Leviticus 13:17

17 for another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring, ‘You are 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 The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease.

16 However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priest

17 for another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring, ‘You are clean!’

18 “If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,

19 but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.