Leviticus 4:31

4:31 Then he must remove all of its fat (just as fat was removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the Lord. So the priest will make atonement ¹  on his behalf and he will be forgiven. ² 

Leviticus 5:12-13

5:12 He must bring it to the priest and the priest must scoop out from it a handful as its memorial portion ³  and offer it up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the Lord – it is a sin offering. 5:13 So the priest will make atonement ⁴  on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things, ⁵  and he will be forgiven. ⁶  The remainder of the offering ⁷  will belong to the priest like the grain offering.’” ⁸ 

Leviticus 5:16

5:16 And whatever holy thing he violated ⁹  he must restore and must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. So the priest will make atonement ¹⁰  on his behalf with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven.” ¹¹ 

Leviticus 5:18

5:18 and must bring a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, ¹²  for a guilt offering to the priest. So the priest will make atonement ¹³  on his behalf for his error which he committed ¹⁴  (although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven. ¹⁵ 

Leviticus 13:3

13:3 The priest must then examine the infection ¹⁶  on the skin of the body, and if the hair ¹⁷  in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body, ¹⁸  then it is a diseased infection, ¹⁹  so when the priest examines it ²⁰  he must pronounce the person unclean. ²¹ 

Leviticus 13:5-6

13:5 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, ²²  as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same ²³  and has not spread on the skin, ²⁴  then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days. ²⁵  13:6 The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, ²⁶  and if ²⁷  the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. ²⁸  It is a scab, ²⁹  so he must wash his clothes ³⁰  and be clean.

Leviticus 13:20

13:20 The priest will then examine it, ³¹  and if ³²  it appears to be deeper than the skin ³³  and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ³⁴  It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. ³⁵ 

Leviticus 13:25

13:25 the priest must examine it, ³⁶  and if ³⁷  the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, ³⁸  it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. ³⁹  The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁴⁰  It is a diseased infection. ⁴¹ 

Leviticus 13:30-31

13:30 the priest is to examine the infection, ⁴²  and if ⁴³  it appears to be deeper than the skin ⁴⁴  and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁴⁵  It is scall, ⁴⁶  a disease of the head or the beard. ⁴⁷  13:31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ⁴⁸  and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days. ⁴⁹ 

Leviticus 13:34

13:34 The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if ⁵⁰  the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ⁵¹  then the priest is to pronounce him clean. ⁵²  So he is to wash his clothes and be clean.

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¹ sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).

² tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).

³ sn The “memorial portion” (אַזְכָּרָה, ’azkkarah) was the part of the grain offering that was burnt on the altar (Lev 2:2), as opposed to the remainder, which was normally consumed by the priests (Lev 2:3; see the full regulations in Lev 6:14-23 [6:7-16 HT]). It was probably intended to call to mind (i.e., memorialize) before the Lord the reason for the presentation of the particular offering (see the remarks in R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:335-39).

⁴ sn The focus of sin offering “atonement” was purging impurities from the tabernacle (see the note on Lev 1:4).

⁵ tn Heb “from one from these,” referring to the four kinds of violations of the law delineated in Lev 5:1-4 (see the note on Lev 5:5 above and cf. Lev 4:27).

⁶ tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).

⁷ tn Heb “and it”; the referent (the remaining portion of the offering) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “and it shall be to the priest like the grain offering,” referring to the rest of the grain that was not offered on the altar (cf. the regulations in Lev 2:3, 10).

⁹ tn Heb “and which he sinned from the holy thing.”

¹⁰ sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.

¹¹ tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV similar).

¹² tn The statement here is condensed. See the full expression in 5:15 and the note there.

¹³ sn Regarding “make atonement” see the note on Lev 1:4.

¹⁴ tn Heb “on his straying which he strayed.” See the note on Lev 4:2.

¹⁵ tn Heb “there shall be forgiveness to him” or “it shall be forgiven to him” (KJV and NASB both similar).

¹⁶ tn Heb “and the priest shall see the infection.”

¹⁷ tn There is no “if” expressed, but the contrast between the priestly finding in this verse and the next verse clearly implies it.

¹⁸ tn Heb “and the appearance of the infection is deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “deeper than”) the skin of the his flesh.” See the note on v. 20 below.

¹⁹ tn For the translation “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above. Cf. TEV “a dreaded skin disease”; NIV “an infectious skin disease”; NLT “a contagious skin disease.”

