13:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 13:2 “When someone has ¹  a swelling ²  or a scab ³  or a bright spot ⁴  on the skin of his body ⁵  that may become a diseased infection, ⁶  he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests. ⁷  13:3 The priest must then examine the infection ⁸  on the skin of the body, and if the hair ⁹  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 it ¹²  he must pronounce the person unclean. ¹³ 

13:4 “If ¹⁴  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 if, ¹⁷  as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same ¹⁸  and has not spread on the skin, ¹⁹  then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days. ²⁰  13:6 The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, ²¹  and if ²²  the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. ²³  It is a scab, ²⁴  so he must wash his clothes ²⁵  and be clean. 13:7 If, however, the scab is spreading further ²⁶  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 if ²⁸  the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person 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 if ³²  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 chronic ³⁴  disease on the skin of his body, ³⁵  so the priest is to pronounce him unclean. ³⁶  The priest ³⁷  must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean. ³⁸  13:12 If, however, the disease breaks out ³⁹  on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection ⁴⁰  from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, ⁴¹  13:13 the priest must then examine it, ⁴²  and if ⁴³  the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. ⁴⁴  He has turned all white, so he is clean. ⁴⁵  13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it ⁴⁶  he will be unclean, 13:15 so the priest is to examine the raw flesh ⁴⁷  and pronounce him unclean ⁴⁸  – it is diseased. 13:16 If, however, ⁴⁹  the raw flesh once again turns white, ⁵⁰  then he must come to the priest. 13:17 The priest will then examine it, ⁵¹  and if ⁵²  the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the person with the infection clean ⁵³  – he is clean.

13:18 “When someone’s body has a boil on its skin ⁵⁴  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. ⁵⁵  13:20 The priest will then examine it, ⁵⁶  and if ⁵⁷  it appears to be deeper than the skin ⁵⁸  and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁵⁹  It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. ⁶⁰  13:21 If, however, ⁶¹  the priest examines it, and ⁶²  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. ⁶³  13:22 If ⁶⁴  it is spreading further ⁶⁵  on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. ⁶⁶  It is an infection. 13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, ⁶⁷  it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean. ⁶⁸ 

13:24 “When a body has a burn on its skin ⁶⁹  and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, 13:25 the priest must examine it, ⁷⁰  and if ⁷¹  the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, ⁷²  it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. ⁷³  The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁷⁴  It is a diseased infection. ⁷⁵  13:26 If, however, ⁷⁶  the priest examines it and ⁷⁷  there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, ⁷⁸  and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. ⁷⁹  13:27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further ⁸⁰  on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection. ⁸¹  13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, ⁸²  and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, ⁸³  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, ⁸⁴  13:30 the priest is to examine the infection, ⁸⁵  and if ⁸⁶  it appears to be deeper than the skin ⁸⁷  and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁸⁸  It is scall, ⁸⁹  a disease of the head or the beard. ⁹⁰  13:31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ⁹¹  and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days. ⁹²  13:32 The priest must then examine the infection on the seventh day, and if ⁹³  the scall has not spread, there is no reddish yellow hair in it, and the scall does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ⁹⁴  13:33 then the individual is to shave himself, ⁹⁵  but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, ⁹⁶  and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days. ⁹⁷  13:34 The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if ⁹⁸  the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ⁹⁹  then the priest is to pronounce him clean. ¹⁰⁰  So he is to wash his clothes and be clean. 13:35 If, however, the scall spreads further ¹⁰¹  on the skin after his purification, 13:36 then the priest is to examine it, and if ¹⁰²  the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair. ¹⁰³  The person ¹⁰⁴  is unclean. 13:37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same ¹⁰⁵  and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. ¹⁰⁶ 

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, ¹⁰⁷  and if ¹⁰⁸  the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean. ¹⁰⁹ 

13:40 “When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, ¹¹⁰  he is clean. 13:41 If his head is bare on the forehead ¹¹¹  so that he is balding in front, ¹¹²  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, ¹¹³  and if ¹¹⁴  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, ¹¹⁵  13:44 he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head. ¹¹⁶ 

13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection, ¹¹⁷  his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, ¹¹⁸  and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 13:46 The whole time he has the infection ¹¹⁹  he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.

13:47 “When a garment has a diseased infection in it, ¹²⁰  whether a wool or linen garment, ¹²¹  13:48 or in the warp or woof ¹²²  of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, ¹²³  13:49 if the infection ¹²⁴  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. ¹²⁵  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 made ¹²⁶  – 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 and ¹²⁷  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 another seven days. ¹²⁸  13:55 The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if ¹²⁹  the infection has not changed its appearance ¹³⁰  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. ¹³¹  13:56 But if the priest has examined it and ¹³²  the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of ¹³³  the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. 13:57 Then if ¹³⁴  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 ¹³⁵  is to be washed a second time and it will be clean.”

