18 ¶ The flesh also in whose skin there is [a]a boil, and is healed

19 And in the place of the boil there be a white swelling, or a white spot somewhat reddish, it shall be seen of the Priest.

20 And when the Priest seeth it, if it appear lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be changed into white, the Priest then shall pronounce him [b]unclean: for it is a plague of leprosy, broken out in the boil.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:18 Or, impostume.
  2. Leviticus 13:20 None were exempted, but if the Priest pronounced him unclean, he was put out from among the people: as appeareth by Mary the prophetess, Num. 12:14, and by king Uzziah, 2 Chron. 26:20.

18 “When someone has a boil(A) on their skin and it heals, 19 and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white(B) spot(C) appears, they must present themselves to the priest. 20 The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean. It is a defiling skin disease(D) that has broken out where the boil was.

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