Leviticus 13:24-28

A Burn on the Skin

13:24 “When a body has a burn on its skin ¹  and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, 13:25 the priest must examine it, ²  and if ³  the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, ⁴  it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. ⁵  The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁶  It is a diseased infection. ⁷  13:26 If, however, ⁸  the priest examines it and ⁹  there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, ¹⁰  and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. ¹¹  13:27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further ¹²  on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection. ¹³  13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, ¹⁴  and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, ¹⁵  because it is the scar of the burn.

[13:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Or a body, if there is in its skin a burn of fire.”

[13:25]  ² tn Heb “and the priest shall see it.”

[13:25]  ³ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

[13:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “and its appearance is deep ‘from’ [comparative מִן (min) meaning ‘deeper than’] the skin.”

[13:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “it is a disease. In the burn it has broken out.”

[13:25]  ⁶ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

[13:25]  ⁷ tn For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.

[13:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “and if.”

[13:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “and indeed.”

[13:26]  ¹⁰ 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.”

[13:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the priest will shut him up seven days.”

[13:27]  ¹² tn Heb “is indeed spreading.”

[13:27]  ¹³ tn For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.

[13:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread in the skin.”

[13:28]  ¹⁵ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher; cf. the note on v. 6 above).