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A Bright Spot on the Skin

“If[a] it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,[b] and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:4 tn Heb “and if.”
  2. Leviticus 13:4 tn Heb “and deep is not its appearance from the skin”; cf. NAB “does not seem to have penetrated below the skin.”
  3. Leviticus 13:4 tn Heb “and the priest will shut up the infection seven days.”

The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if,[a] as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same[b] and has not spread on the skin,[c] then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:5 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).
  2. Leviticus 13:5 tn Heb “the infection has stood in his eyes”; ASV “if in his eyes the plague be at a stay.”
  3. Leviticus 13:5 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.
  4. Leviticus 13:5 tn Heb “a second seven days.”