Leviticus, 13

1. The LORD said to Moses,

1. Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron,

2. "This is the law for the victim of leprosy at the time of his purification. He shall be brought to the priest,

2. 'If a swelling or scab or spot appears on someone's skin, which could develop into a contagious skin-disease, that person must then be taken to the priest, either Aaron or one of his sons.

3. who is to go outside the camp to examine him. If the priest finds that the sore of leprosy has healed in the leper,

3. The priest will examine the disease on the skin. If the hair on the diseased part has turned white, or if the disease bites into the skin, the skin-disease is contagious, and after examination the priest will declare the person unclean.

4. he shall order the man who is to be purified, to get two live, clean birds, as well as some cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop.

4. But if there is a white spot on the skin without any visible depression of the skin or whitening of the hair, the priest will isolate the sick person for seven days.

5. The priest shall then order him to slay one of the birds over an earthen vessel with spring water in it.

5. On the seventh day he will examine the person, and if he observes that the disease persists though without spreading over the skin, he will isolate the person for a further seven days

6. Taking the living bird with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, the priest shall dip them all in the blood of the bird that was slain over the spring water,

6. and examine him again on the seventh. If he finds that the disease has faded and has not spread over the skin, the priest will declare the person clean. This was merely a scab. Once he has washed his clothing he will be clean.

7. and then sprinkle seven times the man to be purified from his leprosy. When he has thus purified him, he shall let the living bird fly away over the countryside.

7. 'But if the scab spreads over the skin after the sick person has been examined by the priest and declared clean, then he will let himself be examined again by the priest.

8. The man being purified shall then wash his garments and shave off all his hair and bathe in water; only when he is thus made clean may he come inside the camp; but he shall still remain outside his tent for seven days.

8. After examining him and certifying the spread of the scab over the skin, the priest will declare him unclean: it is a contagious skin-disease.

9. On the seventh day he shall again shave off all the hair of his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and any other hair he may have, and also wash his garments and bathe his body in water; and so he will be clean.

9. 'Someone who has a contagious skin-disease must be taken to the priest.

10. "On the eighth day he shall take two unblemished male lambs, one unblemished yearling ewe lamb, three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering, and one log of oil.

10. The priest will examine the sick person, and if he finds a whitish swelling with whitening of the hair and an ulcer forming on the skin,

11. The priest who performs the purification ceremony shall place the man who is being purified, as well as all these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the meeting tent.

11. this is a dormant skin-disease, and the priest will declare the person unclean. He will not isolate him; he is obviously unclean.

12. Taking one of the male lambs, the priest shall present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, waving them as a wave offering before the LORD.

12. 'But if the disease spreads all through the skin, if it covers the person entirely from head to foot so far as the priest can see,

13. (This lamb he shall slaughter in the sacred place where the sin offering and the holocaust are slaughtered; because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest and is most sacred.)

13. the priest will then examine the sick person and, if he finds that the skin-disease covers his whole body, declare the sick person clean. Since it has all become white, he is clean.

14. Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the tip of the man's right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.

14. But as soon as an ulcer appears on him, he will be unclean.

15. The priest shall also take the log of oil and pour some of it into the palm of his own left hand;

15. After examining the ulcer, the priest will declare him unclean: the ulcer is unclean, it is contagious.

16. then, dipping his right forefinger in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times before the LORD.

16. But if the ulcer becomes white again, the sick person will go to the priest;

17. Of the oil left in his hand the priest shall put some on the tip of the man's right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot, over the blood of the guilt offering.

17. the priest will examine him and if he finds that the disease has turned white, he will declare the sick person clean: he is clean.

18. The rest of the oil in his hand the priest shall put on the head of the man being purified. Thus shall the priest make atonement for him before the LORD.

18. 'When an ulcer appears on someone's skin, and then gets better,

19. Only after he has offered the sin offering in atonement for the man's uncleanness shall the priest slaughter the holocaust

19. and if then a white swelling or a reddish-white spot forms on the same place, the sick person will show himself to the priest.

20. and offer it, together with the cereal offering, on the altar before the LORD. When the priest has thus made atonement for him, the man will be clean.

