unfoldingWord_en_tn/lev/13/18.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues telling Moses and Aaron what the people must do when someone has a skin disease.

# a boil

a painful area on the skin that is infected

# then it must be shown to the priest

This can be translated in active form. AT: "then he must show it to the priest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the priest must pronounce him unclean

The man whom other people must not touch is spoken of as if he were physically unclean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heal]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/unclean]]