Leviticus 13:1-8

Lexham English Bible

Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases

13 Then^[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ² “When a person^[b] has on his body’s skin a swelling or an epidermal eruption or a spot and it becomes^[c] an infectious skin disease on his body’s skin, then^[d] he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. ³ And the priest shall examine the infection on his body’s skin, and if the hair in the infection turns white and the appearance of the infection is deeper than his body’s skin, it is an infectious skin disease, and the priest shall examine it, and he shall declare him unclean. ⁴ But^[e] if a spot is white on his body’s skin and its appearance is not deeper than the skin and its hair does not turn white, then^[f] the priest shall confine the afflicted person for seven days. ⁵ And the priest shall examine it on the seventh day, and if,^[g] in his eyes, the infection has stayed unchanged, the infection has not spread on the skin, then^[h] the priest shall confine him for seven days a second time. ⁶ And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day for a second time, and if^[i] the infection has faded and the infection has not spread on the skin, then^[j] the priest shall declare him clean—it is an epidermal eruption; and he shall wash his garments, and so he shall be clean. ⁷ But^[k] if the epidermal eruption spreads further on the skin after showing himself to the priest for his cleansing, then^[l] he shall appear a second time to the priest. ⁸ And the priest shall examine it,^[m] and if^[n] the epidermal eruption has spread on the skin, then^[o] the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infectious skin disease.