Leviticus 13Book 3 of 66 · 59 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

1. The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2. When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes an infection of a serious skin disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
3. The priest shall examine the affected area on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest shall examine him and pronounce him unclean.
4. But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall quarantine the one who has the infection seven days.
5. The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if the infection appears to remain unchanged and has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him another seven days.
6. The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the diseased area 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 wash his clothes and be clean.
7. But if the scab should at all spread farther over the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear before the priest again.
8. And if the priest sees that the rash has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, for it is a serious skin disease.
9. When a serious skin disease is on a person, then he shall be brought to the priest.
10. The priest shall examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,
11. It is a chronic leprosy on the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean and shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.
12. And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the diseased person from his head to his foot, as far as the priest can see,
13. The priest shall examine him, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce clean the one who has the infection, for it has all turned white and he is clean.
14. But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
15. The priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean, for the raw flesh is unclean and it is a serious skin disease.
16. Or if the raw flesh recovers and turns white again, he shall come to the priest.
17. The priest shall examine him, and if the infection has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce clean the one who has the sore; he is clean.
18. If the body develops a boil on the skin and it heals,
19. And in the place of the boil there appears a white swelling or a reddish-white bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest.
20. And if, when the priest examines it, it indeed appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean, for it is a leprous disease which has broken out of the boil.
21. But if the priest examines it and indeed there are no white hairs in it, and it is not deeper than the skin but has faded, then the priest shall quarantine him seven days.
22. And if it should at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious disease.
23. 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.
24. Or if the body sustains a burn on its skin by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white or white,
25. Then the priest shall examine it, and indeed if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, it is a serious skin disease broken out in the burn, therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous infection.
26. But if the priest examines it and indeed there are no white hairs in the bright spot, and it is not deeper than the skin but has faded, then the priest shall quarantine him seven days.
27. The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if it has spread further over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, for it is a serious skin disease.
28. But if the bright spot remains in one place and has not spread on the skin, but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.
29. If a man or woman has an infection on the head or the beard,
30. The priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears deeper than the skin and there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, for it is a scaly outbreak, a serious skin disease of the head or beard.
31. But if the priest examines the scaly infection and indeed it does not appear deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall quarantine the one who has the scale seven days.
32. And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the infection; and indeed if the scale has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the scale does not appear deeper than the skin,
33. He shall shave himself, but the scaly area he shall not shave, and the priest shall quarantine the one who has the scale another seven days.
34. On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
35. But if the scale should at all spread farther over the skin after his cleansing,
36. Then the priest shall examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
37. But if the scale appears to be unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38. If a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, specifically white bright spots,
39. Then the priest shall examine them, and if the spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.
40. As for the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, but he is clean.
41. He whose hair has fallen from his hairline on his forehead, he is bald on the forehead, but he is clean.
42. And if there is on the bald head or bald forehead a reddish-white infection, it is a serious skin disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
43. Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling of the sore is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the body,
44. He is a leprous man, he is unclean, and the priest must surely pronounce him unclean because the infection is on his head.
45. Now the leper who has the disease, his clothes shall be torn and his hair hanging loose, and he shall cover his mouth and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
46. He shall remain unclean all the days he has the infection; he is unclean, and he shall live alone with his dwelling outside the camp.
47. Also, if a fabric has a contaminating disease in it, whether it is a woolen garment or a linen garment,
48. whether it is in the warp or woof of linen or wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather,
49. If the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article made of leather, it is a case of defiling disease and shall be shown to the priest.
50. The priest shall examine the contamination and quarantine that which has the contamination seven days.
51. And he shall examine the contamination on the seventh day, and if the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, in the leather or in anything made of leather, the plague is an active leprous disease and it is unclean.
52. He shall therefore burn that garment in which is the contamination, whether warp or woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of leather, for it is a harmful leprosy; the garment shall be burned in the fire.
53. But if the priest examines it and indeed the contamination has not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article made of leather,
54. Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the contamination occurs, and he shall quarantine it another seven days.
55. Then the priest shall examine the contaminated article after it has been washed, and if the contamination has not changed its appearance, though it has not spread, it is unclean, and you shall burn it in the fire; it is a corrosive mildew, whether the damage is on the outside or inside.
56. If the priest examines it and indeed the contaminated area has faded after washing it, then he shall tear it out of the garment, whether out of the warp or out of the woof, or out of the leather.
57. But if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in anything made of leather, it is a spreading outbreak; you shall burn with fire that in which is the plague.
58. And if you wash the garment, either warp or woof, or whatever is made of leather, and the mark has disappeared from it, then it shall be washed a second time and shall be clean.
59. This is the law for the mark of a defiling disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or in anything made of leather, to determine whether it is clean or unclean.