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Leviticus 13:27-29
New English Translation
Leviticus 13:27-29
New English Translation
27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further[a] on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection.[b] 28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin,[c] and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean,[d] because it is the scar of the burn.
Scall on the Head or in the Beard
29 “When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,[e]
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- Leviticus 13:27 tn Heb “is indeed spreading.”
- Leviticus 13:27 tn For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.
- Leviticus 13:28 tn Heb “and if under it the bright spot stands, it has not spread in the skin.”
- Leviticus 13:28 tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher; cf. the note on v. 6 above).
- Leviticus 13:29 tn Heb “And a man or a woman if there is in him an infection in head or in beard.” sn The shift here is from diseases that are on the (relatively) bare skin of the body to the scalp area of the male or female head or the bearded area of the male face.
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