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23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread,[a] it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.[b]

A Burn on the Skin

24 “When a body has a burn on its skin[c] and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, 25 the priest must examine it,[d] and if[e] the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin,[f] it is a disease that has broken out in the burn.[g] The priest is to pronounce the person unclean.[h] It is a diseased infection.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:23 tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread.”
  2. Leviticus 13:23 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).
  3. Leviticus 13:24 tn Heb “Or a body, if there is in its skin a burn of fire.”
  4. Leviticus 13:25 tn Heb “and the priest shall see it.”
  5. Leviticus 13:25 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).
  6. Leviticus 13:25 tn Heb “and its appearance is deep ‘from’ [comparative מִן (min) meaning ‘deeper than’] the skin.”
  7. Leviticus 13:25 tn Heb “it is a disease. In the burn it has broken out.”
  8. Leviticus 13:25 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ; cf. the note on v. 3 above).
  9. Leviticus 13:25 tn For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.

23 But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.(A)

24 “When someone has a burn on their skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn, 25 the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.(B)

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