KJV King James Version
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of [him that hath] the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
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Leviticus 13:12
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of [him that hath] the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,
WEB World English Bible
“If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
ASV American Standard Version
And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of him who hath the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 13
9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
10 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;
11 It [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.
12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of [him that hath] the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, [if] the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he [is] clean.
14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: [for] the raw flesh [is] unclean: it [is] a leprosy.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאִם־H518 · imifפָּר֨וֹחַH6524 · pa.rachto sproutתִּפְרַ֤חH6524 · pa.rachto sproutהַצָּרַ֙עַת֙H6883 · tsa.ra.atleprosyבָּע֔וֹרH5785 · orskinוְכִסְּתָ֣הH3680 · ka.sahto coverהַצָּרַ֗עַתH6883 · tsa.ra.atleprosyאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallע֣וֹרH5785 · orskinהַנֶּ֔גַעH5061 · ne.gaplagueמֵרֹאשׁ֖וֹH7218 · roshheadוְעַד־H5704 · adtillרַגְלָ֑יוH7272 · re.gelfootלְכָל־H3605 · kolallמַרְאֵ֖הH4758 · mar.ehappearanceעֵינֵ֥יH5869 · a.yineyeהַכֹּהֵֽן׃H3548 · ko.henpriest
Cross-references
Job 40:4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.1 Kings 8:38What prayer and supplication soever be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:John 16:8-9And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:1 John 1:8-10If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Isaiah 64:6But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
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