Leviticus 13:17

17 The priest must look at him, and if the sores have become white, the priest must announce that the person with the sores is clean. Then he will be clean.

Leviticus 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:17

And the priest shall see him
Review him, and examine him thoroughly:

and, behold, [if] the plague be turned into white;
the raw flesh in the swelling, which looked red, is become white:

then the priest shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague;
that was supposed to have the plague of leprosy; but upon a review, and on this change of things, has not, he shall declare him free from it,

he [is] clean;
and under no obligation to the laws and rites concerning it.

Leviticus 13:17 In-Context

15 When the priest sees the open sore, he must announce that the person is unclean. The open sore is not clean; it is a harmful skin disease.

16 If the open sore becomes white again, the person must come to the priest.

17 The priest must look at him, and if the sores have become white, the priest must announce that the person with the sores is clean. Then he will be clean.

18 "Someone may have a boil on his skin that is healed.

19 If in the place where the boil was, there is a white swelling or a bright red spot, this place on the skin must be shown to the priest.