Focused Passage

Leviticus 13:24-28

Priestly Examination of Skin Disease, Uncleanness, and Contaminated Garments

The LORD commands Moses and Aaron to instruct the priests how to examine swelling, rash, bright spots, raw flesh, boils, burns, scalp disease, harmless rashes, baldness-related conditions, confirmed defiling disease, and contaminated fabric or leather, so that clean and unclean may be rightly distinguished.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

24 When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,

25 the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.

26 But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

27 On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.

28 But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.

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Verse 24

Original words

When כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction there is יִהְיֶ֥ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a burn מִכְוַת־ H4348 Noun - feminine singular construct . . . אֵ֑שׁ H784 Noun - common singular on someone’s skin בְעֹר֖וֹ H5785 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular א֣וֹ א֣וֹ H176 Conjunction - בָשָׂ֔ר H1320 Noun - masculine singular and the raw מִֽחְיַ֣ת H4241 Noun - feminine singular construct [area] of the burn הַמִּכְוָ֗ה H4348 Article | Noun - feminine singular . . . בַּהֶ֛רֶת H934 Noun - feminine singular becomes וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular reddish-white לְבָנָ֥ה H3836 Adjective - feminine singular . . . אֲדַמְדֶּ֖מֶת H125 Adjective - feminine singular construct or א֥וֹ H176 Conjunction white לְבָנָֽה׃ H3836 Adjective - feminine singular

Verse 25

Original words

the priest הַכֹּהֵ֡ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular must examine it וְרָאָ֣ה H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֹתָ֣הּ H853 Preposition | third person feminine singular If וְהִנֵּ֣ה H2009 Conjunctive waw | Interjection the hair שֵׂעָ֨ר H8181 Noun - masculine singular in the spot בַּבַּהֶ֗רֶת H934 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular has turned נֶהְפַּךְ֩ H2015 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular white לָבָ֜ן H3836 Adjective - masculine singular and the spot appears וּמַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ H4758 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular to be deeper עָמֹ֣ק H6013 Adjective - masculine singular than מִן־ H4480 Preposition the skin הָע֔וֹר H5785 Article | Noun - masculine singular it הִ֔וא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is a disease צָרַ֣עַת H6883 Noun - feminine singular that has broken out פָּרָ֑חָה H6524 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular in the burn בַּמִּכְוָ֖ה H4348 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular The priest הַכֹּהֵ֔ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . נֶ֥גַע H5061 Noun - masculine singular construct must pronounce him unclean וְטִמֵּ֤א H2930 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֹתוֹ֙ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular it הִֽוא׃ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is a diseased infection צָרַ֖עַת H6883 Noun - feminine singular

Verse 26

Original words

But if וְאִ֣ם׀ H518 Conjunction the priest הַכֹּהֵ֗ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular examines it יִרְאֶ֣נָּה H7200 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular and there is וְהִנֵּ֤ה H2009 Conjunctive waw | Interjection no אֵֽין־ H369 Adverb white לָבָ֔ן H3836 Adjective - masculine singular hair שֵׂעָ֣ר H8181 Noun - masculine singular in the spot בַּבֶּהֶ֙רֶת֙ H934 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular and it is not אֵינֶ֛נָּה H369 Adverb | third person feminine singular . . . מִן־ H4480 Preposition beneath וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה H8217 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular the skin הָע֖וֹר H5785 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . וְהִ֣וא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular but has faded כֵהָ֑ה H3544 Adjective - feminine singular the priest הַכֹּהֵ֖ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular shall isolate him וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹ H5462 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular for seven שִׁבְעַ֥ת H7651 Number - masculine singular construct days יָמִֽים׃ H3117 Noun - masculine plural

Verse 27

Original words

On the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י H7637 Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular the priest הַכֹּהֵ֖ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular is to reexamine him וְרָאָ֥הוּ H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular and if אִם־ H518 Conjunction it has spread further פָּשֹׂ֤ה H6581 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . תִפְשֶׂה֙ H6581 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular on the skin בָּע֔וֹר H5785 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular the priest הַכֹּהֵן֙ H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֹת֔וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular - נֶ֥גַע H5061 Noun - masculine singular construct must pronounce him unclean וְטִמֵּ֤א H2930 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular it הִֽוא׃ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is a diseased infection צָרַ֖עַת H6883 Noun - feminine singular

Verse 28

Original words

But if וְאִם־ H518 Conjunction the spot הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת H934 Article | Noun - feminine singular is unchanged תַעֲמֹ֨ד H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ H8478 Preposition | third person feminine singular and has not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle spread פָשְׂתָ֤ה H6581 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular on the skin בָעוֹר֙ H5785 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular but has faded כֵהָ֔ה H3544 Adjective - feminine singular it וְהִ֣וא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular is a swelling שְׂאֵ֥ת H7613 Noun - feminine singular construct from the burn הַמִּכְוָ֖ה H4348 Article | Noun - feminine singular and the priest הַכֹּהֵ֔ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular is to pronounce him clean וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙ H2891 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction it הִ֑וא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is only the scar צָרֶ֥בֶת H6867 Noun - feminine singular construct from the burn הַמִּכְוָ֖ה H4348 Article | Noun - feminine singular . . . הִֽוא׃פ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular

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