Leviticus 13
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Rules About Skin Diseases
1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2“Someone might have a swelling on his skin. Or he might have a scab or a bright spot on his skin. If the sore looks like a harmful skin disease, the person must be brought to Aaron the priest. Or he must be brought to one of Aaron’s sons, the priests. 3The priest must look at the sore on the person’s skin. The hair in the sore may have become white. And the sore may seem deeper than the person’s skin. If so, it is a harmful skin disease. When he has finished looking at the person, the priest must announce that the person is unclean.
4“Sometimes there is a white spot on a person’s skin, but the spot does not seem deeper than the skin. If that is true, and if the hair from the spot has not turned white, the priest must separate that person from other people for seven days. 5On the seventh day the priest must look at the person again. He may see that the sore has not changed. It might not have spread on the skin. Then the priest must keep the person separated for seven more days. 6On the seventh day the priest must look at the person again. The sore may have faded. And it may not have spread on the skin. If that is true, the priest must announce that the person is clean. The sore is only a rash. The person must wash his clothes. Then he will become clean again.
7“But the sore may have spread again after the priest has announced him clean. Then the person must come again to the priest. 8The priest must look at him. If the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must announce that person is unclean. It is a harmful skin disease.
9“If a person has a harmful skin disease, he must be brought to the priest. 10The priest must look at him. There might be a white swelling in the skin. And the hair may have become white. And the skin may look raw in the swelling. 11If these things are true, it is a harmful skin disease. It is one that he has had for a long time. The priest must announce that the person is unclean. He will not need to separate that person from other people. This is because everyone already knows that the person is unclean.
12“Sometimes skin disease spreads all over a person’s body. The disease covers that person’s skin from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see. Then the priest must look at the person’s whole body. 13The priest might see that the disease covers the whole body. It might have turned all of the person’s skin white. Then the priest must announce that the person is clean.
14“But when the person has an open sore, he is not clean. 15When the priest sees the open sore, he must announce that the person is unclean. The open sore is not clean. It is a harmful skin disease. 16If the open sore becomes white again, the person must come to the priest. 17The priest must look at him. If the sores have become white, the priest must announce that the person with the sores is clean. Then he will be clean.
18“Someone may have a boil on his skin, but it is healed. 19In the place where the boil was, there might be a white swelling. Or there might be a bright red spot. This place on the skin must be shown to the priest. 20And the priest must look at it. The spot might seem deeper than the skin. And the hair on it might have become white. If these things are true, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. The spot is a harmful skin disease. It has broken out from inside the boil. 21But the priest must look at the spot. There might be no white hairs in it. The spot may not be deeper than the skin. And it may have faded. Then the priest must separate the person from other people for seven days. 22If the spot spreads on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is a disease that will spread. 23But the bright spot might not spread or change. Then it is only the scar from the old boil. Then the priest must announce that the person is clean.
24“A person might get a burn on his skin. If the open sore becomes white or red, 25the priest must look at it. The white spot might seem deeper than the skin. And the hair at that spot might have become white. If these things are true, it is a harmful skin disease. The disease has broken out in the burn. Then the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is a harmful skin disease. 26But the priest must look at the spot. There might be no white hair in the bright spot. And the spot may be no deeper than the skin. It may have faded. Then the priest must separate the person from other people for seven days. 27On the seventh day the priest must look at him again. If the spot has spread on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is a harmful skin disease. 28But the bright spot may not have spread on the skin. It may have faded. Then it is the swelling from the burn. And the priest must announce that the person is clean. The spot is only a scar from the burn.
29“Someone might get a sore on his scalp or on his chin. 30A priest must look at the sore. It may seem to be deeper than the skin. And the hair around it may be thin and yellow. If these things are true, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is an itch, a harmful skin disease of the head or chin. 31But when the priest looks at it, the sore might not seem deeper than the skin. There might not be any black hair in it. If that is true, the priest must separate the person from other people for seven days. 32On the seventh day the priest must look at the sore. It may not have spread. There may be no yellow hairs growing in it. And the sore may not seem deeper than the skin. 33If these things are true, the person must shave himself. But he must not shave the sore place. The priest must separate that person from other people for seven more days. 34On the seventh day the priest must look at the sore. The sore may not have spread on the skin. And it may not seem deeper than the skin. If that is true, the priest must announce that the person is clean. So the person must wash his clothes and become clean. 35But the sore might spread on the skin after the person has become clean. 36Then the priest must look at him again. If the sore has spread on the skin, the priest doesn’t need to look for the yellowish hair. The person is unclean. 37But the priest might think the sore has stopped spreading. And black hair may be growing in it. Then the sore has healed. The person is clean. And the priest must announce that he is clean.
