King James Version
Leviticus 13:14 in the King James Version says “But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.”
Leviticus 13:14 · KJV
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ;
Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But when”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“appeareth”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“raw”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“in him he shall be unclean”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
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