who will go outside the camp(A) and examine him.(B) If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,[a]

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  1. Leviticus 14:3 Lit the person afflicted with skin disease

The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.(A) If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[a](B)

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  1. Leviticus 14:3 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 7, 32, 54 and 57.

He will then sprinkle the blood seven times on the one who is to be cleansed from the skin disease. He is to pronounce him clean and release the live bird over the open countryside.(A)

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Seven times(A) he shall sprinkle(B) the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.(C)

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32 This is the law for someone who has[a] a skin disease and cannot afford[b] the cost of his cleansing.”

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  1. Leviticus 14:32 Lit someone on whom there is
  2. Leviticus 14:32 Lit disease whose hand is not sufficient for

32 These are the regulations for anyone who has a defiling skin disease(A) and who cannot afford the regular offerings(B) for their cleansing.

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44 the priest must come and examine it. If the contamination has spread in the house, it is harmful mildew; the house is unclean.

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44 the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; the house is unclean.(A)

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54 “This is the law for any skin disease or mildew, for a scaly outbreak,[a] 55 for mildew in clothing or on a house, 56 and for a swelling, scab, or spot, 57 to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.”

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  1. Leviticus 14:54 Or for a scall

54 These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease,(A) for a sore, 55 for defiling molds(B) in fabric or in a house, 56 and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot,(C) 57 to determine when something is clean or unclean.

These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.(D)

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“Be careful in a case of infectious skin disease, following carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

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In cases of defiling skin diseases,[a] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical(A) priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.(B)

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:8 The Hebrew word for defiling skin diseases, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to[a] the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his skin disease.”

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  1. 2 Kings 5:3 Lit master was before

She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet(A) who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”

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He brought the letter to the king of Israel, and it read:

When this letter comes to you, note that I have sent you my servant Naaman for you to cure him of his skin disease.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes(A) and asked, “Am I God,(B) killing and giving life that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Think it over and you will see that he is only picking a fight with[a] me.”(C)

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  1. 2 Kings 5:7 Lit only seeking an occasion against

The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

As soon as the king of Israel read the letter,(A) he tore his robes and said, “Am I God?(B) Can I kill and bring back to life?(C) Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel(D) with me!”

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27 Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased—white as snow.(A)

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27 Naaman’s leprosy(A) will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi(B) went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow.(C)

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19 Uzziah, with a firepan in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But when he became enraged with the priests, in the presence of the priests in the Lord’s temple beside the altar of incense, a skin disease(A) broke out on his forehead.

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19 Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the Lord’s temple, leprosy[a](A) broke out on his forehead.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 26:19 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 20, 21 and 23.