EXTRA 1 — Vayikra 13:50

Extra Credit · Parallel Chazal

The Complete Passuk

וְרָאָ֥ה הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַנָּ֑גַע וְהִסְגִּ֥יר אֶת־הַנֶּ֖גַע שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

English: The priest shall examine the lesion and isolate the affected article for seven days.

Chabad.org — Rashi for Vayikra 13:50

Source

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Tazria, Parashat Nega'im 14:7–8 (Vayikra 13:50)

Core Text

Core Text
וראה הכהן את הנגע והסגיר הכהן את הנגע שבעת ימים - תחלה. בשביעי - יכול שבעת ימים בין ביום ובין בלילה? תלמוד לומר: ביום, ביום ולא בלילה.

English: “The priest shall examine the lesion and quarantine the lesion for seven days”—initially. “On the seventh day”—one might think the seven days include both day and night; Scripture says “on the day,” not at night.

What Is Learned

The Sifra identifies the first seven-day quarantine as the initial stage and requires the seventh-day examination to take place in daylight, not at night.