38“When a person has white spots on his skin, 39a priest must look at them. If the spots on his skin are dull white, the disease is only a harmless rash. That person is clean.
40“A man might lose hair from his head and be bald. He is clean. 41He might lose hair from the front of his head and have a bald forehead. He is clean. 42But if there is a red-white sore on his scalp, it is a skin disease. 43A priest must look at that person. The swelling of the sore might be red-white. It might look like a skin disease that spreads. 44Then that person has a skin disease. He is unclean. And the priest must announce that the person is unclean because of the sore on his head.
45“If a person has a skin disease that spreads, he must warn other people. He must shout, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ His clothes must be torn at the seams. He must let his hair stay uncombed. And he must cover his mouth. 46That person will be unclean the whole time he has the disease. He is unclean. He must live alone outside the camp.
Rules About Mildew
47“Some clothing might have mildew on it. The cloth might be linen or wool. 48It might be woven or knitted. The mildew might be on a piece of leather or on something made from leather. 49The mildew might be in the clothing, leather or woven or knitted material. If the mildew is green or red, it is a spreading mildew. Then it must be shown to the priest. 50The priest must look at the mildew. And he must put that thing in a separate place for seven days. 51On the seventh day he must look at the mildew. It doesn’t matter if the mildew is on leather or cloth. It doesn’t matter if the cloth is woven or knitted. It doesn’t matter what it was used for. If the mildew has spread, it is a mildew that destroys. 52The priest must burn it. It does not matter if it is woven or knitted, wool or linen or a leather article. The mildew is spreading. The thing must be burned.
53“If the priest sees that the mildew has not spread, the cloth or leather must be washed. It does not matter if it is leather or cloth, knitted or woven. It must be washed. 54The priest must order the people to wash that piece of leather or cloth. Then he must separate the clothing for seven more days. 55After that time the priest must look at it again. If the mildew still looks the same, that thing is unclean. It does not matter if the mildew has not spread. You must burn that cloth or piece of leather.
56“But when the priest looks at that piece of leather or cloth, the mildew might have faded. Then the priest must tear the mildew out of the piece of leather or cloth. It does not matter if the cloth is woven or knitted. 57But the mildew might come back to that piece of leather or cloth. If that happens, the mildew is spreading. And that piece of leather or cloth must be burned. 58The cloth, the woven or knitted material, or the leather may be washed. The mildew may then be gone. It must be washed again. Then it will be clean.
59“These are the teachings about mildew on pieces of leather or cloth. It doesn’t matter if the cloth is woven or knitted.”
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Leviticus 13
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Rules About Skin Diseases
1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2“Someone might have a swelling on their skin, or it may be a rash or a bright spot. If the sore looks like the disease of leprosy, the person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests. 3The priest must look at the sore on the person’s skin. If the hair in the sore has become white, and if the sore seems deeper than the person’s skin, it is leprosy. When the priest has finished looking at the person, he must announce that the person is unclean.
4“Sometimes there is a white spot on a person’s skin that does not seem deeper than the skin. If that is true, the priest must separate that person from other people for seven days. 5On the seventh day the priest must look at the person again. If the priest sees that the sore has not changed and has not spread on the skin, he must separate the person for seven more days. 6Seven days later the priest must look at the person again. If the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is clean. The sore is only a rash. After washing the clothes, that person will be clean again.
7“But if the rash spreads over the skin after the person has shown himself to the priest to be made clean again, that person must come again to the priest. 8The priest must look, and if the rash has spread, he must announce that the person is unclean. The disease is leprosy.
9“Whoever has leprosy must be brought to the priest. 10He must look at that person. If there is a white swelling on the skin, if the hair has become white, and if the skin looks raw in the swelling, 11it is leprosy that has been there for a long time. The priest must announce that the person is unclean. He does not have to wait until after a period of separation, because he already knows that the person is unclean.
12“Sometimes a skin disease will spread all over a person’s body, covering the skin from head to foot. The priest must look at that person’s whole body. 13If the priest sees that the skin disease covers the whole body and that it has turned all the skin white, the priest must announce that the person is clean. 14But if the skin is raw, that person is not clean. 15When the priest sees the raw skin, he must announce that the person is unclean. The raw skin is not clean. It is leprosy.
16“If the raw skin changes and becomes white, the person must come to the priest. 17The priest must look at the person. If the skin has become white, the person who had the infection is clean, and the priest must announce this.
