Leviticus 13:17

17 and the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean; he is 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 And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.

16 But if the raw flesh recovers and turns white again, then he shall come to the priest,

17 and the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean; he is clean.

18 “If there is in the skin of one’s body a boil and it heals,

19 and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the priest.