looks deeper than the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague of leprosy that has broken out of the boil.

    21But if the priest looks on it and there are no white hairs in it and it is not deeper than the skin but is somewhat dark, then the priest shall shut him up for seven days.

    22And if it spreads much on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague.

    23But if the bright spot stays in its place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

    24Or if there is any flesh in the skin where there is a burn and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,

    25then the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, it is leprosy that has broken out from the burn; therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy.

    26But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is not lower than the other skin but is somewhat dark, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.

    27And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if it has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy.

    28And if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread in the skin but is somewhat dark, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is an inflammation from the burn.

    29If a man or woman has a plague on the head or the beard,

    30then the priest shall examine the plague, and if it appears deeper than the skin and there is thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly leprosy on the head or beard.

    31And if the priest examines the plague of the scaly disease and it does not appear deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the one who has the plague of the scaly disease for seven days.

    32And on the seventh day, the priest shall examine the plague, and if the scaly disease has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear deeper than the skin,

  • Lev 13:42-45
    4 verses
    92%

    42And if there is on the bald head or bald forehead a white reddish sore, it is leprosy that has sprung up on his bald head or bald forehead.

    43Then the priest shall examine it, and if the swelling of the sore is white reddish on his bald head or bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,

    44he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is on his head.

    45And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare, he shall cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.'

  • Lev 13:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

    2When a man has in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.

  • Lev 13:34-39
    6 verses
    87%

    34And on the seventh day, the priest shall examine the scaly disease, and if it has not spread in the skin and does not appear deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

    35But if the scaly disease spreads much in the skin after his cleansing,

    36then the priest shall examine him, and if the scaly disease has spread in the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; he is unclean.

    37But if the scaly disease appears at a standstill and black hair has grown in it, the scaly disease is healed, he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

    38If a man or woman has bright spots in the skin of their flesh, even white bright spots,

    39then the priest shall examine them, and if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh are darkish white, it is a freckled spot that grows in the skin; he is clean.

  • Lev 14:3
    87%

    3And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper;

  • Lev 13:49-51
    3 verses
    86%

    49and if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the skin, either in the warp or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is a plague of leprosy and shall be shown to the priest.

    50And the priest shall examine the plague and shut up the thing that has the plague for seven days.

    51And he shall examine the plague on the seventh day; if the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, or in any work made of skin, the plague is a destructive leprosy; it is unclean.

  • Lev 13:55-56
    2 verses
    84%

    55And the priest shall examine the plague after it is washed, and if the plague has not changed its color and the plague has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it with fire, whether the damage is inside or outside.

    56And if the priest examines it and the plague is somewhat dark after washing, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof.

  • Lev 13:53
    84%

    53But if the priest examines it and the plague has not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any thing of skin,

  • Lev 14:44
    83%

    44Then the priest shall come and look, and indeed if the plague has spread in the house, it is an invasive leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

  • Lev 13:59
    81%

    59This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.