Discovery BoxLeviticus 21:20 
Context21:20 or a hunchback, or a dwarf, 1 or one with a spot in his eye, 2 or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, 3 or a crushed testicle.
Leviticus 22:22
Context22:22 “‘You must not present to the Lord something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, 4 or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. 5 You must not give any of these as a gift 6 on the altar to the Lord.
1 tn Heb “thin”; cf. NAB “weakly.” This could refer to either an exceptionally small (i.e., dwarfed) man (B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 146) or perhaps one with a “withered limb” (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 342, 344).
2 tn The term rendered “spot” derives from a root meaning “mixed” or “confused” (cf. NAB “walleyed”). It apparently refers to any kind of marked flaw in the eye that can be seen by others. Smr, Syriac, Tg. Onq., and Tg. Ps.-J. have plural “his eyes.”
3 tn The exact meaning and medical reference of the terms rendered “festering eruption” and “feverish rash” is unknown, but see the translations and remarks in B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 146; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 342, 344, 349-50; and R. K. Harrison, NIDOTTE 1:890 and 2:461.
4 tn Or perhaps “a wart” (cf. NIV; HALOT 383 s.v. יַבֶּלֶת, but see the remarks in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 358).
5 sn See the note on Lev 21:20 above.
6 sn This term for offering “gift” is explained in the note on Lev 1:9.