13:59 This is the law ¹³⁶  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. ¹³⁷ 

14:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 14:2 “This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when ¹³⁸  he is brought to the priest. ¹³⁹  14:3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. ¹⁴⁰  If the infection of the diseased person has been healed, ¹⁴¹  14:4 then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, ¹⁴²  and some twigs of hyssop ¹⁴³  be taken up ¹⁴⁴  for the one being cleansed. ¹⁴⁵  14:5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered ¹⁴⁶  into a clay vessel over fresh water. ¹⁴⁷  14:6 Then ¹⁴⁸  he is to take the live bird along with the piece of cedar wood, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the twigs of hyssop, and he is to dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird slaughtered over the fresh water, 14:7 and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed ¹⁴⁹  from the disease, pronounce him clean, ¹⁵⁰  and send the live bird away over the open countryside. ¹⁵¹ 

14:8 “The one being cleansed ¹⁵²  must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. ¹⁵³  Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. 14:9 When the seventh day comes ¹⁵⁴  he must shave all his hair – his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair – and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean. ¹⁵⁵ 

14:10 “On the eighth day he ¹⁵⁶  must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, ¹⁵⁷  and one log of olive oil, ¹⁵⁸  14:11 and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings ¹⁵⁹  before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.

14:12 “The priest is to take one male lamb ¹⁶⁰  and present it for a guilt offering ¹⁶¹  along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the Lord. ¹⁶²  14:13 He must then slaughter ¹⁶³  the male lamb in the place where ¹⁶⁴  the sin offering ¹⁶⁵  and the burnt offering ¹⁶⁶  are slaughtered, ¹⁶⁷  in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; ¹⁶⁸  it is most holy. 14:14 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, ¹⁶⁹  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ¹⁷⁰  of his right foot. 14:15 The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand. ¹⁷¹  14:16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil ¹⁷²  that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 14:17 The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his hand ¹⁷³  on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering, 14:18 and the remainder of the olive oil ¹⁷⁴  that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord.

14:19 “The priest must then perform the sin offering ¹⁷⁵  and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he ¹⁷⁶  is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer ¹⁷⁷  the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean.

14:21 “If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, ¹⁷⁸  he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil, ¹⁷⁹  14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ¹⁸⁰  which are within his means. ¹⁸¹  One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. ¹⁸² 

14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance ¹⁸³  of the Meeting Tent before the Lord, 14:24 and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them ¹⁸⁴  as a wave offering before the Lord. 14:25 Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, ¹⁸⁵  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ¹⁸⁶  of his right foot. 14:26 The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand, ¹⁸⁷  14:27 and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger ¹⁸⁸  seven times before the Lord. 14:28 Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand ¹⁸⁹  on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering, 14:29 and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand ¹⁹⁰  of the priest he is to put ¹⁹¹  on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.

14:30 “He will then make one of the turtledoves ¹⁹²  or young pigeons, which are within his means, ¹⁹³  14:31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. ¹⁹⁴  So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the Lord. 14:32 This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, ¹⁹⁵  who does not have sufficient means for his purification.” ¹⁹⁶ 

14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 14:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give ¹⁹⁷  to you for a possession, and I put ¹⁹⁸  a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, ¹⁹⁹  14:35 then whoever owns the house ²⁰⁰  must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’ 14:36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared ²⁰¹  before the priest enters to examine the infection ²⁰²  so that everything in the house ²⁰³  does not become unclean, ²⁰⁴  and afterward ²⁰⁵  the priest will enter to examine the house. 14:37 He is to examine the infection, and if ²⁰⁶  the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, ²⁰⁷  and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, ²⁰⁸  14:38 then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. ²⁰⁹  14:39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if ²¹⁰  the infection has spread in the walls of the house, 14:40 then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown ²¹¹  outside the city ²¹²  into an unclean place. 14:41 Then he is to have the house scraped ²¹³  all around on the inside, ²¹⁴  and the plaster ²¹⁵  which is scraped off ²¹⁶  must be dumped outside the city ²¹⁷  into an unclean place. 14:42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, ²¹⁸  and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

14:43 “If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered, ²¹⁹  14:44 the priest is to come and examine it, and if ²²⁰  the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. 14:45 He must tear down the house, ²²¹  its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it ²²²  outside the city to an unclean place. 14:46 Anyone who enters ²²³  the house all the days the priest ²²⁴  has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. 14:47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.

14:48 “If, however, the priest enters ²²⁵  and examines it, and the ²²⁶  infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed. 14:49 Then he ²²⁷  is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop ²²⁸  to decontaminate ²²⁹  the house, 14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. ²³⁰  14:51 He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 14:52 So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, 14:53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the city ²³¹  into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.

14:54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, ²³²  14:55 for the diseased garment, ²³³  for the house, ²³⁴  14:56 for the swelling, ²³⁵  for the scab, ²³⁶  and for the bright spot, ²³⁷  14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. ²³⁸  This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” ²³⁹