The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 ADONAI said to Moshe and Aharon,
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The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,
2 "If someone develops on his skin a swelling, scab or bright spot which could develop into the disease tzara'at, he is to be brought to Aharon the cohen or to one of his sons who are cohanim.
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"If anyone has a sore, a rash, or an irritated area on his skin that turns into an infectious skin disease, he must be taken to the priest Aaron or to one of his sons who are also priests.
3 The cohen is to examine the sore on his skin; if the hair in the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to go deep into the skin, it is tzara'at, and after examining him the cohen is to declare him unclean.
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The priest will examine the disease. If the hair in the diseased area has turned white, and the diseased area looks deeper than the rest of his skin, it is an infectious skin disease. When the priest has examined him, he must declare him unclean.
4 If the bright spot on his skin is white, but it does not appear to go deep into the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the cohen is to isolate him for seven days.
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But if the irritated area is white and does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, and the hair has not turned white, the priest must put him in isolation for seven days.
5 On the seventh day the cohen is to examine him again, and if the sore appears the same as before and has not spread on the skin, then the cohen is to isolate him for seven more days.
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On the seventh day the priest will examine him again. If the disease looks the same and has not spread, the priest must put him in isolation for another seven days.
6 On the seventh day the cohen is to examine him again, and if the sore has faded and hasn't spread on the skin, then the cohen is to declare him clean - it is only a scab, so he is to wash his clothes and be clean.
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On the seventh day the priest will examine him again. If the diseased area has faded and not spread, the priest must declare him clean. It is only a rash. The person must wash his clothes and will be clean.
7 But if the scab spreads further on the skin after he has been examined by the cohen and declared clean, he is to let himself be examined yet again by the cohen.
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But if the rash has spread after he has shown himself to the priest to be declared clean, he must show himself to the priest again.
8 The cohen will examine him, and if he sees that the scab has spread on his skin, then the cohen will declare him unclean; it is tzara'at.
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The priest will examine him one more time, and if the rash has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease.
9 "If a person has tzara'at, he is to be brought to the cohen.
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"If anyone has an infectious skin disease, he must be taken to the priest.
10 The cohen is to examine him, and if he sees that there is a white swelling in the skin which has turned the hair white and inflamed flesh in the swelling,
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The priest will examine him. If there is a white sore that has turned the hair white, and if there is raw flesh in the sore,
11 then it is chronic tzara'at on his skin, and the cohen is to declare him unclean; he is not to isolate him, because it is already clear that he is unclean.
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he has a chronic skin disease. Without putting him in isolation, the priest must declare him unclean because he is unclean.
12 If the tzara'at breaks out all over the skin, so that, as far as the cohen can see, the person with tzara'at has sores everywhere on his body, from his head to his feet;
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If skin disease develops and covers the whole person from head to foot (so far as the priest can see),
13 then the cohen is to examine him, and if he sees that the tzara'at has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the person with the sores clean -it has all turned white, and he is clean.
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the priest will examine him. If the disease does cover his whole body, the priest must declare the diseased person clean. His body has turned white. The person is clean.
14 But if one day inflamed flesh appears on him, he will be unclean.
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But if raw flesh appears, he will be unclean.
15 The cohen will examine the inflamed flesh and declare him unclean; the inflamed flesh is unclean; it is tzara'at.
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The priest will examine the raw flesh and declare him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean. It is an infectious skin disease.
16 However, if the inflamed flesh again turns white, he is to come to the cohen.
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But if the raw flesh turns white again, he must go to the priest.
17 The cohen will examine him, and if he sees that the sores have turned white, then the cohen is to declare clean the person with the sores; he is clean.
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The priest will examine him again, and if the diseased area has turned white, the priest must declare the diseased person clean. He is clean.
18 "If a person has on his skin a boil that heals
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"If a boil on the skin has healed
19 in such a way that in place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white bright spot, it is to be shown to the cohen.
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and in its place there is a white sore or a pink area, it must be shown to the priest.
20 The cohen is to examine it; if he sees that it appears to be more than skin-deep, and its hair has turned white, then the cohen is to pronounce him unclean - the disease of tzara'at has broken out in the boil.
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The priest will examine it. If it looks deeper than the rest of the skin and its hair has turned white, the priest must declare the person unclean. An infectious skin disease has developed in the boil.
21 But if the cohen looks at it and doesn't see any white hairs in it, and it isn't more than skin-deep but appears faded, the cohen is to isolate him for seven days.
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But if the priest examines the affected area and the hair in it is not white or the affected area is not deeper than the rest of the skin but has faded, the priest must put him in isolation for seven days.
22 If it spreads on the skin, the cohen is to declare him unclean; it is the disease.
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If the area has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is a skin disease.
23 But if the bright spot stays where it was and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the cohen is to declare him clean.
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But if the irritated area has not spread, it is a scar caused by the boil. The priest must declare him clean.
24 "Or if someone has on his skin a burn caused by fire; and the inflamed flesh where it was burned has become a bright spot, reddish-white or white,
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"If anyone has a burn on his skin and the raw flesh of the burn turns into a pink or bright white area,
25 then the cohen is to examine it; and if he sees that the hair in the bright spot has turned white and that it appears to be deeper than the skin around it, it is tzara'at; it has broken out in the burn, and the cohen is to declare him unclean; it is a sore from tzara'at.
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the priest will examine it. If the hair on the affected area has turned white and the affected area looks deeper than the rest of the skin, an infectious skin disease has developed in the burn. The priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease.
