Leviticus 13:10

13:10 The priest will then examine it,¹ and if² a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,³

Leviticus 13:13

13:13 the priest must then examine it,⁴ and if⁵ the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean.⁶ He has turned all white, so he is clean.⁷

Leviticus 13:20-21

13:20 The priest will then examine it,⁸ and if⁹ it appears to be deeper than the skin¹⁰ and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean.¹¹ It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.¹² 13:21 If, however,¹³ the priest examines it, and¹⁴ there is no white hair in it, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days.¹⁵

Leviticus 13:26

13:26 If, however,¹⁶ the priest examines it and¹⁷ there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin,¹⁸ and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days.¹⁹

Leviticus 13:42

13:42 But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area.

¹tn 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).

²tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

³tn Heb “and rawness [i.e., something living] of living flesh is in the swelling”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “quick raw flesh.”

⁴tn 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).

⁵tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

⁶tn Heb “he shall pronounce the infection clean,” but see v. 4 above. Also, this is another use of the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher; cf. the note on v. 6 above).

⁷tn Heb “all of him has turned white, and he is clean.”

⁷tn 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).

⁸tn Heb “and behold.”

⁹tn 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.

¹⁰tn The declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

¹¹tn 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.

¹⁰tn Heb “and if.”

¹¹tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

¹²tn Heb “and the priest will shut him up seven days.”

¹³tn Heb “and if.”

¹⁴tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “and indeed.”

¹⁵tn 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.”

¹⁶tn Heb “and the priest will shut him up seven days.”