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Leviticus 13:7-9
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Leviticus 13:7-9
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7 If, however, the scab is spreading further[a] on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time. 8 The priest must then examine it,[b] and if[c] the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean.[d] It is a disease.
A Swelling on the Skin
9 “When someone has a diseased infection,[e] he must be brought to the priest.
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- Leviticus 13:7 tn Heb “And if spreading [infinitive absolute] it spreads [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.
- Leviticus 13:8 tn The “it” is not expressed but is to be understood. It refers to the “infection” (cf. the note on v. 2 above).
- Leviticus 13:8 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).
- Leviticus 13:8 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tameʾ, cf. the note on v. 3 above).
- Leviticus 13:9 tn Heb “When there is an infection of disease in a man.” The term for “a man; a human being” (אָדָם, ʾadam; see the note on Lev 1:2 and cf. v. 2 above) refers to any person among “mankind,” male or female. For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.
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