Leviticus - Chapter 13

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,

2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright clear spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

3 And the priest shall look on the plague [the spot] in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague [the spot] is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

4 If the bright spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned White, but it is dark; then the priest shall shut up [separate] him that hath the plague [the spot] seven days:

5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up [separate him] seven days more:

6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague [the spot] be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

7 But if the scab [the bright spot] should have changed and spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:

8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought [come] unto the priest;

10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white spot in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;

11 It is an waxing old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up [shall separate him]: for he is unclean.

12 And if a leprosy break out abroad very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;

13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all the skin of his flesh, he, the priest, shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.

14 But when raw [quick] flesh appeareth in him, he shall be pronounced unclean.

15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.

16 Or if the raw flesh turn again [if the sound flesh be restored], and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

+17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.

18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil [an ulcer], and is healed,

19 And in the place of the boil [the ulcer] there be a white rising [sore], or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;

20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil [in the ulcer].

21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin of the flesh, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut [separate] him up seven days:

22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.

23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil [the scar of the ulcer]; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning [fiery inflammation], and there should be in his skin the part which is healed of the inflammation, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright clear spot, somewhat reddish, or white;

25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white [the hair being white is changed to a bright colour], and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning [in the inflammation]: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up [separate him] seven days:

27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it [the spot] be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.

28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning [a scar of inflammation], and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an mark of inflammation of the burning.

29 If a man or woman have a plague of leprosy upon the head or the beard;

30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall [a scurf], even a leprosy upon the head or beard.

31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black [yellowish] hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:

32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;

33 He [the skin] shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall the second time for seven days more:

34 And in the seventh daythe priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin after the man's being shaved, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing [after he has been purified];

36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.

42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.

43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;

44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent [ungirt], and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip [upon his mouth], and shall cry, Unclean, unclean [and he shall be called unclean].

46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment [a garment of flax];

48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen threads; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:

50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:

51 And he, the priest, shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting [confirmed] leprosy; it is unclean.

52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting [confirmed] leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;

54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up [set it aside] seven days more:

55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour [its appearance], and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without [it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof].

56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague [a leprosy bursting forth]: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.

58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.

59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.