1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “When a man shall
have a rising in his body’s skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes
in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to
Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests: 3 and the priest
shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the
plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the
body’s skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him,
and pronounce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot is white in the skin of
his body, and the appearance of it isn’t deeper than the skin, and the hair
of it hasn’t turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person
for seven days. 5 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and,
behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn’t spread
in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. 6 The
priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague
has faded, and the plague hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
7 But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself to the
priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again. 8 The
priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the scab has spread on the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
9 “When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the
priest; 10 and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white
rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh
in the rising, 11 it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the
priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not isolate him, for he is
unclean.
12 “If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers
all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as
it appears to the priest; 13 then the priest shall examine him; and,
behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him
clean of the plague. It has all turned white: he is clean. 14 But whenever
raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean. 15 The priest shall examine
the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is
leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then
he shall come to the priest; 17 and the priest shall examine him; and,
behold, if the plague has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him
clean of the plague. He is clean.
18 “When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed, 19 and in
the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot,
reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest; 20 and the priest
shall examine it; and, behold, if the appearance of it is lower than the
skin, and the hair of it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce
him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.
21 But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there are no white hairs in
it, and it isn’t deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall
isolate him seven days. 22 If it spreads in the skin, then the priest
shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot
stays in its place, and hasn’t spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the
priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 “Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh
of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, 25 then the
priest shall examine it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot has
turned white, and the appearance of it is deeper than the skin; it is
leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest examines it,
and, behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn’t lower
than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
27 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in
the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of
leprosy. 28 If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread in
the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest
shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn.
29 “When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the
appearance of it is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and
thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is
leprosy of the head or of the beard. 31 If the priest examines the plague
of itching, and, behold, its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, and there
is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected
with itching seven days. 32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine
the plague; and, behold, if the itch hasn’t spread, and there is no yellow
hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn’t deeper than the skin,
33 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch; and the
priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days. 34 On the
seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and, behold, if the itch
hasn’t spread in the skin, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be
clean. 35 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
36 then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the itch has spread
in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
37 But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair has grown in
it; the itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.
38 “When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even
white bright spots; 39 then the priest shall examine them; and, behold, if
the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless
rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
40 “If a man’s hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.
41 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is
forehead bald. He is clean. 42 But if there is in the bald head, or the
bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald
head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall examine him; and,
behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in
his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
44 he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce
him unclean. His plague is on his head.
45 “The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair
of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry,
‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 All the days in which the plague is in him he shall
be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be
his dwelling.
47 “The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a
woolen garment, or a linen garment; 48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of
linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; 49 if
the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the
warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of
leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest. 50 The priest shall examine the
plague, and isolate the plague seven days. 51 He shall examine the plague
on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the
warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the
plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean. 52 He shall burn the
garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of
skin, in which the plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be
burned in the fire.
53 “If the priest examines it, and, behold, the plague hasn’t spread in
the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;
54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the
plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days. 55 Then the priest
shall examine it, after the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague
hasn’t changed its color, and the plague hasn’t spread, it is unclean; you
shall burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is
inside or outside. 56 If the priest looks, and, behold, the plague has
faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of
the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 57 and if it appears
again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of
skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
58 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it
is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall
be washed the second time, and it will be clean.”
59 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen,
either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it
clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
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