# he ... himself

This refers to the person with the skin disease.

# 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]])

# infectious disease

See how you translated these words in [Leviticus 13:3](./03.md).

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean]]