Vayikra 13:16

16 Or if the raw basar turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the kohen;

Vayikra 13:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:16

Or if the raw flesh turn again
Changes its colour, from redness, which is in raw flesh:

and be changed unto white:
and does not look ruddy as flesh in common does, nor red and fiery, as raw and proud flesh, but is white, of the same colour with the swelling or scab:

he shall come unto the priest;
again, and show himself, even though he was before by him pronounced clean.

Vayikra 13:16 In-Context

14 But on the day when raw basar appeareth in him, he shall be tamei.
15 And the kohen shall see the raw basar, and pronounce him to be tamei; for the raw basar is tamei; it is a tzara’at.
16 Or if the raw basar turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the kohen;
17 And the kohen shall see him; and, hinei, if the nega be turned into white, then the kohen shall pronounce him tahor that hath the nega; he is tahor.
18 The basar also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
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