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43 The priest shall examine him; if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, which resembles a leprous[a] disease in the skin of the body, 44 he is leprous,[b] he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean; the disease is on his head.

45 The person who has the leprous[c] disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head be dishevelled; and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:43 A term for several skin diseases; precise meaning uncertain
  2. Leviticus 13:44 A term for several skin diseases; precise meaning uncertain
  3. Leviticus 13:45 A term for several skin diseases; precise meaning uncertain

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