But if any open sores appear, the infected person will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.
Parallel translations
- WEB But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
- KJV But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
- BSB But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.
- NKJV But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
- NASB But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
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But if raw flesh appears, the person is unclean. The presence of raw flesh reverses a clean verdict.
Overview
Whenever raw flesh appears in the person, he becomes unclean. The reappearance of living, ulcerated flesh marks the active, defiling disease. This sharp distinction reminds us that what seems resolved can reveal corruption beneath, and that true cleanness is not merely outward but reaches the inner reality God sees.
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