Leviticus 13:3–46

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. ¹⁵When the priest examines the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease. ¹⁶But if the raw flesh changes ^rand ^sturns white, he must go to the priest. ¹⁷The priest will examine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest must pronounce the infected person clean; he is clean.

¹⁸“When a boil appears on the skin ^tof one’s body ^uand it heals, ¹⁹and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, the person must present himself to the priest. ²⁰The priest will make an examination, and if the spot seems to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease that has broken out in the boil. ²¹But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin but is faded, the priest must quarantine him seven days. ²²If it spreads further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. ²³But if the spot remains where it is and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil. The priest is to pronounce him clean.

²⁴“When there is a burn on the skin of one’s body produced by fire, and the patch made raw by the burn becomes reddish-white or white, ²⁵the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease. ²⁶But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in the spot and it is not beneath the skin but is faded, the priest must quarantine him seven days. ²⁷The priest will reexamine him on the seventh day. If it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease. ²⁸But if the spot has remained where it was and has not spread on the skin but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn. The priest is to pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.

²⁹“When a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin, ³⁰the priest must examine the infection. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, ^vand the hair in it is yellow and sparse, the priest must pronounce the person unclean. It is a scaly outbreak, ^wa skin disease of the head or chin. ³¹When the priest examines the scaly infection, if it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest must quarantine the person with the scaly infection for seven days. ³²The priest will reexamine the infection on the seventh day. If the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ³³the person must shave himself ^xbut not shave the scaly area. Then the priest must quarantine the person who has the scaly outbreak for another seven days. ³⁴The priest will examine the scaly outbreak on the seventh day, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce the person clean. He is to wash his clothes, and he will be clean. ³⁵But if the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing, ³⁶the priest is to examine the person. If the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair; the person is unclean. ³⁷But if as far as he can see, the scaly outbreak remains unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed; he is clean. The priest is to pronounce the person clean.

³⁸“When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin of the body, ³⁹the priest is to make an examination. If the spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is only a rash ^ythat has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

⁴⁰“If a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald, ^zbut he is clean. ⁴¹Or if he loses the hair at his hairline, he is bald on his forehead, but he is clean. ⁴²But if there is a reddish-white infection on the bald head or forehead, it is a skin disease breaking out on his head or forehead. ^a43The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white, like the appearance of a skin disease on his body, ⁴⁴the man is afflicted with a skin disease; ^bhe is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; the infection is on his head.

⁴⁵“The person afflicted with an infectious skin disease is to have his clothes torn ^cand his hair hanging loose, and he must cover his mouth ^dand cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ ⁴⁶He will remain unclean as long as he has the infection; he is unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp. ^e