Leviticus 13:38

38 “When a man or woman has white spots on the skin,

Leviticus 13:38 in Other Translations

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

38 "When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots,

38 “If anyone, either a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin,

38 "When a man or woman gets shiny or white shiny spots on the skin,

38 "When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin of the body,

Leviticus 13:38 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:38

If a man also, or a woman
One or the other, for the law concerning leprosy respecteth both: have in the skin of their flesh bright spots;
and them only; not any rising or swelling, nor scab, nor scall, nor boil, nor burning, only bright spots, a sort of freckles or morphew: [even] white bright spots;
these, Ben Gersom observes, are white spots, but not plagues; and which were in whiteness inferior to the four species of the plague of leprosy, the white spot, the white swelling, and the scab of each.

Leviticus 13:38 In-Context

36 the priest is to examine them, and if he finds that the sore has spread in the skin, he does not need to look for yellow hair; they are unclean.

37 If, however, the sore is unchanged so far as the priest can see, and if black hair has grown in it, the affected person is healed. They are clean, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.

38 “When a man or woman has white spots on the skin,

39 the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; they are clean.

40 “A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean.