Leviticus 13:1–14

Skin Diseases

13The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: ²“When a person has a swelling, ⁱscab, ^jor spot on the skin of his body, and it becomes a disease on the skin ^kof his body, he is to be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests. ³The priest will examine the infection ^lon the skin of his body. If the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean. ⁴But if the spot on the skin of his body is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days. ^m5The priest will then reexamine him on the seventh day. If he sees that the infection remains unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must quarantine him for another seven days. ⁶The priest will examine him again on the seventh day. If the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean; ⁿit is a scab. The person is to wash his clothes and will become clean. ⁷But if the scab spreads further on his skin after he has presented himself to the priest for his cleansing, ^ohe must present himself again to the priest. ⁸The priest will examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease.

⁹“When a skin disease develops on a person, he is to be brought to the priest. ¹⁰The priest will examine him. If there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is a patch of raw flesh in the swelling, ¹¹it is a chronic disease on the skin of his body, and the priest must pronounce him unclean. ^pHe need not quarantine him, for he is unclean. ¹²But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see, ¹³the priest will look, and if the skin disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. ^qSince he has turned totally white, he is clean. ¹⁴But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he will be unclean.