Skin Diseases

1YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2“When a person has a swelling in his body’s skin, or a scab, or a bright spot on the skin of their body the infection of leprosy, then they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests. 3the priest is to examine the infection in the skin of the body. If the hair in the infection has turned white, and the appearance of the infection is deeper than the body’s skin, it is the infection of leprosy; so the priest is to examine the person and pronounce them unclean. 4If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn’t turned white, then the priest is to isolate the infected person for seven days. 5the priest is to examine them on the seventh day, and if he sees that the infection in his eyes is unchanged and hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest is to quarantine the person for seven more days. 6the priest is to examine them again on the seventh day. If he sees that the infection has faded and hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest is to pronounce them clean. It is a scab. They must wash their clothes, and then be clean. 7But if the scab spreads-spreads on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must show himself to the priest again. 8the priest will examine him. If he sees that the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.

9“When a person has infection of leprosy, they must be brought to the priest, 10and the priest is to examine him. If he sees that there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, 11it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest is to pronounce him unclean. He must not isolate him, for he is already unclean.

12“If the leprosy breaks-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, 13then the priest is to examine them. If he sees that the leprosy has covered all their flesh, he will pronounce them clean of the infection. It has all turned white: he is clean. 14But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he will be unclean. 15the priest is to examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy. 16Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he must come to the priest. 17The priest is to examine him. If he sees that the infection has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce them clean of the infection. He is clean.

18“When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed, 19and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it must be shown to the priest. 20the priest is to examine it. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce them unclean. It is the infection of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil. 21But if the priest examines it and he sees that there are no white hairs in it, and it isn’t deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest is to isolate him seven days. 22If it spreads-spreads in the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is an infection. 23But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest is to 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, 25then the priest is to examine it. If he sees that the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest is to pronounce them unclean. It is the infection of leprosy. 26But if the priest examines it and he sees that there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn’t deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest is to isolate him seven days. 27the priest is to examine them on the seventh day. If it has spread-spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is the infection of leprosy. 28If 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 is to pronounce him clean, for it is the scar from the burn.

29“When a man or woman has a infection on the head or on the beard, 30then the priest is to examine the infection. If he sees that its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce them unclean. It is an scall. It is a disease of the head or of the beard. 31If the priest examines the scaly infection, and sees that its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate the person infected with itching seven days. 32On the seventh day the priest is to examine the infection. If he sees that the scall hasn’t spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn’t deeper than the skin, 33then he must be shaved, but he is not shave the itch. Then the priest is to isolate the one who has the itch seven more days. 34On the seventh day, the priest is to examine the itch. If he sees that the itch hasn’t spread in the skin, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean. He is to wash his clothes and be clean. 35But if the itch spreads-spreads in the skin after his cleansing, 36then the priest is to examine him and he sees that the itch has spread in the skin, the priest is to not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean. 37But if in his eyes the itch is arrested and black hair has grown in it, then the itch is healed. He is clean. the priest is to pronounce him clean.

38“When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots, 39then the priest is to examine them and he sees that 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. 41If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald. He is clean. 42But if a reddish-white infection is in the bald head or the bald forehead, it is leprosy breaking out in their head or forehead. 43Then the priest is to examine them. If he sees that the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on their head or forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, 44he is a leprous man. He is unclean. the priest is to pronounce-pronounce him unclean. His infection is on his head.

45“The leper with the infection is must wear torn clothes, and the hair of their head must hang loose. They must cover their mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46All the days they have the infection they will be unclean. That person is unclean. They must dwell alone, and their dwelling must be outside of the camp.

Regulations for Contaminated Garments

47“When a garment has the contamination of leprosy in it, any woolen or linen garment; 48whether it is in warp or woof;+13:48 warp and woof are the vertical and horizontal threads in woven cloth of linen or of wool; whether in a leather, or in anything made of leather; 49if the contamination is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the leather, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of leather; it is the contamination of leprosy, and must be shown to the priest. 50the priest is to examine the contamination, and isolate the contamination seven days. 51He is to examine the contamination on the seventh day. If the contamination 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 contamination is a destructive mildew. It is unclean. 52He must burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of leather, in which the contamination is, for it is a destructive mildew. It must be burned in the fire.

53“If the priest examines it and sees that the contamination hasn’t spread in the garment, either in the warp woof, or any leather article, 54then the priest is to command that they wash the thing that the contamination is in isolate it seven more days. 55Then the priest is to examine it, after the contamination is washed. If that the contamination hasn’t changed its color, even though it hasn’t spread, it is unclean. You must burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside. 56If the priest looks and sees that the contamination has faded after it is washed, then he is to tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp or woof, 57and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You must burn whatever is contaminated with fire. 58The garment, either the warp or woof, or any article of leather, which you must wash, if the contamination has departed from them, then it must be washed the second time, and it will be clean.”

59This is the law of the contamination of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or any leather article, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.