13:1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron saying: 13:2 “When someone has¹ a swelling² or a scab³ or a bright spot⁴ on the skin of his body⁵ that may become a diseased infection,⁶ he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.⁷ 13:3 The priest must then examine the infection⁸ on the skin of the body, and if the hair⁹ in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body,¹⁰ then it is a diseased infection,¹¹ so when the priest examines it¹² he must pronounce him unclean.¹³

13:4 “If¹⁴ it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,¹⁵ and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days.¹⁶ 13:5 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if¹⁷ the infection has stayed the same in his eyes¹⁸ and the infection has not spread on the skin,¹⁹ then the priest is to quarantine him for another seven days.²⁰ 13:6 The priest must then examine it on the second seventh day,²¹ and if²² the infection has faded and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean.²³ It is a scab,²⁴ so he must wash his clothes²⁵ and be clean. 13:7 If, however, the scab is spreading further²⁶ on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time. 13:8 The priest must then examine it,²⁷ and if²⁸ the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean.²⁹ It is a disease.

13:9 “When someone has a diseased infection,³⁰ he must be brought to the priest. 13:10 The priest will then examine it,³¹ and if³² a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,³³ 13:11 it is a chronic³⁴ disease on the skin of his body,³⁵ so the priest is to pronounce him unclean.³⁶ He must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean.³⁷ 13:12 If, however, the disease breaks out³⁸ on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection³⁹ from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see,⁴⁰ 13:13 the priest must then examine it,⁴¹ and if⁴² the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean.⁴³ He has turned all white, so he is clean.⁴⁴ 13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it⁴⁵ he will be unclean, 13:15 so the priest is to examine the raw flesh⁴⁶ and pronounce him unclean.⁴⁷ 13:16 If, however,⁴⁸ the raw flesh once again turns white,⁴⁹ then he must come to the priest. 13:17 The priest will then examine it,⁵⁰ and if⁵¹ the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the person with the infection clean⁵²—he is clean.

13:18 “When a body has a boil on its skin⁵³ and it heals, 13:19 and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish white bright spot, he must show himself to the priest.⁵⁴ 13:20 The priest will then examine it,⁵⁵ and if⁵⁶ it appears to be deeper than the skin⁵⁷ and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean.⁵⁸ It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.⁵⁹ 13:21 If, however,⁶⁰ the priest examines it, and⁶¹ there is no white hair in it, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days.⁶² 13:22 If ⁶³ it is spreading further⁶⁴ on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean.⁶⁵ It is an infection. 13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread,⁶⁶ it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.⁶⁷

13:24 “When a body has a burn on its skin⁶⁸ and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, 13:25 the priest must examine it,⁶⁹ and if⁷⁰ the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin,⁷¹ it is a disease that has broken out in the burn.⁷² The priest is to pronounce him unclean.⁷³ It is a diseased infection.⁷⁴ 13:26 If, however,⁷⁵ the priest examines it and⁷⁶ there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin,⁷⁷ and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days.⁷⁸ 13:27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further⁷⁹ on the skin then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection.⁸⁰ 13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin,⁸¹ and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean⁸² because it is the scar of the burn.

13:29 “When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,⁸³ 13:30 the priest is to examine the infection,⁸⁴ and if⁸⁵ it appears to be deeper than the skin⁸⁶ and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean.⁸⁷ It is scall,⁸⁸ a disease of the head or the beard.⁸⁹ 13:31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,⁹⁰ and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days.⁹¹ 13:32 The priest must then examine the infection on the seventh day, and if⁹² the scall has not spread, there is no black hair in it, and the scall does not appear to be deeper than the skin,⁹³ 13:33 then he is to shave himself,⁹⁴ but he must not shave the scall, and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days.⁹⁵ 13:34 The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if⁹⁶ the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,⁹⁷ then the priest is to pronounce him clean.⁹⁸ So he is towash his clothes and be clean. 13:35 If, however, the scall spreads further⁹⁹ on the skin after his purification, 13:36 then the priest is to examine it, and if¹⁰⁰ the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair.¹⁰¹ He is unclean. 13:37 If the scall has stayed the same in his eyes¹⁰² and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed. He is clean, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.¹⁰³

13:38 “When a man or a woman has bright spots—white bright spots—on the skin of their body, 13:39 the priest is to examine (them),¹⁰⁴ and if¹⁰⁵ the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash (that) has broken out on the skin. He is clean.¹⁰⁶

13:40 “When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back,¹⁰⁷ he is clean. 13:41 If his head is bare on the forehead¹⁰⁸ so that he is balding in front,¹⁰⁹ he is clean. 13:42 But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area. 13:43 The priest is to examine it,¹¹⁰ and if¹¹¹ the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body,¹¹² 13:44 he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean (because of) his infection on his head.¹¹³

13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection,¹¹⁴ his garments must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache,¹¹⁵ and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 13:46 The whole time he has the infection¹¹⁶ he shall be continually unclean. He shall live in isolation, and his place of residence shall be outside the camp.

13:47 “When a garment has a diseased infection in it,¹¹⁷ whether a wool or linen garment,¹¹⁸ 13:48 or in the warp or woof¹¹⁹ of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather,¹²⁰ 13:49 if the infection¹²¹ in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest. 13:50 The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days.¹²² 13:51 He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather—whatever the article into which the leather was made¹²³—the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean. 13:52 He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire. 13:53 But if the priest examines it and¹²⁴ the infection has not spread in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, 13:54 the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for a another seven days.¹²⁵ 13:55 The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if¹²⁶ the infection has not changed its appearance¹²⁷ even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus whether on the back side or front side of the article.¹²⁸ 13:56 But if the priest has examined it and¹²⁹ the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of¹³⁰ the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. 13:57 Then if¹³¹ it still appears again in the garment or the warp or the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak. Whatever has the infection in it you must burn up in the fire. 13:58 But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it,¹³² it is to be washed a second time and it will be clean.”

13:59 This is the law¹³³ of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.¹³⁴