Lev 13:25-26 | NETfull | STEP | the priest must examine it, and if the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection.

Leviticus 13:25-26

25 the priest must examine it, ^{▼▼ Heb “and the priest shall see it.”} and if ^{▼▼ Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).} the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, ^{▼▼ Heb “and its appearance is deep ‘from’ [comparative מִן (min) meaning ‘deeper than’] the skin.”} it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. ^{▼▼ Heb “it is a disease. In the burn it has broken out.”} The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ^{▼▼ This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).} It is a diseased infection. ^{▼▼ For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.} 26 If, however, ^{▼▼ Heb “and if.”} the priest examines it and ^{▼▼ Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “and indeed.”} there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, ^{▼▼ Heb “and low it is not ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “lower than”) the skin.” See the note on v. 20 above. Cf. TEV “not deeper than the surrounding skin.”} and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. ^{▼▼ Heb “and the priest will shut him up seven days.”}