The Law Concerning Leprosy

13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: “When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, (A)a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a [a]leprous sore, (B)then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:2 Heb. saraath, disfiguring skin diseases, including leprosy, and so in vv. 2–46 and 14:2–32

44 he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him [a]unclean; his sore is on his (A)head.

45 “Now the leper on whom the sore is, his clothes shall be torn and his head (B)bare; and he shall (C)cover his mustache, and cry, (D)‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall [b]dwell alone; his dwelling shall be (E)outside the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:44 altogether defiled
  2. Leviticus 13:46 live alone

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