Chapter 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, When a man shall have
in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the
skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, that he shall be brought unto
Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh.
And when the hair in the plague 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.
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than
the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut
up him that hath the plague seven days.
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 seven days more.
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day.
And, behold, if the plague 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.
But if the scab 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.
And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is a leprosy.
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest,
and the priest shall see him.
And, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white,
and there be quick raw flesh in the rising, it is an old leprosy in the skin
of his flesh.
And the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up,
for he is unclean.
And if a leprosy break out abroad 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, then the priest shall consider, and, behold, if the leprosy have covered
all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague.
It is all turned white.
He is clean.
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean.
For the raw flesh is unclean.
It is a leprosy.
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come
unto the priest, 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.
The flesh also, in which even in the skin thereof was a boil, and is healed.
And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot,
white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest.
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.
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein,
and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark, then the priest
shall shut him up seven days.
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him
unclean.
It is a plague.
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil,
and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Or if there be any flesh in the skin whereof there is a hot burning,
and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish or
white, then the priest shall look upon it, and, behold, if the hair in the bright
spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy
broken out of the burning, wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is the plague of leprosy.
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 seven days.
And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day, and if it be spread much
abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is the plague of leprosy.
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, and the priest shall pronounce
him clean, for it is an inflammation of the burning.
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head, or the beard, 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 skull, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
And if the priest look on the plague of the skull, and, behold, it be not in sight
deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall
shut up him that hath the plague of the skull seven days.
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold,
if the skull spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the skull be not in
sight deeper than the skin, he shall be shaven, but the skull shall he not shave.
And the priest shall shut up him that hath the skull seven days more.
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the skull, and, behold,
if the skull be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes,
and be clean.
But if the skull spread much in the skin after his cleansing, then the priest shall
look on him, and, behold, if the skull be spread in the skin, the priest shall not
seek for yellow hair, he is unclean.
But if the skull be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown
up therein, the skull is healed, he is clean, and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white
bright spots, 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.
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald, yet is he clean.
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.
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.
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, he is a leprous man, he is unclean.
The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean, his plague is in his head.
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head
bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, unclean,
unclean.
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.
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen
garment or a linen garment, whether it be in the warp or woof of linen or of woolen,
whether in a skin or in anything made of skin.
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 anything of skin, it is a plague of
leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest.
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven
days.
And he 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 of fretting
leprosy, it is unclean.
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in
linen, or anything of skin wherein the plague is.
For it is of fretting leprosy, it shall be burnt in the fire.
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, then the priest
shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut
it up seven days more.
And the priest shall look on the plague after that it is washed, and behold,
if the plague have not changed his colour, 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.
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.
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.
Thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire, 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.
This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen,
either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean,
or to pronounce it unclean.