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But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread and is light in color, it is not a dreaded skin disease. The priest shall pronounce you ritually clean, because it is only a scar from the burn.

If, when the priest examines you, the sore does not appear to be deeper than the surrounding skin, but there are still no healthy hairs in it, he shall isolate you for seven days.

But if the sore spreads after you have been pronounced clean,

But if in the priest's opinion the sore has not spread and healthy hairs are growing in it, the sore has healed, and the priest shall pronounce you ritually clean.

But if a reddish-white sore appears on the bald spot, it is a dreaded skin disease.

But if, when he examines it, the priest finds that the mildew has not spread on the object,

But if, when the priest examines it again, the mildew has faded, he shall tear it out of the clothing or leather.

You shall wash your clothes, shave off all your hair, and take a bath; you will then be ritually clean. You may enter the camp, but you must live outside your tent for seven days.

This is the law for those who have a dreaded skin disease but who cannot afford the normal offerings required for his purification.

They did all these disgusting things and made the land unclean, but you must not do them. All of you, whether Israelites or foreigners living with you, must keep the Lord 's laws and commands,

"Do not bear a grudge against others, but settle your differences with them, so that you will not commit a sin because of them.

Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord .

"If a slave woman is the recognized concubine of a man and she has not been paid for and freed, then if another man has sexual relations with her, they will be punished, but not put to death, since she is a slave.

But in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you do all this, your trees will bear more fruit. I am the Lord your God.

But if the community ignores what you have done and does not put you to death,

But I have promised you this rich and fertile land as your possession, and I will give it to you. I am the Lord your God, and I have set you apart from the other nations.

but because he has a physical defect, he shall not come near the sacred curtain or approach the altar. He must not profane these holy things, because I am the Lord and I make them holy."

But a priest's slaves, bought with his own money or born in his home, may eat the food the priest receives.

But a widowed or divorced daughter who has no children and who has returned to live in her father's house as a dependent may eat the food her father receives as a priest. Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of it.

As a freewill offering you may offer an animal that is stunted or not perfectly formed, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.