Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
and to Aaron
, saying
,
"When a man
has
on the skin
of his 1body
a swelling
or
a scab
or
a bright
spot
, and it becomes
2an infection
of leprosy
on the skin
of his 1body
, athen he shall be brought
to Aaron
the priest
or
to one
of his sons
the priests
.
"The priest shall look
at the mark
on the skin
of the 1body
, and if the hair
in the infection
has turned
white
and the infection
appears
to be deeper
than
the skin
of his 1body
, it is an infection
of leprosy
; when the priest
has looked
at him, he shall pronounce
him unclean
.
"But if the bright
spot
is white
on the skin
of his 1body
, and 2it does not appear
to be deeper
than
the skin
, and the hair
on it has not turned
white
, then the priest
shall 3isolate
him who has the infection
for seven
days
.
"The priest shall look
at him on the seventh
day
, and if
in his eyes
the infection
1has not changed
and the infection
has not spread
on the skin
, then the priest
shall 2isolate
him for seven
more
days
.
"The priest shall look
at him again
on the seventh
day
, and if
the infection
has faded
and the mark
has not spread
on the skin
, then the priest
shall pronounce
him clean
; it is only a scab
. And he shall awash
his clothes
and be clean
.
"But if the scab
spreads
farther
on the skin
after
he has shown
himself to the priest
for his cleansing
, he shall appear
again
to the priest
.
"The priest shall look
, and if
the scab
has spread
on the skin
, then the priest
shall pronounce
him unclean
; it is leprosy
.
"When the infection
of leprosy
is on a man
, then he shall be brought
to the priest
.
"The priest shall then look
, and if
there is a awhite
swelling
in the skin
, and it has turned
the hair
white
, and there is quick
raw
flesh
in the swelling
,
it is 1a chronic leprosy
on the skin
of his 2body
, and the priest
shall pronounce
him unclean
; he shall not 3isolate
him, for he is unclean
.
"If the leprosy
breaks
out farther
on the skin
, and the leprosy
covers
all
the skin
of him who has the infection
from his head
even to his feet
, 1as far
as the priest
can see
,
then the priest shall look
, and behold
, if the leprosy
has covered
all
his 1body
, he shall pronounce
clean
him who has the infection
; it has all
turned
white
and he is clean
.
"But whenever raw
flesh
appears
on him, he shall be unclean
.
"The priest shall look
at the raw
flesh
, and he shall pronounce
him unclean
; the raw
flesh
is unclean
, it is leprosy
.
"Or if
the raw
flesh
turns
again
and is changed
to white
, then he shall acome
to the priest
,
and the priest shall look
at him, and behold
, if the infection
has turned
to white
, then the priest
shall pronounce
clean
him who has the infection
; he is clean
.
"When the 1body
has
a boil
on its skin
and it is healed
,
and in the place of the boil
there is a white
swelling
or
a reddish-white
, bright
spot
, then it shall be shown
to the priest
;
and the priest shall look
, and behold
, if 1it appears
to be lower
than
the skin
, and the hair
on it has turned
white
, then the priest
shall pronounce
him unclean
; it is the infection
of leprosy
, it has broken
out in the boil
.
"But if the priest
looks
at it, and behold
, there
are no
white
hairs
in it and it is not lower
than
the skin
and is faded
, then the priest
shall 1isolate
him for seven
days
;
and if it spreads
farther
on the skin
, then the priest
shall pronounce
him unclean
; it is an infection
.
"But if the bright
spot
remains
in its place
and does not spread
, it is only the scar
of the boil
; and the priest
shall pronounce
him clean
.
"Or if
the 1body
sustains
in its skin
a burn
by fire
, and the raw
flesh of the burn
becomes
a bright
spot
, reddish-white
, or
white
,
then the priest shall look
at it. And if
the hair
in the bright
spot
has aturned
white
and it appears
to be deeper
than
the skin
, it is leprosy
; it has broken
out in the burn
. Therefore, the priest
shall pronounce
him unclean
; it is an infection
of leprosy
.
"But if the priest
looks
at it, and indeed
, there
is no
white
hair
in the bright
spot
and it is no
1deeper
than
the skin
, but is dim
, then the priest
shall 2isolate
him for seven
days
;
and the priest shall look
at him on the seventh
day
. If
it spreads
farther
in the skin
, then the priest
shall pronounce
him unclean
; it is an infection
of leprosy
.
"But if the bright
spot
remains
in its place
and has not spread
in the skin
, but is dim
, it is the swelling
from the burn
; and the priest
shall pronounce
him clean
, for it is only the scar
of the burn
.
"Now if a man
or
woman
has
an infection
on the head
or
on the beard
,
then the priest shall look
at the infection
, and if
it appears
to be deeper
than
the skin
and there is thin
yellowish
hair
in it, then the priest
shall pronounce
him unclean
; it is a scale
, it is leprosy
of the head
or
of the beard
.
