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Bible Verses About Sanitation

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  1. "If a man or woman has a sore on the head or a man in his beard,

  2. then the cohen is to examine the sore; if he sees that it appears to be deeper than the skin around it, with yellow, thin hair in it, then the cohen is to declare him unclean; it is a crusted area, a tzara'at of the head or beard.

  3. If the cohen examines the diseased crusted area and sees that it appears not to be deeper than the skin around it, and without any black hair in it, then the cohen is to isolate for seven days the person with the diseased crusted area.

  4. On the seventh day the cohen is to examine the sore, and if he sees that the crusted area hasn't spread, that it has no yellow hair in it, and that the crusted area is not deeper than the skin around it;

  5. then the person is to be shaved, except for the crusted area itself, and the cohen is to isolate him for seven more days.

  6. On the seventh day the cohen is to examine the crusted area; and if he sees that the crusted area has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin around it, then the cohen is to declare him clean; he is to wash his clothes and be clean.

  7. But if the crusted area spreads after his purification,

  8. then the cohen is to examine him; and if he sees that the crusted area has spread on the skin, the cohen is not to look for yellow hair; he is unclean.

  9. But if the crusted area's appearance doesn't change, and black hair grows up in it, then the crusted area is healed; he is clean; and the cohen is to declare him clean.

  10. "If a man or woman has bright spots on his skin, bright white spots;

  11. then the cohen is to examine them. If he sees that the bright spots on the skin are dull white, it is only a rash that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.

  12. "If a man's hair has fallen from his scalp, he is bald; but he is clean.

  13. If his hair has fallen off the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; but he is clean.

  14. But if on the bald scalp or forehead there is a reddish-white sore, it is tzara'at breaking out on his bald scalp or forehead.

  15. Then the cohen is to examine him; if he sees that there is a reddish-white swelling on his bald scalp or forehead, appearing like tzara'at on the rest of the body,

  16. he is a person with tzara'at; he is unclean; the cohen must declare him unclean; the sore is on his head.

  17. "Everyone who has tzara'at sores is to wear torn clothes and unbound hair, cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'

  18. As long as he has sores, he will be unclean; since he is unclean, he must live in isolation; he must live outside the camp.

  19. "When tzara'at infects an article of clothing, whether it be a woolen or a linen garment,

  20. on the threads or the woven-in parts of either linen or wool, or on a hide or item made of leather;

  21. then if the stain on the garment, hide, threads, woven-in parts or leather item is greenish or reddish, it is an infection of tzara'at and is to be shown to the cohen.

  22. The cohen is to examine the stain and isolate the article that has the infection for seven days.

  23. On the seventh day he is to examine the stain; if the stain has spread on the garment, threads, woven-in parts or leather, whatever its use, the infection is a contagious tzara'at; the garment is unclean.

  24. He is to burn the garment, threads, woven-in parts of either wool or linen, or item of leather having the infection; for it is a contagious tzara'at; it must be burned up completely.

  25. But if, when the cohen examines it, he sees that the infection has not spread on the garment or in the threads, woven-in parts or leather item,