“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.”
If, however, the shiny spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a scar from the burn. The stable, faded, non-spreading burn-site spot is declared clean: it is only a scar from the burn. The scar from the burn is treated identically to the scar from the boil in verse 23: residual marks from healed injuries are not defiling. The covenant's clean/unclean system addresses active disease, not the permanent marks of healed injuries.
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