18“Someone might get a boil on their skin that heals over. 19Then that boil might become a white swelling or a bright, white spot with red streaks in it. If this happens, the person must show that spot to the priest. 20The priest must look at it. If the swelling is deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has become white, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. The spot is leprosy that has broken out from inside the boil. 21But if the priest looks at the spot, and there are no white hairs in it, and the spot is not deeper than the skin but is faded, the priest must separate the person for seven days. 22If the spot spreads on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean; it is an infection. 23But if the bright spot stays in its place and does not spread, it is only the scar from the old boil. The priest must announce that the person is clean.
24-25“Someone might get a burn on the skin. If the raw skin becomes a white spot or a white spot with red streaks in it, the priest must look at it. If that white spot seems to be deeper than the skin, and the hair at that spot has become white, it is leprosy that has broken out in the burn. The priest must announce that the person is unclean. 26But if the priest looks at the spot, and there is no white hair in the bright spot, and the spot is not deeper than the skin but is faded, the priest must separate the person for seven days. 27On the seventh day, the priest must look at the person again. If the spot has spread on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is leprosy. 28But if the bright spot has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is only a scar from the burn. The priest must announce that the person is clean.
29“Someone might get an infection on the scalp#13:29 scalp The skin on a person’s head. Also in verse 42. or beard. 30A priest must look at the infection. If the infection seems to be deeper than the skin, and if the hair around it is thin and yellow, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is a serious skin disease.#13:30 serious skin disease This could be leprosy, or it could be another kind of contagious skin disease. 31If the disease does not seem deeper than the skin, but there is no dark hair in it, the priest must separate that person for seven days. 32On the seventh day, the priest must look at it again. If the disease has not spread, and there are no yellow hairs growing in it, and the disease does not seem deeper than the skin, 33the person must shave. But the diseased area should not be shaved. The priest must separate that person for seven more days. 34On the seventh day, the priest must look at it again. If the disease has not spread, and it does not seem deeper than the skin, the priest must announce that the person is clean. After washing those clothes, that person will be clean. 35But if the disease spreads on the skin after the person has become clean, 36then the priest must look at the person again. If the disease has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The person is unclean. 37But if the priest thinks that the disease has stopped, and black hair is growing in it, the disease has healed. The person is clean, and the priest must announce this.
38“If anyone has white spots on the skin, 39a priest must look at them. If the spots on that person’s skin are dull white, the disease is only a harmless rash. That person is clean.
40“A man might begin to lose the hair on his head. It is only baldness, so he is clean. 41A man might lose hair from the sides of his head. He is clean. It is only another kind of baldness. 42But if there is a red and white infection on his scalp, it is a skin disease. 43A priest must look at him. If the swelling of the infection is red and white and looks like the leprosy on other parts of his body, 44then he has leprosy on his scalp. The person is unclean. The priest must announce that he is unclean.
45“People with leprosy must warn other people. They must shout, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ They must tear their clothes at the seams. They must let their hair grow wild,#13:45 They must tear … wild This also showed that a person was very sad about something. and they must cover their mouth. 46They are unclean the whole time that they have the infection. They are unclean and must live outside the camp.
47-48“Some clothing might have mildew on it. The cloth could be linen or wool, woven or knitted. Or the mildew might be on a piece of leather or on something made from leather. 49If the mildew is green or red, it must be shown to the priest. 50The priest must look at it and put it in a separate place for seven days. 51-52On the seventh day, he must look at it again. It doesn’t matter if the mildew is on leather or cloth or if the cloth is woven or knitted. And it doesn’t matter what the leather was used for. If the mildew has spread, the object is unclean because of the infection. The priest must burn it.
53“If the priest sees that the mildew did not spread on the object, it must be washed. It doesn’t matter if it is leather or cloth, or if the cloth is knitted or woven, it must be washed. 54He must order the people to wash it. Then he must separate the clothing for seven more days. 55After that time, the priest must look at it again. If the mildew still looks the same, the object is unclean. It doesn’t matter if the infection has not spread; you must burn that cloth or piece of leather.
56“But if the priest looks at that piece of leather or cloth, and the mildew has faded, he must tear the infected spot out of the piece of leather or cloth. It doesn’t matter if the cloth is woven or knitted. 57But the mildew might come back to that piece of leather or cloth. If that happens, the mildew is spreading, and the object must be burned. 58But if the mildew did not come back after washing, that piece of leather or cloth is clean, whether the cloth was woven or knitted.”
59These are the rules for mildew on pieces of leather or cloth, whether the cloth is woven or knitted.
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