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1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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The Lord gave Moses and Aaron these regulations.
2 If a man has on his skin a growth or a mark or a white place, and it becomes the disease of a leper, let him be taken to Aaron the priest, or to one of the priests, his sons;
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If any of you have a sore on your skin or a boil or an inflammation which could develop into a dreaded skin disease, you shall be brought to the Aaronite priest.
3 And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.
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The priest shall examine the sore, and if the hairs in it have turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the surrounding skin, it is a dreaded skin disease, and the priest shall pronounce you unclean.
4 But if the mark on his skin is white, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is not turned white, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days;
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But if the sore is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin around it and the hairs have not turned white, the priest shall isolate you for seven days.
5 And the priest is to see him on the seventh day; and if, in his opinion, the place on his skin has not become worse and is not increased in size, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days more:
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The priest shall examine you again on the seventh day, and if in his opinion the sore looks the same and has not spread, he shall isolate you for another seven days.
6 And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; and if the mark is less bright and is not increased on his skin, then let the priest say that he is clean: it is only a skin-mark, and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.
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The priest shall examine you again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread, he shall pronounce you ritually clean; it is only a sore. You shall wash your clothes and be ritually clean.
7 But if the size of the mark on his skin is increased after he has been seen by the priest, let him go to the priest again:
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But if the sore spreads after the priest has examined you and pronounced you clean, you must appear before the priest again.
8 And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.
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The priest will examine you again, and if it has spread, he shall pronounce you unclean; it is a dreaded skin disease.
9 When the disease of a leper is seen on a man, let him be taken to the priest;
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If any of you have a dreaded skin disease, you shall be brought to the priest,
10 And if the priest sees that there is a white growth on the skin, and the hair is turned white, and there is diseased flesh in the growth,
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who will examine you. If there is a white sore on your skin which turns the hairs white and is full of pus,
11 It is an old disease in the skin of his flesh, and the priest will say that he is unclean; he will not have to be shut up, for he is clearly unclean.
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it is a chronic skin disease. The priest shall pronounce you unclean; there is no need to isolate you, because you are obviously unclean.
12 And if the disease comes out all over his skin, from his head to his feet, as far as the priest is able to see,
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If the skin disease spreads and covers you from head to foot,
13 And if the priest sees that all his flesh is covered with the leper's disease, the priest will say that he is clean: it is all turned white, he is clean.
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the priest shall examine you again. If he finds that it actually has covered the whole body, he shall pronounce you ritually clean. If your whole skin has turned white, you are ritually clean.
14 But whenever diseased flesh is seen on him, he will be unclean.
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But from the moment an open sore appears, you are unclean.
15 And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper.
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The priest shall examine you again, and if he sees an open sore, he shall pronounce you unclean. An open sore means a dreaded skin disease, and you are unclean.
16 Or if the diseased flesh is turned again and changed to white then he is to come to the priest,
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But when the sore heals and becomes white again, you shall go to the priest,
17 And the priest will see him: and if the place is turned white, then the priest will say that he is free from the disease.
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who will examine you again. If the sore has turned white, you are ritually clean, and the priest shall pronounce you clean.
18 And if a bad place has come out on the skin and is well again,
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If any of you have a boil that has healed
19 And on the same place there is a white growth of a bright mark, red and white, then let the priest see it;
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and if afterward a white swelling or a reddish-white spot appears where the boil was, you shall go to the priest.
20 And after looking at it, if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is turned white, then the priest will say that the man is unclean: it is the leper's disease, it has come out in the bad place.
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The priest shall examine you, and if the spot seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it have turned white, he shall pronounce you unclean. It is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the boil.
21 But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:
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But if the priest examines it and finds that the hairs in it have not turned white and that it is not deeper than the surrounding skin, but is light in color, the priest shall isolate you for seven days.
22 And if it is increasing on the skin, the priest will say that he is unclean: it is a disease.
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If the spot spreads, the priest shall pronounce you unclean; you are diseased.
23 But if the bright mark keeps in the same place and gets no greater, it is the mark of the old wound, and the priest will say that he is clean.
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But if it remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar left from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce you ritually clean.
24 Or if there is a burn on the skin of the flesh, and if the diseased flesh in the burn becomes a bright place, red and white or white,
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In case any of you have been burned, if the raw flesh becomes white or reddish-white,
25 The priest is to see it: and if the hair on the bright place is turned white and it seems to go deeper than the skin, he is a leper: it has come out in the burn, and the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.
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the priest shall examine you. If the hairs in the spot have turned white and it appears deeper than the surrounding skin, it is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce you unclean.
26 But if, after looking at it, the priest sees that there is no white hair on the bright place, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:
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But if the hairs in it have not turned white and it is not deeper than the surrounding skin, but is light in color, the priest shall isolate you for seven days.
27 And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; if it is increased in the skin, then the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.
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The priest shall examine you again on the seventh day, and if it is spreading, it is a dreaded skin disease, and the priest shall pronounce you unclean.
28 And if the bright place keeps the same size and gets no greater on the skin, but is less bright, it is the effect of the burn, and the priest will say that he is clean: it is the mark of the burn.
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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.
