Leviticus 13

Modern

Literal

Laws about Skin Diseases

¹Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

¹And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

²“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease,^a he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.

²“When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes a plague of leprosy in the skin of his flesh, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one from his sons, the priests.

³The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.

³And the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of his flesh. And if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the skin of his body, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and he shall pronounce him unclean.

⁴If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.

⁴And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the one with the plague seven days.

⁵On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.

⁵And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and behold, if the plague has stood in his eyes, the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up a second seven days.

⁶The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.

⁶And the priest shall examine him on the second seventh day, and behold, if the plague has faded and the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and he shall be clean.

⁷But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.

⁷And if the scab spreads at all in the skin after he has been seen by the priest for his cleansing, then he shall be seen a second time by the priest.

⁸The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease.

⁸And the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.

⁹When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.

⁹When a plague is leprous in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.

¹⁰The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

¹⁰And the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the swelling is white in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of living flesh in the swelling,

¹¹it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.

¹¹it is an old leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

¹²But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,

¹²And if leprosy breaks out at all in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the one with the plague, from his head and to his feet, to all that appears to the eye of the priest,

¹³the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.

¹³then the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, then the one with the plague he shall pronounce clean; it has all turned white; he is clean.

¹⁴But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.

¹⁴And in the day of the appearing of living flesh in him, he shall be unclean.

¹⁵When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.

¹⁵And the priest shall examine the living flesh and pronounce him unclean, the living flesh is unclean; it is leprosy.

¹⁶But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.

¹⁶Or if the living flesh turns back, and it is turned to white, then he shall come to the priest,

¹⁷The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.

¹⁷and the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean the one with the plague; he is clean.

¹⁸When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,

¹⁸And when the flesh has a boil in the skin and it is healed,

¹⁹and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.

¹⁹and there is in the place of the boil a white swelling, or a reddish-white bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest.

²⁰The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

²⁰And the priest shall examine him and behold, if its appearance is lower than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil.

²¹But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

²¹And if the priest examines it and behold, there is not white hair in it, and it is not lower than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.

²²If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.

²²And if it spreads at all in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague.

²³But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

²³And if the bright spot stands in its place, it has not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

²⁴When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,

²⁴Or if the flesh has a burn of fire in its skin and the raw spot of the burn becomes a reddish-white bright spot, or white,

²⁵the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.

²⁵then the priest shall examine it, and behold, if the hair has been turned white in the bright spot, and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague of leprosy.

²⁶But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

²⁶And if the priest examines it, and behold, there is not white hair in the bright spot, and it is not lower than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.

²⁷On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.

²⁷And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if it has spread at all in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague of leprosy.

²⁸But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.

²⁸And if the bright spot stands in its place, it has not spread in the skin, and it has faded, it is the swelling of the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.

²⁹If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

²⁹And if a man or woman has a plague in him in the head or in the beard,

³⁰the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.

³⁰then the priest shall examine the plague, and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and in it is thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale—it is a leprosy of the head or of the beard.

³¹But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.

³¹And if the priest examines the plague of the scale, and behold, its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and black hair is not in it, then the priest shall shut up the one who has the plague of the scale seven days.

³²On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,

³²And the priest shall examine the plague on the seventh day, and behold, if the scale has not spread, and there is not yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the scale is not deeper than the skin,

³³then the person must shave himself except for the scaly area. Then the priest shall isolate him for another seven days.

³³then he shall shave himself, and the scale he shall not shave. And the priest shall shut up the one who has the scale a second seven days.

³⁴On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.

³⁴And the priest shall examine the scale on the seventh day, and behold, if the scale has not spread in the skin, and the appearance of it is not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be clean.

³⁵If, however, the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing,

³⁵And if the scale spreads at all in the skin after his cleansing,

³⁶the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.

³⁶then the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the scale has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

³⁷If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.

³⁷And if in his eyes the scale has stood, and black hair has grown up in it, the scale has been healed; he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

³⁸When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,

³⁸And if a man or a woman has in the skin of their flesh bright spots—white bright spots—

³⁹the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

³⁹then the priest shall examine, and behold, if in the skin of their flesh are dull white bright spots, it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.

⁴⁰Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.

⁴⁰And when a man’s head is made bare, he is bald; he is clean.

⁴¹Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.

⁴¹And if from the side of his face his head is made bare, he is bald of forehead; he is clean.

⁴²But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.

⁴²And if there is in the bald head or in the bald forehead a reddish-white … plague, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head or in his bald forehead.

⁴³The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,

⁴³And the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the swelling of the plague is reddish-white … in his bald head or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the flesh,

⁴⁴the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.

⁴⁴he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

⁴⁵A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose,^a and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

⁴⁵And the leper who has in him the plague, his clothes shall be torn, and his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache. And he shall call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

⁴⁶As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

⁴⁶All the days that the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling is outside of the camp.

Laws about Mildew

⁴⁷If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—^aany wool or linen garment,

⁴⁷And if there is a garment that has a plague of leprosy in it—in a garment of wool or in a garment of linen—

⁴⁸any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—

⁴⁸or in the warp or in the woof, for the linen and for the wool, or in skin or in any work of skin,

⁴⁹and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.

⁴⁹and the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and it shall be shown to the priest.

⁵⁰And the priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the contaminated fabric for seven days.

⁵⁰And the priest shall examine the plague, and he shall shut up the plague seven days.

⁵¹On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean.

⁵¹And he shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, for any work that the skin is made for, the plague is a harmful leprosy; it is unclean.

⁵²He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.

⁵²And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, in the wool or in the linen, or any article of skin that the plague is in it, for it is a harmful leprosy. In the fire it shall be burned.

⁵³But when the priest reexamines it, if the mildew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather article,

⁵³And if the priest examines, and behold, the plague has not spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin,

⁵⁴the priest is to order the contaminated article to be washed and isolated for another seven days.

⁵⁴then the priest shall command, and they shall wash that in which is the plague, and he shall shut it up a second seven days.

⁵⁵After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine it, and if the mildewed article has not changed in appearance, it is unclean. Even though the mildew has not spread, you must burn it, whether the rot is on the front or back.

⁵⁵And the priest shall examine the plague after it has been washed, and behold, if the plague has not turned its eye, and the plague has not spread, it is unclean, and you shall burn it in the fire; it is a rot in its back part or in its front part.

⁵⁶If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.

⁵⁶And if the priest examines, and behold, the plague has faded after washing 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.

⁵⁷But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.

⁵⁷And if again it appears in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is breaking out; you shall burn it in the fire, that in which the plague is.

⁵⁸If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.

⁵⁸And if the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any article of skin that you wash, and the plague departs from it, then it shall be washed a second time, and it shall be clean.

⁵⁹This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”

⁵⁹This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a garment of wool or of linen, or of the warp or of the woof, or any article of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.”