38When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,
39the 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
Whenכִּֽי־H3588Conjunction. . .יִהְיֶ֥הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singulara manוְאִישׁ֙H376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularorאֽוֹ־H176Conjunctiona womanאִשָּׁ֔הH802Noun - feminine singularhas whiteלְבָנֹֽת׃H3836Adjective - feminine pluralspotsבֶּהָרֹ֑תH934Noun - feminine plural. . .בֶּהָרֹ֖תH934Noun - feminine pluralon the skinבְעוֹר־H5785Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .בְּשָׂרָ֖םH1320Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 39
Original words
the priestהַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548Article | Noun - masculine singularshall examine themוְרָאָ֣הH7200Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularand ifוְהִנֵּ֧הH2009Conjunctive waw | Interjectionthe spotsבֶּהָרֹ֖תH934Noun - feminine plural-בְעוֹר־H5785Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct-בְּשָׂרָ֛םH1320Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralare dullכֵּה֣וֹתH3544Adjective - feminine pluralwhiteלְבָנֹ֑תH3836Adjective - feminine pluralitה֛וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularis a harmless rashבֹּ֥הַקH933Noun - masculine singularthat has broken outפָּרַ֥חH6524Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularon the skinבָּע֖וֹרH5785Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe personהֽוּא׃סH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularis cleanטָה֥וֹרH2889Adjective - masculine singular