29 And when a man or a woman has a disease on the head, or in the hair of the chin,
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When any of you, male or female, have a sore on your head or chin,
30 Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.
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the priest shall examine it. If it seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it are yellowish and thin, it is a dreaded skin disease, and he shall pronounce you unclean.
31 And after looking at the diseased place, if it does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest will have him shut up for seven days:
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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.
32 And on the seventh day the priest will see the place: and if it is not increased, and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not seem to go deeper than the skin,
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The priest shall examine the sore again on the seventh day, and if it has not spread and there are no yellowish hairs in it and it does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin,
33 Then his hair is to be cut off, but not on the diseased place, and he is to be shut up for seven days more:
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you shall shave the head except the area around the sore. The priest shall then isolate you for another seven days.
34 And on the seventh day the priest will see the place: and if it is not increased, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, the priest will say that he is clean: and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.
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On the seventh day the priest shall again examine the sore, and if it has not spread and does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin, he shall pronounce you ritually clean. You shall wash your clothes, and you will be clean.
35 But if the disease in his skin becomes worse after he has been made clean,
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But if the sore spreads after you have been pronounced clean,
36 Then the priest is to see him: and if the mark is increased, the priest, without looking for the yellow hair, will say that he is unclean.
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the priest shall examine you again. If the sore has spread, he need not look for yellowish hairs; you are obviously unclean.
37 But if, in his opinion, the growth is stopped, and black hair has come up on it, the disease has gone; he is clean and the priest will say that he is clean.
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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.
38 And if a man or a woman has bright marks on the skin of their flesh, that is, bright white marks,
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When any of you, male or female, have white spots on the skin,
39 Then the priest is to see them: and if the white marks on their skin are not very bright, it is a skin disease which has come out on the skin; he is clean.
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the priest shall examine you. If the spots are dull white, it is only a blemish that has broken out on the skin; you are ritually clean.
40 And if a man's hair has come out and he has no hair, still he is clean.
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If you lose your hair at the back or the front of your head, this does not make you unclean.
41 And if the hair has gone from the front part of his head, so that he has no hair there, still he is clean.
42 But if, on his head or on his brow, where he has no hair, there is a red and white place, it is the disease of the leper coming out on his head or on his brow.
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But if a reddish-white sore appears on the bald spot, it is a dreaded skin disease.
43 Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper;
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The priest shall examine you, and if there is a reddish-white sore,
44 He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head.
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the priest shall pronounce you unclean, because of the dreaded skin disease on your head.
45 And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean.
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If you have a dreaded skin disease, you must wear torn clothes, leave your hair uncombed, cover the lower part of your face, and call out, "Unclean, unclean!"
46 While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.
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You remain unclean as long as you have the disease, and you must live outside the camp, away from others.
47 And any clothing of wool or of linen in which is the mark of the disease;
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When there is mildew on clothing, whether wool or linen,
48 If it is in the threads of the linen or of the wool, or in leather, or in anything made of skin;
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or on any piece of linen or wool cloth or on leather or anything made of leather,
49 If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it.
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if it is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest.
50 And after it has been seen by the priest, the thing which is so marked is to be shut up for seven days:
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The priest shall examine it and put the object away for seven days.
51 And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather, whatever the leather is used for, it is the disease biting into it: it is unclean.
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He shall examine it again on the seventh day, and if the mildew has spread, the object is unclean.
52 And the clothing, or the wool or linen material, or anything of leather in which is the disease, is to be burned: for the disease is biting into it; let it be burned in the fire.
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The priest shall burn it, because it is a spreading mildew which must be destroyed by fire.
53 And if the priest sees that the mark is not increased in the clothing or in any part of the material or in the leather,
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But if, when he examines it, the priest finds that the mildew has not spread on the object,
54 Then the priest will give orders for the thing on which the mark is, to be washed, and to be shut up for seven days more:
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he shall order that it be washed and put away for another seven days.
55 And if, after the mark has been washed, the priest sees that the colour of it is not changed and it is not increased, it is to be burned in the fire: the disease is working in it, though the damage may be inside or outside.
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Then he shall examine it, and if the mildew has not changed color, even though it has not spread, it is still unclean; you must burn the object, whether the rot is on the front or the back.
56 And if the priest sees that the mark is less bright after the washing, then let him have it cut out of the clothing or the leather or from the threads of the material:
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But if, when the priest examines it again, the mildew has faded, he shall tear it out of the clothing or leather.
57 And if the mark is still seen in the clothing or in the threads of the material or in the leather, it is the disease coming out: the thing in which the disease is will have to be burned with fire.
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Then, if the mildew reappears, it is spreading again, and the owner shall burn the object.
58 And the material of the clothing, or anything of skin, which has been washed, if the mark has gone out of it, let it be washed a second time and it will be clean.
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If he washes the object and the spot disappears, he shall wash it again, and it will be ritually clean.
59 This is the law about the leper's disease in the thread of wool or linen material, in clothing or in anything of skin, saying how it is to be judged clean or unclean.
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This, then, is the law about mildew on clothing, whether it is wool or linen, or on linen or wool cloth or on anything made of leather; this is how the decision is made as to whether it is ritually clean or unclean.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.