1. And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2. When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:
3. And the priest shall look at 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 at him, and pronounce him unclean.
4. 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 has the plague seven days:
5. And the priest shall look at him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be stationary, and the plague does not spread in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
6. And the priest shall look at him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague does not spread 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 spreads much abroad in the skin, after he has been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again:
8. And if the priest sees that, behold, the scab spreads 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 to the priest;
10. And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the swelling be white in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there be living raw flesh in the swelling;
11. 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.
12. And if a leprosy breaks out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him that has the plague from his head even to his foot, wherever the priest looks;
13. Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that has the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
14. But when raw flesh appears in him, he shall be 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 turns again, and be changed to white, he shall come to 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 has the plague: he is clean.
18. The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
19. And in the place of the boil there be a white swelling, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shown to the priest;
20. And if, when the priest sees it, behold, it be in sight deeper 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.
21. But if the priest looks on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not deeper than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
22. And if it spreads much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
23. But if the bright spot stays in its place, and does not spread, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24. Or if there be any flesh, in the skin of which there is a hot burning, and the living flesh that burns has a white bright 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, 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.
26. But if the priest looks on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no deeper than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
27. 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.
28. And if the bright spot stays in its place, and does not spread in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a swelling of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
29. If a man or woman has a plague 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 scale, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
31. And if the priest looks on the plague of the scale, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague of the scale seven days:
32. And in the seventh day the priest shall look at the plague: and, behold, if the scale does not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scale be not in sight deeper than the skin;
33. He shall be shaven, but the scale shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that has the scale seven days more:
34. And in the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale: and, behold, if the scale 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.
35. But if the scale spreads much in the skin after his cleansing;
36. Then the priest shall look at him: and, behold, if the scale be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
37. But if the scale be in his sight stationary, and there is black hair grown up therein; the scale is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38. If a man also or a woman has 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 grows 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 has 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 swelling of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appears 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 torn, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
46. All the days in which the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; outside 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;
48. Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything 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 anything of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest:
50. And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up the thing that has the plague seven days:
51. And he shall look at 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 an active leprosy; it is unclean.
52. He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is an active 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 anything of skin;
54. Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
55. And the priest shall look at the plague, after it is washed: and, behold, if the plague has not changed its color, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it is going inward, whether it be bare within or without.
56. And if the priest looks, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
57. And if it appears still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is a spreading plague: you shall burn that in which the plague is with fire.
58. And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatever thing of skin it be, which you shall 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 wool or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or anything of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
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