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Leviticus 13:19

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Leviticus 13:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then is shall be showed to the priest;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then is shall be showed to the priest;
Leviticus 13:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Leviticus 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;
17and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague: he is clean.
18And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,
19and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then is shall be showed to the priest;
20and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.
21But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
22And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, etc.] In the place where the boil was, a white swelling appears: or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish; white and red mixed, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so Aben Ezra interprets the word “reddish”, of the bright spot being mixed of two colours, or part of it so; and such a mixed colour of white and red, Gersom observes, is usual in a swelling, and adds, we are taught how to judge of these appearances, according to a tradition from Moses, which is this: take a cup full of milk, and put in it two drops of blood, and the colour of it will be as the colour of the bright spot, white and reddish; and if you put into it four drops, its…”
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