Discovery BoxLeviticus 13:25-26 
Context13:25 the priest must examine it, 1 and if 2 the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, 3 it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. 4 The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 5 It is a diseased infection. 6 13:26 If, however, 7 the priest examines it and 8 there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, 9 and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. 10
1 tn Heb “and the priest shall see it.”
2 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).
3 tn Heb “and its appearance is deep ‘from’ [comparative מִן (min) meaning ‘deeper than’] the skin.”
4 tn Heb “it is a disease. In the burn it has broken out.”
5 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).
6 tn For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.
7 tn Heb “and if.”
8 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “and indeed.”
9 tn Heb “and low it is not ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “lower than”) the skin.” See the note on v. 20 above. Cf. TEV “not deeper than the surrounding skin.”
10 tn Heb “and the priest will shut him up seven days.”
