And the Priest shall look on the sore in the skin of his flesh: if the hair in the sore be turned into white, and the sore seen to be [a]lower than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: therefore the Priest shall look on him, and [b]pronounce him unclean.

But if the white spot be in the skin of his flesh, and seem not to be lower than the skin, nor the hair thereof be turned unto white, then the Priest shall shut up him that hath the plague, seven days.

After, the Priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if the plague seem [c]to him to abide still, and the plague grow not in the skin, the Priest shall shut him up yet seven days more.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:3 That is, shrunken in, and be lower than the rest of the skin.
  2. Leviticus 13:3 Hebrew, shall pollute him.
  3. Leviticus 13:5 Hebrew, in his eyes.

The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean.(A) If the shiny spot(B) on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.(C) On the seventh day(D) the priest is to examine them,(E) and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to isolate them for another seven days.

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