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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Leviticus 13
13
Tza’arat, Supernatural Skin Disease
1Then Adonai spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying:
2“When a man has a swelling on the skin of his body or a scab or a bright spot, and it becomes the plague-mark of tza'arat in his flesh, then he shall be brought to Aaron the kohen, or to one of his sons, the kohanim.
3The kohen is to examine the plague of tza'arat on his skin, 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 tza'arat. Thus the kohen should examine him and pronounce him unclean.
4If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, but its appearance is not deeper than the skin and its hair has not turned white, then the kohen is to isolate the infected person for seven days.
5The kohen should examine him on the seventh day, and behold, if he sees the plague has not spread in the skin, then the kohen is to isolate him for seven more days.
6“The kohen is to examine him again on the seventh day, and behold, if the plague has faded and has not spread in the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He is to wash his clothes, and be clean.
7But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself to the kohen for his cleansing, he is to show himself to the kohen once again.
8The kohen is to examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him unclean. It is tza'arat.
9“When one has a plague oftza'arat, he is to be brought to the kohen.
10The kohen is to examine him, and behold, if there is a white swelling in the skin and it has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling,
11it is a chronic tza'arat in the skin of his flesh, and the kohen is to pronounce him unclean. He is to isolate him, for he is unclean.
12“Suppose the tza'arat breaks out above the flesh, and so far as it all appears in the eyes of the kohen, covers all the skin of the infected person from his head to his feet.
13Then the kohen will see, and behold, if the tza’arat has covered all of his body, he is to pronounce him clean of the plague. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.
14But whenever raw flesh appears upon him, he will be unclean.
15The kohen is to examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean—it is tza'arat.
16Or, if the raw flesh changes and turns white, then he must come to the kohen.
17The kohen is to examine him, and behold, if the plague has turned white, then the kohen should pronounce him clean of the plague. He is clean.
18“When the body has a boil on its skin and it has healed,
19but in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a bright reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the kohen.
20The kohen is to examine it, and behold, if its appearance is lower than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the kohen is to pronounce him unclean. It is a plague of tza'arat that has broken out within the boil.
21But if the kohen examines it and sees there are no white hairs within, and if it is not deeper than the skin but is faded, then the kohen is to isolate him seven days.
22If it spreads in the skin, then the kohen is to pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
23But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil—the kohen is to pronounce him clean.
24“Or suppose 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 kohen is to examine it, and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is tza'arat. It has broken out in the burning, and the kohen is to pronounce him unclean—it is the plague of tza'arat.
26But if the kohen examines it and sees there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is not lower than the skin but is faded, then the kohen is to isolate him seven days.
27The kohen is to examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the kohen is to pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of tza'arat.
28If the bright spot stays in its place, and has not spread in the skin but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the kohen shall pronounce him clean, for it is merely a scar from the burn.
29“When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the chin,
30then the kohen is to examine the plague, and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the kohen is to pronounce him unclean. It is a scab—tza'arat of the head or the chin.
31If the kohen examines the plague of the scab, and behold its appearance is no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair within, then the kohen is to isolate the person infected with the scab for seven days.
32On the seventh day the kohen is to examine the plague, and behold, if the scab has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the scab is no deeper than the skin,
33then he should be shaved, but he is not to shave the scab. The kohen is then to isolate the one who has the scab for seven more days.
34On the seventh day, the kohen is to examine the scab, and behold, if the scab has not spread in the skin and its appearance is no deeper than the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him clean. He is to wash his clothes, and be clean.
35But if the scab spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
36then the kohen is to examine him, and behold, if the scab has spread in the skin, the kohen may not look for the yellow hair, he is unclean.
37But if he sees the scab is stopped and black hair has grown in it, the scab is healed, and he is clean. The kohen should pronounce him clean.
38“Suppose a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body—bright white spots.
39Then the kohen is to examine them, and behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash broken out in the skin. He is clean.
Baldness is Clean
40“If a man’s hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.
41Or if the borders of his face become bald, his forehead is bald. He is clean.
42But if on the baldhead or bald forehead, there is a reddish-white plague, it is tza'arat breaking out in his baldhead or bald forehead.
43Then the kohen is to examine him, and behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white on his bald head or bald forehead, like the appearance of tza'arat in the skin of the flesh,
44he is a man with tza'arat He is unclean. The kohen should definitely pronounce him unclean—his plague-mark is on his head.
Unclean! Unclean!
45“The one with tza'arat who has the plague-mark shall wear torn clothes, the hair of his head is to hang loose, he is to cover his upper lip and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
46All the days during which the plague is on him he will be unclean. He is unclean. He is to dwell alone. Outside of the camp will be his dwelling.
47“Also when a garment has a mark of tza'arat on it—whether it is a woolen or a linen garment,
48whether it is woven or textured, linen or wool, leather, or anything made from leather—
49or if the mark is greenish or reddish within the garment or in the leather, or in the weaving or the texture, or in anything made from leather, it is the plague of tza'arat and shall be shown to the kohen.
50The kohen is to examine the plague and isolate it for seven days.
51Then he is to reexamine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the weaving, the texture or the leather, whatever the use for the leather may be, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.
52He is to burn the garment or the weaving, or the texture, wool or linen, or anything of leather, in which the plague resides, for it is a destructive mildew. It is to be burned in the fire.
53“If the kohen examines it, and behold, the plague has not spread in the garment, either in the weaving, the texture, or in anything made of leather,
54the kohen shall command that they wash the thing which has the mark, and he is to isolate it seven more days.
55“Then the kohen is to reexamine it, after the mark has been washed, and behold, if the mark has not changed its color and has not spread, it is unclean. You are to burn it in the fire, whether the rot is inside or outside.
56If the kohen looks, and sees the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he is to tear it out of the garment, or the leather, or weaving, or texture.
57But if it appears again in the garment, either in the weaving, the texture, or in anything made of leather, it is spreading. You are to burn with fire whatever has the mark.
58The garment, or weaving, or texture, or whatever leather item it is that you have washed, if the mark has departed from it, is to be washed a second time, and will become clean.”
59This is the Torah for a mark of tza'arat in a garment of wool or linen, either in the weaving, the texture, or in anything of leather, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.
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