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Leviticus 13:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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Role in This Section
This verse requires seven-day observation when the boil-site signs remain inconclusive.
Read It With
- Leviticus 13:18-28
Track the movement across 13:18-28. When Leviticus 13:21 requires seven-day observation when the boil-site signs remain inconclusive, it contributes to this complete claim: Changes arising at a healed boil or burn are evaluated by depth, hair, brightness, spread, and seven-day observation.
Why It Needs Context
This verse requires seven-day observation when the boil-site signs remain inconclusive. Its force depends on Leviticus 13:18-28, where the complete ritual, legal, narrative, or calendar movement supplies the teachable claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 13:18-28 — Boils and burns receive their own inspection pathsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 13:18-28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:18-28
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