26 But if the cohen examines it and sees no white hair in the bright spot, and it is no lower than the skin around it but looks faded, then the cohen is to isolate him for seven days.
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But if the priest examines it and the hair in it is not white and the affected area is not deeper than the rest of the skin but has faded, the priest must put him in isolation for seven days.
27 On the seventh day the cohen is to examine him; if it has spread on the skin, then the cohen is to declare him unclean; it is a sore from tzara'at.
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On the seventh day the priest will examine him again. If the area has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease.
28 But if the bright spot stays where it was and has not spread on the skin but appears faded, it is a swelling due to the burn; and the cohen is to declare him clean; because it is only a scar from the burn.
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If the irritated area does not spread but has faded, it is only a sore caused by the burn. The priest must declare him clean, because it is a scar caused by the burn.
29 "If a man or woman has a sore on the head or a man in his beard,
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"If a man or a woman has some disease on the head or chin,
30 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.
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the priest will examine the disease. If it looks deeper than the rest of the skin and there is thin yellow hair on it, the priest must declare the person unclean. It is a scab, a disease on the head or the chin.
31 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.
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But if the priest examines the scabby disease and it does not look deeper than the rest of the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest must put the person with the scabby disease in isolation for seven days.
32 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;
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On the seventh day the priest will examine the disease. If the scab has not spread, there is no yellow hair on it, and the scab does not look deeper than the rest of the skin,
33 then the person is to be shaved, except for the crusted area itself, and the cohen is to isolate him for seven more days.
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the person will shave everything except the scab. The priest will put the person with the scab in isolation for another seven days.
34 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.
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On the seventh day the priest will examine the scab again. If the scab has not spread on the skin and does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, the priest must declare him clean. When he has washed his clothes, he will be clean.
35 But if the crusted area spreads after his purification,
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But if the scab spreads after the person has been declared clean,
36 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.
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the priest will make another examination. If the scab has spread on the skin, the priest does not have to look for yellow hair. The person is unclean.
37 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.
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But if he sees that the scab hasn't spread and black hair grows on it, the scab is healed. The person is clean, so the priest must declare him clean.
38 "If a man or woman has bright spots on his skin, bright white spots;
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"If a man or a woman has white irritated areas of skin,
39 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.
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the priest will make an examination. If the irritated areas on the skin are pale white, a rash has developed on the skin. The person is clean.
40 "If a man's hair has fallen from his scalp, he is bald; but he is clean.
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"If a man loses his hair, he is clean, even though he is bald.
41 If his hair has fallen off the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; but he is clean.
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If he loses the hair on the front of his head, he is clean, even though he is bald on the forehead.
42 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.
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But if there is a pink patch on the bald places in back or in front, a skin disease is developing in those places.
43 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,
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The priest will examine him. If the sore from the disease in the bald places in back or in front is pink like a skin disease somewhere else on the body,
44 he is a person with tzara'at; he is unclean; the cohen must declare him unclean; the sore is on his head.
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the man has come down with an infectious skin disease. He is unclean. The priest must declare him unclean because of the skin disease on his head.
45 "Everyone who has tzara'at sores is to wear torn clothes and unbound hair, cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
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"People who come down with a skin disease must wear torn clothes and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their upper lips and call out, 'Unclean, unclean!'
46 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.
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As long as they have the skin disease, they are unclean. They must live outside the camp.
47 "When tzara'at infects an article of clothing, whether it be a woolen or a linen garment,
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"Now about clothing--if there is a green or red area on a piece of clothing
48 on the threads or the woven-in parts of either linen or wool, or on a hide or item made of leather;
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that is woven or knitted from linen or wool or on any leather article,
49 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.
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it is mildew. It must be shown to the priest.
50 The cohen is to examine the stain and isolate the article that has the infection for seven days.
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The priest will examine the mildew and will put the clothing in a separate place for seven days.
51 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.
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On the seventh day he will examine the area again. If the spot is spreading, it is unclean.
52 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.
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He must burn the piece of clothing or the leather article because the mildew is growing.
53 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,
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But if the priest sees that the area has not spread,
54 then the cohen is to order that the article having the infection be washed and isolated for seven more days.
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he must order the area to be washed and put the clothing in a separate place for seven more days.
55 The cohen is to examine it after the stain has been washed, and if he sees that the stain has not changed color, then, even though the stain has not spread, it is unclean; you are to burn it up completely - it is rotten, no matter whether the spot is on the outside or on the inside.
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The priest will examine the area again after it is washed. If it doesn't look any different and the mildew has not spread, it is still unclean. It must be burned, whether the area is on the outside or the inside.
56 If the cohen examines it and sees that the stain has faded after being washed, then he is to tear the stain out of the garment, leather, threads or woven-in parts.
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If the priest sees that the area is pale after washing, he will tear it out of the clothing or the leather.
57 If it appears again in the garment, threads, woven-in parts or leather item, it is contagious, and you are to burn up completely the article that had the stain.
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However, if it shows up again, you must burn the clothing or the leather article.
58 But if the infection is gone from the garment, threads, woven-in parts or leather item that you washed, then it is to be washed a second time, and it will be clean.
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But if the area disappears from the woven or knitted clothing or any leather article when it is washed, wash it again, and it will be clean.
59 This is the law concerning infections of tzara'at in a garment of wool or linen, or in the threads or the woven-in parts, or in any leather item - when to declare it clean and when to declare it unclean.
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"These are the instructions for deciding whether mildew in clothing that is woven or knitted from linen or wool or in any leather article is clean or unclean."
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