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36 then the priest is to examine it, and if[a] the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair.[b] The person[c] is unclean. 37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same[d] and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean.[e]

Bright White Spots on the Skin

38 “When a man or a woman has bright spots—white bright spots—on the skin of their body,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:36 tn Heb “and behold.”
  2. Leviticus 13:36 tn Heb “the priest shall not search to the reddish yellow hair.”
  3. Leviticus 13:36 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the affected person) is specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).
  4. Leviticus 13:37 tn Heb “and if in his eyes the infection has stood.”
  5. Leviticus 13:37 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).