THE THIRD BOOK OF
MOSES,
called
L E V I T I C U S
Leviticus 13 ©
Laws touching leprosy, and the different kinds of them, ordaining by whom and by what marks they were to be distinguished and judged, v. 1, etc. Of the leprosy of the swelling, 9. Of the sores or boils, 18. Of the fiery inflammation, 24. Of the scall, 29. Of the blisters, 38. Of the baldness, or barrenness, 40. Of the duty of the leper, 45. And of the leprosy in clothes, linen, wool and skins, 47.
AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a 1rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the 2plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned 3white, and the plague 4in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him 5unclean.
If the bright spot be white in the skin 6of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up 7him that hath the plague seven days:
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague 8in his sight be at a stay,aand the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be 9somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him 10clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be 11clean.
But if the scab 12spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
¶When 13the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the risingbbe white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be 14quick 15raw flesh in the rising;
It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
And if a 16leprosy 17break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover 18all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest 19looketh;
Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce 20him clean that hath the plague: 21it is all turned white: 22he is clean.
But when 23raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce 24him 25clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
¶The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
And in the place of the boil there be a white rising,c or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it 26be shewed to the priest;
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be 27in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: 28it is a plague.
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a 29burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
¶Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and 30the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or 31white;
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be 32spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an 33inflammation of the burning.
¶If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall,deven a leprosy upon the head or beard.
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no 34black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
He 35shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him 36clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall 37not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
But if the scall be 38in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scalle is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
¶If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled 39spot that groweth in the skin; 40he is clean.
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
And he that hath his hair fallen off from 41the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
And if there be in the 42bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, 43as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him 44utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
And the 45leper in whom the plague is, his clothes 46shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his 47upper lip, and shall cry,f Unclean, unclean.
All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: 48he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
¶The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Whether it be in the 49warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of 50skin;
And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp,g or in the woof,h or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and 51shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a 52fretting leprosy; 53it is unclean.
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his 54colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is 55fret inward, whether it be 56bare within or without.
And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.