An injured foot or an injured hand: some take this as a permanent deformity (New English Bible “a man deformed in foot or hand”), while others see it as a temporary problem (New Jerusalem Bible “a broken leg or a broken arm”). The text may be understood in either way, but there is nothing that forces us to interpret it as something permanent.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .