Leviticus 13:34-37

13:34 The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if ¹  the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ²  then the priest is to pronounce him clean. ³  So he is to wash his clothes and be clean. 13:35 If, however, the scall spreads further ⁴  on the skin after his purification, 13:36 then the priest is to examine it, and if ⁵  the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair. ⁶  The person ⁷  is unclean. 13:37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same ⁸  and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

² tn Heb “and its appearance is not deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, meaning “deeper than”) the skin.”

³ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).

⁴ tn Heb “And if spreading (infinitive absolute) it spreads further (finite verb).” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.

⁵ tn Heb “and behold.”

⁶ tn Heb “the priest shall not search to the reddish yellow hair.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the affected person) is specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).

⁸ tn Heb “and if in his eyes the infection has stood.”

⁹ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).