²⁰ tn The pronoun “it” here refers to the “infection,” not the person who has the infection (cf. the object of “examine” at the beginning of the verse).

²¹ tn Heb “he shall make him unclean.” The verb is the Piel of טָמֵא (tame’) “to be unclean.” Here it is a so-called “declarative” Piel (i.e., “to declare unclean”), but it also implies that the person is put into the category of actually being “unclean” by the pronouncement itself (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 175; cf. the corresponding opposite in v. 6 below).

²² tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

²³ tn Heb “the infection has stood in his eyes”; ASV “if in his eyes the plague be at a stay.”

²⁴ tn Although there is no expressed “and” at the beginning of this clause, there is in the corresponding clause of v. 6, so it should be assumed here as well.

²⁵ tn Heb “a second seven days.”

²⁶ tn That is, at the end of the second set of seven days referred to at the end of v. 5, a total of fourteen days after the first appearance before the priest.

²⁷ tn Heb “and behold.”

²⁸ tn Heb “he shall make him clean.” The verb is the Piel of טָהֵר (taher, “to be clean”). Here it is a so-called “declarative” Piel (i.e., “to declare clean”), but it also implies that the person is put into the category of being “clean” by the pronouncement itself (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 176; cf. the corresponding opposite in v. 3 above).

²⁹ tn On the term “scab” see the note on v. 2 above. Cf. NAB “it was merely eczema”; NRSV “only an eruption”; NLT “only a temporary rash.”

³⁰ tn Heb “and he shall wash his clothes.”

³¹ tn Heb “and the priest shall see.” The pronoun “it” is unexpressed, but it should be assumed and it refers to the infection (cf. the note on v. 8 above).

³² tn Heb “and behold.”

³³ tn Heb “and behold its appearance is low (שָׁפָל, shafal) ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “lower than”) the skin.” Compare “deeper” in v. 3 above where, however, a different word is used (עָמֹק, ’amoq), and see the note on “swelling” in v. 1 above (cf. J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 192; note that, contrary to the MT, Tg. Onq. has עָמֹק in this verse as well as v. 4). The alternation of these two terms (i.e., “deeper” and “lower”) in vv. 25-26 below shows that they both refer to the same phenomenon. Some have argued that “this sore was lower than the surrounding skin” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:773, 788), in which case “swelling” would be an inappropriate translation of שְׂאֵת (sÿ’et) in v. 19. It seems unlikely, however, that the surface of a “boil” would sink below the surface of the surrounding skin. The infectious pus etc. that makes up a boil normally causes swelling.

³⁴ tn The declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

³⁵ tn Heb “It is an infection of disease. In the boil it has broken out.” For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.

³⁶ tn Heb “and the priest shall see it.”

³⁷ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

³⁸ tn Heb “and its appearance is deep ‘from’ [comparative מִן (min) meaning ‘deeper than’] the skin.”

³⁹ tn Heb “it is a disease. In the burn it has broken out.”

⁴⁰ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

⁴¹ tn For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.

⁴² tn Heb “and the priest shall see the infection.”

⁴³ tn Heb “and behold.”

⁴⁴ tn Heb “its appearance is deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “deeper than”) the skin.”

⁴⁵ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

⁴⁶ tn The exact identification of this disease is unknown. Cf. KJV “dry scall”; NASB “a scale”; NIV, NCV, NRSV “an itch”; NLT “a contagious skin disease.” For a discussion of “scall” disease in the hair, which is a crusty scabby disease of the skin under the hair that also affects the hair itself, see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 192-93, and J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:793-94. The Hebrew word rendered “scall” (נֶתֶק, neteq) is related to a verb meaning “to tear; to tear out; to tear apart.” It may derive from the scratching and/or the tearing out of the hair or the scales of the skin in response to the itching sensation caused by the disease.

⁴⁷ tn Heb “It is scall. It is the disease of the head or the beard.”

⁴⁸ tn Heb “and behold there is not its appearance deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, meaning “deeper than”) the skin.”

⁴⁹ tn Heb “and the priest will shut up the infection of the scall seven days.”

⁵⁰ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

⁵¹ tn Heb “and its appearance is not deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, meaning “deeper than”) the skin.”

⁵² tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).