Imamat 13:36

13:36 then the priest is to examine it, and if ¹  the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair. ²  The person ³  is unclean.

Imamat 13:30-32

13:30 the priest is to examine the infection, ⁴  and if ⁵  it appears to be deeper than the skin ⁶  and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁷  It is scall, ⁸  a disease of the head or the beard. ⁹  13:31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ¹⁰  and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days. ¹¹  13:32 The priest must then examine the infection on the seventh day, and if ¹²  the scall has not spread, there is no reddish yellow hair in it, and the scall does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ¹³ 

Imamat 13:37

13:37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same ¹⁴  and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. ¹⁵ 

[13:36]  ¹ tn Heb “and behold.”

[13:36]  ² tn Heb “the priest shall not search to the reddish yellow hair.”

[13:36]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the affected person) is specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).

[13:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the priest shall see the infection.”

[13:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “and behold.”

[13:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “its appearance is deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, “deeper than”) the skin.”

[13:30]  ⁷ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’; cf. the note on v. 3 above).

[13:30]  ⁸ tn The exact identification of this disease is unknown. Cf. KJV “dry scall”; NASB “a scale”; NIV, NCV, NRSV “an itch”; NLT “a contagious skin disease.” For a discussion of “scall” disease in the hair, which is a crusty scabby disease of the skin under the hair that also affects the hair itself, see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 192-93, and J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:793-94. The Hebrew word rendered “scall” (נֶתֶק, neteq) is related to a verb meaning “to tear; to tear out; to tear apart.” It may derive from the scratching and/or the tearing out of the hair or the scales of the skin in response to the itching sensation caused by the disease.

[13:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “It is scall. It is the disease of the head or the beard.”

[13:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and behold there is not its appearance deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, meaning “deeper than”) the skin.”

[13:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the priest will shut up the infection of the scall seven days.”

[13:32]  ¹² tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

[13:32]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the appearance of the scall is not deep ‘from’ (comparative מִן, min, meaning “deeper than”) the skin.”

[13:37]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and if in his eyes the infection has stood.”

[13:37]  ¹⁵ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher, cf. the note on v. 6 above).