Sinai & The Law

But if the hair be of the former colour, and the scar somewhat obscure, and be not lower than the flesh that is near it: he shall shut him up seven days.

And if it spread, he shall judge him to have the leprosy:

But if it stay in its place, it is but the scar of an ulcer: and the man shall be clean.

The flesh also and skin that hath been burnt, and after it is healed hath a white or a red scar:

The priest shall view it, and if he see it turned white, and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar.

But if the colour of the hair be not changed, nor the blemish lower than the other flesh, and the appearance of the leprosy be somewhat obscure: he shall shut him up seven days,

And on the seventh day he shall view him. If the leprosy be grown farther in the skin, he shall declare him unclean.

But if the whiteness stay in its place, and be not very clear, it is the sore of a burning: and therefore he shall be cleansed, because it is only the scar of a burning.

If the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man or woman, the priest shall see them,

And if the place be lower than the other flesh, and the hair yellow, and thinner than usual: he shall declare them unclean, because it is the leprosy of the head and the beard;

But if he perceive the place of the spot is equal with the flesh that is near it, and the hair black: he shall shut him up seven days,

And on the seventh day he shall look upon it. If the spot be not grown, and the hair keep its colour, and the place of the blemish be even with the other flesh:

The man shall be shaven all but the place of the spot: and he shall be shut up other seven days.

If on the seventh day the evil seem to have stayed in its place, and not lower than the other flesh, he shall cleanse him: and his clothes being washed he shall be clean.

But if after his cleansing the spot spread again in the skin:

He shall seek no more whether the hair be turned yellow, because he is evidently unclean.

But if the spot be stayed, and the hair be black, let him know that the man is healed: and let him confidently pronounce him clean.

If a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or a woman,

The priest shall view them. If he find that a darkish whiteness shineth in the skin, let him know that it is not the leprosy, but a white blemish, and that the man is clean.

The man whose hair falleth off from his head, he is bald and clean:

And if the hair fall from his forehead, he is bald before and clean.

But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be risen a white or reddish colour:

And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy which is risen in the bald part.

Now whosoever shall be defiled with the leprosy, and is separated by the judgment of the priest:

Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth: and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean.