13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection, 5 his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, 6 and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 13:46 The whole time he has the infection 7 he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.
1 tn Heb “and the priest shall see it” (cf. KJV). The MT has “him/it” which some take to refer to the person as a whole (i.e., “him”; see, e.g., J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:770; NIV, NRSV, etc.), while others take it as a reference to the “infection” (נֶגַע, nega’) in v. 42 (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 172, 177). Smr has “her/it,” which would probably refer to “disease” (צָרַעַת, tsara’at) in v. 42. The general pattern in the chapter suggests that “it,” either the infection or the disease, is the object of the examination (see, e.g., v. 3 above and v. 50 below).
2 tn Heb “and behold.”
3 tn Heb “like appearance of disease of skin of flesh.”
4 tn Or perhaps translate, “His infection [is] on his head,” as a separate independent sentence (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV). There is no causal expression in the Hebrew text connecting these two clauses, but the logical relationship between them seems to be causal.
5 tn Heb “And the diseased one who in him is the infection.”
6 tn Heb “and his head shall be unbound, and he shall cover on [his] mustache.” Tearing one’s clothing, allowing the hair to hang loose rather than bound up in a turban, and covering the mustache on the upper lip are all ways of expressing shame, grief, or distress (cf., e.g., Lev 10:6 and Micah 3:7).
7 tn Heb “All the days which the infection is in him.”