Bible Strands
Leviticus 13:28
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage records the priest’s seventh-day reexamination of a person whose skin lesion originated from a burn, occurring within the diagnostic window established in the preceding verse.
The words — תַעֲמֹד (ta'amed) means "it will stay" or remain stationary, while פָּשְׂתָה (pas'tah) means "it has spread," marking the physical boundary between a stable scar and an active infection.
The thread — This criterion operates as the direct counterpart to Leviticus 13:27, where spreading mandates an unclean declaration, and serves as the immediate prerequisite to Leviticus 13:29, which introduces separate regulations for head and chin lesions.
Why it lands — The text establishes an objective, observable standard for priestly judgment, requiring the examiner to distinguish a healed burn scar from a progressive skin condition before declaring ritual cleanliness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.