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¹ And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,² When man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:³ and the priest shall look at the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look at him, and pronounce him unclean.⁴ And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof is not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up [him that has] the plague seven days:⁵ and the priest shall look at him the seventh day: and see if, in his eyes, the plague has stayed, the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:⁶ and the priest shall look at him again the seventh day; and see if the plague is dim, and the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.⁷ But if the scab spreads abroad in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again:⁸ and the priest shall look; and see if the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.⁹ When the plague of leprosy is in man, then he shall be brought to the priest;¹⁰ and the priest shall look; and see if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the rising,¹¹ it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.¹² And if the leprosy breaks out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of [him that has] the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appears to the priest;¹³ then the priest shall look; and see if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] clean [that has] the plague: it has all turned white: he is clean.¹⁴ But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.¹⁵ And the priest shall look at the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.¹⁶ Or if the raw flesh turns again, and has changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;¹⁷ and the priest shall look at him; and see if the plague has turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce [him] clean [that has] the plague: he is clean.

¹⁸ And when the flesh has a boil on it, and it is healed,¹⁹ and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;²⁰ and the priest shall look; and see if the appearance thereof is lower than the skin, and the hair thereof has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil.²¹ But if the priest looks at it and sees there are no white hairs therein, and it is not lower than the skin, but is dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:²² And if it spreads abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.²³ But if the bright spot stays in its place, and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.²⁴ Or when the flesh has in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick [flesh] of the burning becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;²⁵ then the priest shall look at it; and see if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and the appearance thereof is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it has broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.²⁶ But if the priest looks at it, and sees there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is no lower than the skin, but is dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:²⁷ and the priest shall look at him the seventh day: if it spreads abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.²⁸ And if the bright spot stays in its place, and has not spread in the skin, but is dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.²⁹ And when a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,³⁰ then the priest shall look at the plague; and see if the appearance thereof is deeper than the skin, and there is in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.³¹ And if the priest looks at the plague of the scall, and sees the appearance thereof is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up [him that has] the plague of the scall seven days:³² And in the seventh day the priest shall look at the plague; and see if the scall has not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin,³³ then he shall be shaven, but the scall he shall not shave; and the priest shall shut up [him that has] the scall seven days more:³⁴ and in the seventh day the priest shall look at the scall; and see if the scall has not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof is not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.³⁵ But if the scall spreads abroad in the skin after his cleansing,³⁶ then the priest shall look at him; and see if the scall has spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.³⁷ But if in his eyes the scall has stayed, and black hair has grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

³⁸ And when a man or a woman has in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;³⁹ then the priest shall look; and see if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh are of a dull white, it is a tetter, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.⁴⁰ And if a man's hair falls off his head, he is bald; [yet] he is clean.⁴¹ And if his hair falls off from the front part of his head, he is bald [on the] forehead; [yet] he is clean.⁴² But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.⁴³ Then the priest shall look at him; and see if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;⁴⁴ he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.⁴⁵ And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.⁴⁶ All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; outside the camp shall be his dwelling.

⁴⁷ The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a wool garment, or a linen garment;⁴⁸ whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;⁴⁹ if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.⁵⁰ And the priest shall look at the plague, and shut up [that which has] the plague seven days:⁵¹ and he shall look at the plague on the seventh day: if the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.⁵² And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.⁵³ And if the priest shall look, and see that the plague has not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;⁵⁴ then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:⁵⁵ and the priest shall look, after the plague is washed; and see if the plague has not changed its color, and the plague has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire: it is a fret, whether the bareness be inside or outside.⁵⁶ And if the priest looks and sees that the plague is dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:⁵⁷ and if it still appears in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out: you shall burn that wherein the plague is with fire.⁵⁸ And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague departs from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.⁵⁹ This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.