20. The priest will examine him, and if he finds a visible depression in the skin and a whitening of the hair, he will declare the person unclean: this is a case of contagious skin-disease breaking out in an ulcer.

21. "If a man is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be used as a wave offering in atonement for himself, one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering, a log of oil,

21. But if on examination the priest finds neither white hair nor depression of the skin, but a fading of the affected part, he will isolate the sick person for seven days.

22. and two turtledoves or pigeons, which he can more easily afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a holocaust.

22. If the disease has then spread over the skin, he will declare the person unclean: this is a case of contagious skin-disease.

23. On the eighth day of his purification he shall bring them to the priest, at the entrance of the meeting tent before the LORD.

23. But if the spot has stayed where it was and has not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer and the priest will declare the person clean.

24. Taking the guilt-offering lamb, along with the log of oil, the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

24. 'If someone has a burn on the skin and an abscess, a reddish-white or white spot, forms on the burn,

25. When he has slaughtered the guilt-offering lamb, he shall take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of the man being purified, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

25. the priest will then examine it. If he finds a whitening of the hair or a visible depression of the mark on the skin, a contagious disease has broken out in the burn. The priest will declare the sick person unclean: this is a contagious skin-disease.

26. The priest shall then pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand

26. If on the other hand the priest on examination does not find white hair on the mark or depression of the skin, but a fading of the mark, the priest will isolate the person for seven days.

27. and with his right forefinger sprinkle it seven times before the LORD.

27. He will examine the person on the seventh day and, if the disease has spread over the skin, he will declare the sick person unclean: this is a case of contagious skin-disease.

28. Some of the oil in his hand the priest shall also put on the tip of the man's right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot, over the blood of the guilt offering.

28. If the mark has stayed where it was and has not spread over the skin, but has faded instead, it was only a swelling due to the burn. The priest will declare the person clean: it is merely a burn scar.

29. The rest of the oil in his hand the priest shall put on the man's head. Thus shall he make atonement for him before the LORD.

29. 'If a man or a woman has a sore on the head or chin,

30. Then, of the turtledoves or pigeons, such as the man can afford,

30. the priest will examine the sore; and if he finds a depression visible in the skin, with the hair on it yellow and thin, he will declare the sick person unclean: this is tinea, that is to say, a contagious skin-disease of the head or chin.

31. the priest shall offer up one as a sin offering and the other as a holocaust, along with the cereal offering. Thus shall the priest make atonement before the LORD for the man who is to be purified.

31. If on examining this case of tinea the priest finds no visible depression in the skin and no yellow hair, he will isolate the person so affected for seven days.

32. This is the law for one afflicted with leprosy who has insufficient means for his purification."

32. He will examine the infected part on the seventh day, and if he finds that the tinea has not spread, that the hair on it is not yellow, and that there is no visible depression in the skin,

33. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

33. the sick person will shave his hair off, all except the part affected with tinea, and the priest will again isolate him for seven days.

34. "When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you to possess, if I put a leprous infection on any house of the land you occupy,

34. He will examine the infected part on the seventh day, and if he finds that it has not spread over the skin, and that there is no visible depression of the skin, the priest will declare the sick person clean. After washing his clothes the person will be clean.

35. the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, 'It looks to me as if my house were infected.'

35. But if after this purification the tinea does spread over the skin,

36. The priest shall then order the house to be cleared out before he goes in to examine the infection, lest everything in the house become unclean. Only after this is he to go in to examine the house.

36. the priest will examine the person; if he finds that the tinea has indeed spread over the skin, the sick person is unclean, and there is no need to verify whether the hair is yellow.

37. If the priest, on examining it, finds that the infection on the walls of the house consists of greenish or reddish depressions which seem to go deeper than the surface of the wall,

37. Whereas if, so far as he can see, the tinea is arrested and dark hair is beginning to grow on it, the sick person is cured. He is clean, and the priest will declare him clean.

38. he shall close the door of the house behind him and quarantine the house for seven days.

