Leviticus 13:16
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New International Version (©2011)
If the raw flesh changes and turns white, they must go to the priest.

New Living Translation (©2007)
However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priest

English Standard Version (©2001)
But if the raw flesh recovers and turns white again, then he shall come to the priest,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.

International Standard Version (©2012)
If the raw flesh recurs and turns white, then he is to go to the priest.

NET Bible (©2006)
If, however, the raw flesh once again turns white, then he must come to the priest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But if the raw flesh turns white again, he must go to the priest.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, he shall come unto the priest;

American King James Version
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed to white, he shall come to the priest;

American Standard Version
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if again it be turned into whiteness, and cover all the man,

Darby Bible Translation
But if the raw flesh change again, and be turned white, he shall come unto the priest;

English Revised Version
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest,

Webster's Bible Translation
Or if the raw flesh shall turn again, and be changed into white, he shall come to the priest;

World English Bible
Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;

Young's Literal Translation
Or when the raw flesh turneth back, and hath been turned to white, then he hath come in unto the priest,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:1-17 The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during and after their residence in Egypt, we have no reason to believe that it was known among them before. Their distressed state and employment in that land must have rendered them liable to disease. But it was a plague often inflicted immediately by the hand of God. Miriam's leprosy, and Gehazi's, and king Uzziah's, were punishments of particular sins; no marvel there was care taken to distinguish it from a common distemper. The judgment of it was referred to the priests. And it was a figure of the moral pollutions of men's minds by sin, which is the leprosy of the soul, defiling to the conscience, and from which Christ alone can cleanse. The priest could only convict the leper, (by the law is the knowledge of sin,) but Christ can cure the sinner, he can take away sin. It is a work of great importance, but of great difficulty, to judge of our spiritual state. We all have cause to suspect ourselves, being conscious of sores and spots; but whether clean or unclean is the question. As there were certain marks by which to know it was leprosy, so there are marks of such as are in the gall of bitterness. The priest must take time in making his judgment. This teaches all, both ministers and people, not to be hasty in censures, nor to judge anything before the time. If some men's sins go before unto judgment, the sins of others follow after, and so do men's good works. If the person suspected were found to be clean, yet he must wash his clothes, because there had been ground for the suspicion. We have need to be washed in the blood of Christ from our spots, though not leprosy spots; for who can say, I am pure from sin?

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

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Laws about Leprosy
…15And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. 16Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed to white, he shall come to the priest; 17And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that has the plague: he is clean. …

Luke 5:12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."
Leviticus 13:15 When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall pronounce them unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; they have a defiling disease.
Leviticus 13:17 The priest is to examine them, and if the sores have turned white, the priest shall pronounce the affected person clean; then they will be clean.