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22 If[a] it is spreading farther[b] on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean.[c] It is an infection. 23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread,[d] it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.[e]

A Burn on the Skin

24 “When a body has a burn on its skin[f] and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:22 tn Heb “and if.”
  2. Leviticus 13:22 tn Heb “is indeed spreading.”
  3. Leviticus 13:22 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ, cf. the note on v. 3 above).
  4. Leviticus 13:23 tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread.”
  5. Leviticus 13:23 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).
  6. Leviticus 13:24 tn Heb “Or a body, if there is in its skin a burn of fire.”