38 When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,
39 the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.
Focused Passage
Leviticus 13:38-39
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.
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Verse 38
Original words
When כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction . . . יִהְיֶ֥ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a man וְאִישׁ֙ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular or אֽוֹ־ H176 Conjunction a woman אִשָּׁ֔ה H802 Noun - feminine singular has white לְבָנֹֽת׃ H3836 Adjective - feminine plural spots בֶּהָרֹ֑ת H934 Noun - feminine plural . . . בֶּהָרֹ֖ת H934 Noun - feminine plural on the skin בְעוֹר־ H5785 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . בְּשָׂרָ֖ם H1320 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 39
Original words
the priest הַכֹּהֵ֗ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular shall examine them וְרָאָ֣ה H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular and if וְהִנֵּ֧ה H2009 Conjunctive waw | Interjection the spots בֶּהָרֹ֖ת H934 Noun - feminine plural - בְעוֹר־ H5785 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct - בְּשָׂרָ֛ם H1320 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural are dull כֵּה֣וֹת H3544 Adjective - feminine plural white לְבָנֹ֑ת H3836 Adjective - feminine plural it ה֛וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular is a harmless rash בֹּ֥הַק H933 Noun - masculine singular that has broken out פָּרַ֥ח H6524 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular on the skin בָּע֖וֹר H5785 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular the person הֽוּא׃ס H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular is clean טָה֥וֹר H2889 Adjective - masculine singular