Discovery BoxLeviticus 13:30 
Context13:30 the priest is to examine the infection, 1 and if 2 it appears to be deeper than the skin 3 and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 4 It is scall, 5 a disease of the head or the beard. 6
Leviticus 16:4
Context16:4 He must put on a holy linen tunic, 7 linen leggings are to cover his body, 8 and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash 9 and wrap his head with a linen turban. 10 They are holy garments, so he must bathe 11 his body in water and put them on.
1 tn Heb “and the priest shall see the infection.”
2 tn Heb “and behold.”
3 tn Heb “its appearance is deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “deeper than”) the skin.”
4 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).
5 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.
6 tn Heb “It is scall. It is the disease of the head or the beard.”
7 sn The term “tunic” refers to a shirt-like garment worn next to the skin and, therefore, put on first (cf. Exod 28:4, 39-40; 29:5, 8; 39:27). It covered the upper body only. For detailed remarks on the terminology for the priestly clothing in this verse (except the “linen leggings”) see the notes on Lev 8:7-9 and the literature cited there.
8 tn Heb “shall be on his flesh.” As in many instances in Lev 15, the term “flesh” or “body” here is euphemistic for the male genitals (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:1017, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 222; cf. the note on Lev 15:2), which the priest must be careful not to expose during such ritual procedures (see Exod 20:26 with 28:42-43).
9 sn The sash fastened the tunic around the waist (Exod 28:4, 39; 29:9; 39:29).
10 tn Heb “and in a turban of linen he shall wrap.”
sn The turban consisted of wound up linen (cf. Exod 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:31; Lev 16:4). It is usually thought to be a “turban,” but it might be only a “turban-like headband” wound around the forehead area (HALOT 624 s.v. מִצְנֶפֶת).
11 tn Heb “and he shall bathe….”