"But if the priest
looks
at the infection
of the scale
, and indeed
, it appears
to be no
deeper
than
the skin
and there
is no
black
hair
in it, then the priest
shall 1isolate
the person with the scaly
infection
for seven
days
.
"On the seventh day
the priest
shall look
at the infection
, and if
the scale
has not spread
and no
yellowish
hair
has 1grown
in it, and the appearance
of the scale
is no
deeper
than
the skin
,
then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave
the scale
; and the priest
shall 1isolate
the person with the scale
seven
more
days
.
"Then on the seventh day
the priest
shall look
at the scale
, and if
the scale
has not spread
in the skin
and it appears
to be no
deeper
than
the skin
, the priest
shall pronounce
him clean
; and he shall wash
his clothes
and be clean
.
"But if the scale
spreads
farther
in the skin
after
his cleansing
,
then the priest shall look
at him, and if
the scale
has spread
in the skin
, the priest
need not seek
for the yellowish
hair
; he is unclean
.
"If in his sight
the scale
has remained
, however, and black
hair
has grown
in it, the scale
has healed
, he is clean
; and the priest
shall pronounce
him clean
.
"When a man
or
a woman
has
bright
spots
on the skin
of the 1body
, even white
bright
spots
,
then the priest shall look
, and if
the bright
spots
on the skin
of their 1bodies
are a faint
white
, it is 2eczema
that has broken
out on the skin
; he is clean
.
"Now if a 1man
loses
the hair
of his head
, he is abald
; he is clean
.
"If his head
becomes
bald
at the 1front
and sides
, he is bald
on the forehead
; he is clean
.
"But if on the bald
head
or
the bald
forehead
, there occurs
a reddish-white
infection
, it is leprosy
breaking
out on his bald
head
or
on his bald
forehead
.
"Then athe priest shall look
at him; and if
the swelling
of the infection
is reddish-white
on his bald
head
or
on his bald
forehead
, like the appearance
of leprosy
in the skin
of the 1body
,
he is a leprous man
, he is unclean
. The priest
shall surely
pronounce
him unclean
; his infection
is on his head
.
"As for the leper who
has the infection
, his clothes
shall be torn
, and athe hair of his head
shall be 1uncovered
, and he shall bcover
his mustache
and cry
, ` cUnclean
! Unclean
!'
"He shall remain unclean
all
the days
during which
he has the infection
; he is unclean
. He shall live
alone
; his dwelling
shall be aoutside
the camp
.
"When a garment
has
a 1mark
of leprosy
in it, whether it is a wool
garment
or
a linen
garment
,
whether in 1warp
or
woof
, of linen
or
of wool
, whether
in leather
or
in any
article
made
of leather
,
if the mark is greenish
or
reddish
in the garment
or
in the leather
, or
in the 1warp
or
in the woof
, or
in any
article
of leather
, it is a leprous
mark
and shall be shown
to the priest
.
"Then athe priest shall look
at the mark
and shall 1quarantine
the article with the mark
for seven
days
.
"He shall then look at the mark
on the seventh
day
; if
the mark
has spread
in the garment
, whether
in the warp
or
in the woof
, or
in the leather
, whatever
the purpose
for which
the leather
is used
, the mark
is a 1leprous
malignancy
, it is unclean
.
"So he shall burn the garment
, whether
the warp
or
the woof
, in wool
or
in linen
, or
any
article
of leather
in which
the mark
occurs
, for it is a 1leprous
malignancy
; it shall be burned
in the fire
.
"But if the priest
shall look
, and indeed
the mark
has not spread
in the garment
, either
in the warp
or
in the woof
, or
in any
article
of leather
,
then the priest shall order
them to wash
the thing in which
the mark
occurs and he shall 1quarantine
it for seven
more
days
.
"After the article with the mark
has been washed
, the priest
shall again
look
, and if
the mark
has not changed
its appearance
, even though the mark
has not spread
, it is unclean
; you shall burn
it in the fire
, whether an eating
away
has produced bareness
on the top
or
on the front
of it.
"Then if the priest
looks
, and if
the mark
has faded
after
it has been washed
, then he shall tear
it out of the garment
or
out of the leather
, whether
from the warp
or
from the woof
;
and if it appears
again
in the garment
, whether
in the warp
or
in the woof
, or
in any
article
of leather
, it is an outbreak
; the article with the mark
shall be burned
in the fire
.
"The garment, whether
the warp
or
the woof
, or
any
article
of leather
from which
the mark
has departed
when you washed
it, it shall then be washed
a second
time
and will be clean
."
This is the law
for the mark
of leprosy
in a garment
of wool
or
linen
, whether
in the warp
or
in the woof
, or
in any
article
of leather
, for pronouncing
it clean
or
unclean
.