Leviticus
13
- The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- "When anyone has a swelling or a rash
or a bright spot on his skin that may become an infectious skin disease, he
must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
- The priest is to examine the sore on his
skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to
be more than skin deep, it is an infectious skin disease. When the priest
examines him, he shall pronounce him ceremonially unclean.
- If the spot on his skin is white but does
not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white,
the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for seven days.
- On the seventh day the priest is to examine
him, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin,
he is to keep him in isolation another seven days.
- On the seventh day the priest is to examine
him again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest
shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash. The man must wash his clothes,
and he will be clean.
- But if the rash does spread in his skin
after he has shown himself to the priest to be pronounced clean, he must appear
before the priest again.
- The priest is to examine him, and if the
rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious
disease.
- "When anyone has an infectious skin
disease, he must be brought to the priest.
- The priest is to examine him, and if there
is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there
is raw flesh in the swelling,
- it is a chronic skin disease and the priest
shall pronounce him unclean. He is not to put him in isolation, because he
is already unclean.
- "If the disease breaks out all over
his skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the
infected person from head to foot,
- the priest is to examine him, and if the
disease has covered his whole body, he shall pronounce that person clean.
Since it has all turned white, he is clean.
- But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he
will be unclean.
- When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall
pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; he has an infectious disease.
- Should the raw flesh change and turn white,
he must go to the priest.
- The priest is to examine him, and if the
sores have turned white, the priest shall pronounce the infected person clean;
then he will be clean.
- "When someone has a boil on his skin
and it heals,
- and in the place where the boil was, a white
swelling or reddish-white spot appears, he must present himself to the priest.
- The priest is to examine it, and if it appears
to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest
shall pronounce him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease that has broken
out where the boil was.
- But if, when the priest examines it, there
is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then
the priest is to put him in isolation for seven days.
- If it is spreading in the skin, the priest
shall pronounce him unclean; it is infectious.
- But if the spot is unchanged and has not
spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him
clean.
- "When someone has a burn on his skin
and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn,
- the priest is to examine the spot, and if
the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep,
it is an infectious disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall
pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious skin disease.
- But if the priest examines it and there
is no white hair in the spot and if it is not more than skin deep and has
faded, then the priest is to put him in isolation for seven days.
- On the seventh day the priest is to examine
him, and if it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean;
it is an infectious skin disease.
- If, however, the spot is unchanged and has
not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and
the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scar from the burn.
- "If a man or woman has a sore on the
head or on the chin,
- the priest is to examine the sore, and if
it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin,
the priest shall pronounce that person unclean; it is an itch, an infectious
disease of the head or chin.
- But if, when the priest examines this kind
of sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black
hair in it, then the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for
seven days.
- On the seventh day the priest is to examine
the sore, and if the itch has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it
and it does not appear to be more than skin deep,
- he must be shaved except for the diseased
area, and the priest is to keep him in isolation another seven days.
- On the seventh day the priest is to examine
the itch, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than
skin deep, the priest shall pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes,
and he will be clean.
- But if the itch does spread in the skin
after he is pronounced clean,
- the priest is to examine him, and if the
itch has spread in the skin, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair;
the person is unclean.
- If, however, in his judgment it is unchanged
and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed. He is clean, and the priest
shall pronounce him clean.
- "When a man or woman has white spots
on the skin,
- the priest is to examine them, and if the
spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin;
that person is clean.
- "When a man has lost his hair and is
bald, he is clean.
- If he has lost his hair from the front of
his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean.
- But if he has a reddish-white sore on his
bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on his head
or forehead.
- The priest is to examine him, and if the
swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like an infectious skin
disease,
- the man is diseased and is unclean. The
priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.
- "The person with such an infectious
disease must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt, cover the lower part
of his face and cry out, 'Unclean ! Unclean!'
- As long as he has the infection he remains
unclean. He must live alone; he must live outside the camp.
- "If any clothing is contaminated with
mildew -- any woolen or linen clothing,
- any woven or knitted material of linen or
wool, any leather or anything made of leather --
- and if the contamination in the clothing,
or leather, or woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish
or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest.
- The priest is to examine the mildew and
isolate the affected article for seven days.
- On the seventh day he is to examine it,
and if the mildew has spread in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material,
or the leather, whatever its use, it is a destructive mildew; the article
is unclean.
- He must burn up the clothing, or the woven
or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has the
contamination in it, because the mildew is destructive; the article must be
burned up.
- "But if, when the priest examines it,
the mildew has not spread in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material,
or the leather article,
- he shall order that the contaminated article
be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days.
- After the affected article has been washed,
the priest is to examine it, and if the mildew has not changed its appearance,
even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it with fire, whether the
mildew has affected one side or the other.
- If, when the priest examines it, the mildew
has faded after the article has been washed, he is to tear the contaminated
part out of the clothing, or the leather, or the woven or knitted material.
- But if it reappears in the clothing, or
in the woven or knitted material, or in the leather article, it is spreading,
and whatever has the mildew must be burned with fire.
- The clothing, or the woven or knitted material,
or any leather article that has been washed and is rid of the mildew, must
be washed again, and it will be clean."
- These are the regulations concerning contamination
by mildew in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather
article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.
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