Chapter 13
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And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
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When a man has a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot on the skin of his flesh, and it becomes on the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
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And the priest saw the plague in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the plague had turned white, and the appearance of the plague was deeper than the skin of his flesh. It is a plague of leprosy. And the priest saw it and pronounced him unclean.
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And if it is a white bright spot in the skin of the flesh and there is no depth of appearance from the skin and the hair has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate the plague seven days.
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And the priest shall see him on the seventh day, and behold, the plague has stood in his eyes; the plague has not spread in the skin, and the priest shall shut him up seven days a second time.
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The priest examined him on the seventh day again, and there the plague was dull and the plague had not spread in the skin. The priest pronounced him clean—it was a scab—and he washed his garments and was clean.
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And if the scab spreads in the skin after he shows it to the priest for his purification, and he is seen a second time by the priest.
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And the priest saw it, and behold, the spreading had spread in the skin, and the priest declared it unclean; it is leprosy.
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A mark of leprosy when it is in a man, and he is brought to the priest.
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And the priest sees, and behold, there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and raw living flesh in the swelling.
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It is longstanding leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; the priest shall not quarantine him, for he is unclean.
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And if the leprosy blooms forth, spreading in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the lesion from his head to his feet, to all the appearance of the eyes of the priest.
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And the priest saw, and behold, the leprosy had covered all his flesh, and it had purified the entire plague; it had turned all white. It is pure.
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And on the day when he sees living flesh in it, it shall become unclean.
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And the priest saw the living flesh, and he pronounced the living flesh unclean. "It is unclean; it is leprosy."
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Or if the living flesh turns back and becomes white, then it comes to the priest.
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The priest saw it, and behold, the plague had turned white, and he purified the plague; it is clean.
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And when the flesh has a boil in it that is burned and it heals.
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And if in the place of the boil there is a white rising or a white reddish spot, it shall be shown to the priest.
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The priest saw it, and there was an appearance sunken from the skin, and its hair had turned white. The priest pronounced him unclean. It is a mark of leprosy in the boil that had blossomed.
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But if the priest sees it and there is no white hair in it and it is not lower than the skin and it is dull, the priest shall isolate it seven days.
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And if it has spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
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And if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread in the skin, it is the burn from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
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Or flesh, when it is burned from a burn of fire, and the blotch of the burn becomes a boil white reddish or white.
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The priest shall examine it, and there hair has turned white in the bright spot, and the appearance is deeper than the skin—it is leprosy in the burn. It has blossomed, and the priest shall declare him unclean. It is a leprous plague.
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And if the priest sees it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is dull, the priest shall shut him up seven days.
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And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprous infection.
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And if the bright spot remains under it and it has not spread in the skin, and it is a dull swelling of the burn, it is, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is a scab of the burn.
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And a man or a woman, when there is in him a mark in the head or in the beard.
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The priest shall examine the infection, and there its appearance was deeper than the skin, and in it was thin yellow hair. The priest shall declare it unclean. It is a scab, leprosy of the head or beard.
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And if the priest sees the plague of the neteq and its appearance is not deep from the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall quarantine the plague of the neteq seven days.
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And the priest saw the infection on the seventh day, and behold, the scab had not spread, and there was no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the scab was not deep from the skin.
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And he shall shave himself, but the neteq he shall not shave, and the priest shall isolate the neteq seven days a second time.
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And the priest saw the neteq on the seventh day, and behold, the neteq had not spread in the skin, and its appearance was not deeper than the skin. And the priest purified him, and he washed his garments, and he was pure.
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And if it spreads further in the skin after his ritual purity—it has spread—
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The priest looked, and there the neteq had spread in the skin. The priest shall not inspect the yellow hair; it is ritually impure.
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And if in his eyes the neteq stood and black hair grew in it, the neteq is healed; he is ritually clean, and the priest shall purify him/it.
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And a man or a woman, when there is on the skin of their flesh a bright spot, a white bright spot.
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The priest saw it, and there, in the skin of their flesh, a spreading dark white bright spot had blossomed. It is clean.
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And a man, when he pulls out the hair of his head, he is bald; he is pure.
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And if he is bald from the sides of his face, he is bald; he is pure.
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And if there is in the bald spot or in the bald forehead a white reddish plague, it is leprosy having broken out in his bald spot or in his bald forehead.
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The priest examines him, and there the swelling of the plague is white reddish in his baldness or in his bald spot, like the appearance of leprosy of skin flesh.
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He is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall declare him unclean—his head is his plague.
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And the leprous one who has the plague—his garments shall be torn, and his head shall be unbound, and he shall cover his mustache, and he shall call, "Unclean, unclean!"
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All the days that the plague is in him he shall be ritually impure; he is ritually impure. He shall dwell alone outside the camp; his dwelling shall be there.