Leviticus 13:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,”

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BSBPD

“But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if the 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 feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of <FI>him who hath<Fi> the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 13:12 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 8:38then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
  2. Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  3. Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  4. Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  5. John 16:8And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
  6. Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  7. 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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