38. 'If spots break out on the skin of a man or woman, and if these spots are white,

39. On the seventh day the priest shall return to examine the house again. If he finds that the infection has spread on the walls,

39. the priest will examine them. If he finds that the spots are of a dull white, this is a rash that has broken out on the skin: the sick person is clean.

40. he shall order the infected stones to be pulled out and cast in an unclean place outside the city.

40. 'If someone loses the hair of the scalp, this is baldness of the scalp but the person is clean.

41. The whole inside of the house shall then be scraped, and the mortar that has been scraped off shall be dumped in an unclean place outside the city.

41. If he loses hair off the front of the head, this is baldness of the forehead but the person is clean.

42. Then new stones shall be brought and put in the place of the old stones, and new mortar shall be made and plastered on the house.

42. If, however, a reddish-white sore appears on scalp or forehead, a contagious skin-disease has broken out on the scalp or forehead.

43. "If the infection breaks out once more after the stones have been pulled out and the house has been scraped and replastered,

43. The priest will examine it, and if he finds a reddish-white swelling on scalp or forehead, looking like a contagious skin-disease,

44. the priest shall come again; and if he finds that the infection has spread in the house, it is corrosive leprosy, and the house is unclean.

44. the person has such a disease: he is unclean. The priest will declare him unclean; he has a contagious skin-disease of the head.

45. It shall be pulled down, and all its stones, beams and mortar shall be hauled away to an unclean place outside the city.

45. 'Anyone with a contagious skin-disease will wear torn clothing and disordered hair; and will cover the upper lip and shout, "Unclean, unclean."

46. Whoever enters a house while it is quarantined shall be unclean until evening.

46. As long as the disease lasts, such a person will be unclean and, being unclean, will live alone and live outside the camp.

47. Whoever sleeps or eats in such a house shall also wash his garments.

47. 'When a piece of clothing is infected with mould, be it woollen or linen clothing,

48. If the priest finds, when he comes to examine the house, that the infection has in fact not spread after the plastering, he shall declare the house clean, since the infection has been healed.

48. linen or woollen fabric or covering, or leather or anything made of leather,

49. To purify the house, he shall take two birds, as well as cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop.

49. if the spot on the clothing, leather, fabric, covering or object made of leather is a greenish or reddish colour, it is a disease to be shown to the priest.

50. One of the birds he shall slay over an earthen vessel with spring water in it.

50. The priest will examine the infection and isolate the object for seven days.

51. Then, taking the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, together with the living bird, he shall dip them all in the blood of the slain bird and the spring water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

51. If on the seventh day he observes that the infection has spread on the clothing, fabric, covering, leather or object made of leather, whatever it may be, this is a contagious disease and the object is unclean.

52. Thus shall he purify the house with the bird's blood and the spring water, along with the living bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

52. He will burn this clothing, fabric, linen or woollen covering or leather object whatever it may be, on which the infection has appeared; for this is a contagious disease which must be destroyed by fire.

53. He shall then let the living bird fly away over the countryside outside the city. When he has thus made atonement for it, the house will be clean.

53. 'But if on examination the priest finds that the infection has not spread on the clothing, fabric, covering, or leather object whatever it may be,

54. "This is the law for every kind of human leprosy and scall,

54. he will order the infected object to be washed and will isolate it again for a period of seven days.

55. for leprosy of garments and houses,

55. After the washing, he will examine the infection and if he finds that there is no change in its appearance, even though it has not spread, the article is unclean. You will burn it; it is infected through and through.

56. as well as for scabs, pustules and blotches,

56. 'But if on examination the priest finds that the infection has diminished after washing, he will tear it out of the clothing, leather, fabric or covering.

57. so that it may be manifest when there is a state of uncleanness and when a state of cleanness. This is the law for leprosy."

57. But if the infection reappears on the same clothing, fabric, covering or leather object whatever it may be, this means that the infection is active; you will burn whatever is infected.

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58. The clothing, fabric, covering or leather object whatever it may be, from which the infection disappears after being washed, will be clean after it has been washed a second time.

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59. 'Such is the law governing disease in a linen or woollen garment, a fabric or covering or leather object whatever it may be, when it is a question of declaring them clean or unclean.'