Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases

13 Thena 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 becomesc an infectious skin disease on his body’s skin, thend 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 Bute 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, thenf 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, thenh 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, thenj the priest shall declare him clean—it is an epidermal eruption; and he shall wash his garments, and so he shall be clean. 7 Butk if the epidermal eruption spreads further on the skin after showing himself to the priest for his cleansing, thenl 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, theno the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infectious skin disease.

9 “When an infectious skin disease is on a person and he is brought to the priest, 10 the priest shall examine it,p and ⌊if⌋q a white swelling is on the skin and it turns the hair white and ⌊raw flesh⌋r is in the swelling, 11 it is a chronic infectious skin disease on his body’s skin, and the priest shall declare him unclean; he shall not confine him, because he is unclean. 12 And if the infectious skin disease breaks out all over on the skin and the infectious skin disease covers all of the afflicted person’s skin from his head to his feet, ⌊so far as the priest can see⌋,s 13 thent the priest shall examine it,u and ⌊if⌋v the infectious skin disease covers his whole body, thenw he shall pronounce the afflicted person clean—all of it has turned white; he is clean. 14 Butx ⌊whenever⌋y ⌊raw flesh⌋z appears on him, he shall become unclean.