Leviticus 13:5

13:5 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, ¹  as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same ²  and has not spread on the skin, ³  then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days. ⁴ 

Leviticus 13:10

13:10 The priest will then examine it, ⁵  and if ⁶  a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, ⁷ 

Leviticus 13:13

13:13 the priest must then examine it, ⁸  and if ⁹  the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. ¹⁰  He has turned all white, so he is clean. ¹¹ 

Leviticus 13:20

13:20 The priest will then examine it, ¹²  and if ¹³  it appears to be deeper than the skin ¹⁴  and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ¹⁵  It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. ¹⁶ 

Leviticus 13:43

13:43 The priest is to examine it, ¹⁷  and if ¹⁸  the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body, ¹⁹ 

Leviticus 14:36

14:36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared ²⁰  before the priest enters to examine the infection ²¹  so that everything in the house ²²  does not become unclean, ²³  and afterward ²⁴  the priest will enter to examine the house.

[13:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

[13:5]  ² tn Heb “the infection has stood in his eyes”; ASV “if in his eyes the plague be at a stay.”

[13:5]  ³ tn Although there is no expressed “and” at the beginning of this clause, there is in the corresponding clause of v. 6, so it should be assumed here as well.

[13:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “a second seven days.”

[13:10]  ⁵ tn 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).

[13:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

[13:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and rawness [i.e., something living] of living flesh is in the swelling”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “quick raw flesh.”

[13:13]  ⁹ tn 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).

[13:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

[13:13]  ¹¹ tn 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).

[13:13]  ¹² tn Heb “all of him has turned white, and he is clean.”

[13:20]  ¹³ tn 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).

[13:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and behold.”

[13:20]  ¹⁵ tn 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.

[13:20]  ¹⁶ tn The declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

[13:20]  ¹⁷ tn 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.

[13:43]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the priest shall see it” (cf. KJV). The MT has “him/it” which some take to refer to the person as a whole (i.e., “him”; see, e.g., J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:770; NIV, NRSV, etc.), while others take it as a reference to the “infection” (נֶגַע, nega’) in v. 42 (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 172, 177). Smr has “her/it,” which would probably refer to “disease” (צָרַעַת, tsara’at) in v. 42. The general pattern in the chapter suggests that “it,” either the infection or the disease, is the object of the examination (see, e.g., v. 3 above and v. 50 below).

[13:43]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and behold.”

[13:43]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “like appearance of disease of skin of flesh.”

[14:36]  ²¹ tn Heb “And the priest shall command and they shall clear the house.” The second verb (“and they shall clear”) states the thrust of the priest’s command, which suggests the translation “that they clear” (cf. also vv. 4a and 5a above), and for the impersonal passive rendering of the active verb (“that the house be cleared”) see the note on v. 4 above.

[14:36]  ²² tn Heb “to see the infection”; KJV “to see the plague”; NASB “to look at the mark (mildew NCV).”

[14:36]  ²³ tn Heb “all which [is] in the house.”

[14:36]  ²⁴ sn Once the priest pronounced the house “unclean” everything in it was also officially unclean. Therefore, if they emptied the house of its furniture, etc. before the official pronouncement by the priest those possessions would thereby remain officially “clean” and avoid destruction or purification procedures.

[14:36]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and after thus.”