כלי יקר — זאת תהיה תורת המצרע ביום טהרתו והובא אל הכהן

Q — Why is the metzora 'הובא' — *brought*, passively — to the kohen when the next verse has the kohen *going out* to him? Who brings whom?

A — Kli Yakar reads the contradiction as two distinct movements: spiritual and physical. The 'bringing' to the kohen isn't a physical relocation — it is an inner movement, the metzora's heart turning toward תשובה ('העתק לבו מן הדרך הרע אל הדרך הטוב'). Only after that inner turn does the kohen physically go out to him. The passive 'והובא' captures the bitter reality: the man didn't come of his own accord — 'הצרעת מכריחו' — the affliction itself forced him. Had he gone willingly to learn Torah from a kohen, to be a disciple of Aharon אוהב שלום ורודף שלום, he never would have contracted tzaraat in the first place. The passive voice is the rebuke.