When any of these things happen, if even one man is sorry {for his sins} and spreads his hands in prayer toward this temple,
Leviticus 13:12 - Easy To Read Version “Sometimes a skin disease [160] will spread all over a person’s body. The skin disease will cover that person’s skin from his head to his feet. The priest must look at that person’s whole body. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if [supposed] leprosy breaks out in the skin, and it covers all the skin of him who has the disease from head to foot, wherever the priest looks, American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible But if the skin disease continues to break out so that the disease covers all of the infected person’s skin from head to toe, as far as the priest can tell— Catholic Public Domain Version But if the leprosy will have flourished, coursing through the skin, and will have covered all the skin from the head even to the feet, whatever falls under the sight of the eyes, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin, and cover all the skin from the head to the feet, whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes: |
When any of these things happen, if even one man is sorry {for his sins} and spreads his hands in prayer toward this temple,
“I am too insignificant to speak!\par What can I say to you?\par I can’t answer you!\par I will put my hand over my mouth.\par
And Lord, I am ashamed of myself.\par Lord, I am so sorry.\par As I sit in the dust and ashes, {\cf2\super [107]} \par I promise to change my heart\par and my life.”\par
We are all dirty with sin.\par Even our good works \{are not pure\}.\par They are like blood-stained rags.\par We are all like dead leaves.\par Our sins have carried us away like wind.\par
then it is a leprosy that has continued for a long time on that person’s skin. The priest must announce that the person is unclean. [159] The priest does not have to separate that person from other people for a short time. Why? Because {the priest already knows} that the person is unclean.
If the priest sees that the skin disease covers the whole body and that it has turned all of that person’s skin white, then the priest must announce that the person is clean. [161]
We know that the law {\cf2\super [57]} is spiritual. But I am not spiritual. Sin rules me like I am its slave.