Leviticus 13:4

A Bright Spot on the Skin

13:4 “If¹ it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,² and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days.³

Leviticus 13:25

13:25 the priest must examine it,⁴ and if⁵ the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin,⁶ it is a disease that has broken out in the burn.⁷ The priest is to pronounce the person unclean.⁸ It is a diseased infection.⁹

Leviticus 13:28

13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin,¹⁰ and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean,¹¹ because it is the scar of the burn.

¹tn Heb “and if.”

²tn Heb “and deep is not its appearance from the skin”; cf. NAB “does not seem to have penetrated below the skin.”

³tn Heb “and the priest will shut up the infection seven days.”

⁴tn Heb “and the priest shall see it.”

⁵tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

⁶tn Heb “and its appearance is deep ‘from’ [comparative מִן (min) meaning ‘deeper than’] the skin.”

⁷tn Heb “it is a disease. In the burn it has broken out.”

⁸tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

⁹tn For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.

¹⁰tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread in the skin.”

¹¹tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher; cf. the note on v. 6 above).