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37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same[a] and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean.[b]

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, 39 the priest is to examine them,[c] and if[d] the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:37 tn Heb “and if in his eyes the infection has stood.”
  2. Leviticus 13:37 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).
  3. Leviticus 13:39 tn Heb “and the priest shall see.”
  4. Leviticus 13:39 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).
  5. Leviticus 13:39 tn Heb “he,” but the regulation applies to a man or a woman (v. 38a). In the translation “the person” is used to specify the referent more clearly.