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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 The man in whose skin or flesh shall arise a different colour or a blister, or as it were something shining, that is the stroke of the leprosy, shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or any or of his sons.
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When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a leprous disease on the skin of his body, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
3 And if he see the leprosy in his skin, and the hair turned white and the place where the leprosy appears lower than the skin and the rest of the flesh: it is the stroke of the leprosy, and upon his judgment he shall be separated.
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The priest shall examine the disease on the skin of his body, and if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous disease; after the priest has examined him he shall pronounce him ceremonially unclean.
4 But if there be a shining whiteness in the skin, and not lower than the other flesh, and the hair be of the former colour, the priest shall shut him up seven days.
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But if the spot is white in the skin of his body, and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall confine the diseased person for seven days.
5 And the seventh day he shall look on him: and if the leprosy be grown no farther, and hath not spread itself in the skin, he shall shut him up again other seven days.
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The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if he sees that the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall confine him seven days more.
6 And on the seventh day, he shall look on him. If the leprosy be somewhat obscure, and not spread in the skin, he shall declare him clean, because it is but a scab: and the man shall wash his clothes, and shall be clean.
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The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the disease has abated and the disease has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
7 But, if the leprosy grow again, after he was seen by the priest and restored to cleanness, he shall be brought to him:
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But if the eruption spreads in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest.
8 And shall be condemned of uncleanness.
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The priest shall make an examination, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.
9 If the stroke of the leprosy be in a man, he shall be brought to the priest:
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When a person contracts a leprous disease, he shall be brought to the priest.
10 And he shall view him. And when there shall be a white colour in the skin, and it shall have changed the look of the hair, and the living flesh itself shall appear:
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The priest shall make an examination, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,
11 It shall be judged an inveterate leprosy, and grown into the skin. The priest therefore shall declare him unclean: and shall not shut him up, because he is evidently unclean.
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it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body. The priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not confine him, for he is unclean.
12 But if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin, and cover all the skin from the head to the feet, whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes:
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But if the disease breaks out in the skin, so that it covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,
13 The priest shall view him, and shall judge that the leprosy which he has is very clean: because it is all turned into whiteness, and therefore the man shall be clean.
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then the priest shall make an examination, and if the disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; since it has all turned white, he is clean.
14 But when the live flesh shall appear in him:
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But if raw flesh ever appears on him, he shall be unclean;
15 Then by the judgment of the priest he shall be defiled, and shall be reckoned among the unclean. For live flesh, if it be spotted with leprosy, is unclean.
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the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.
16 And if again it be turned into whiteness, and cover all the man:
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But if the raw flesh again turns white, he shall come to the priest;
17 The priest shall view him, and shall judge him to be clean.
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the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white, the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean. He is clean.
18 When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed:
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When there is on the skin of one's body a boil that has healed,
19 And in the place of the ulcer, there appeareth a white scar, or somewhat red, the man shall be brought to the priest.
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and in the place of the boil there appears a white swelling or a reddish-white spot, it shall be shown to the priest.
20 And when he shall see the place of the leprosy lower than the other flesh, and the hair turned white: he shall declare him unclean, for the plague of leprosy is broken out in the ulcer.
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The priest shall make an examination, and if it appears deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; this is a leprous disease, broken out in the boil.
21 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.
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But if the priest examines it and the hair on it is not white, nor is it deeper than the skin but has abated, the priest shall confine him seven days.
22 And if it spread, he shall judge him to have the leprosy:
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If it spreads in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is diseased.
23 But if it stay in its place, it is but the scar of an ulcer: and the man shall be clean.
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But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil; the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 The flesh also and skin that hath been burnt, and after it is healed hath a white or a red scar:
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Or, when the body has a burn on the skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white,
25 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.
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the priest shall examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, it is a leprous disease; it has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. This is a leprous disease.
26 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,
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But if the priest examines it and the hair in the spot is not white, and it is no deeper than the skin but has abated, the priest shall confine him seven days.
27 And on the seventh day he shall view him. If the leprosy be grown farther in the skin, he shall declare him unclean.
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The priest shall examine him the seventh day; if it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. This is a leprous disease.
28 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.
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But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin but has abated, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burn.
29 If the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man or woman, the priest shall see them,
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When a man or woman has a disease on the head or in the beard,
30 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;
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the priest shall examine the disease. If it appears deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an itch, a leprous disease of the head or the beard.
31 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,
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If the priest examines the itching disease, and it appears no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall confine the person with the itching disease for seven days.
32 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:
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On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin,
33 The man shall be shaven all but the place of the spot: and he shall be shut up other seven days.
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he shall shave, but the itch he shall not shave. The priest shall confine the person with the itch for seven days more.
34 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.
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On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean.
35 But if after his cleansing the spot spread again in the skin:
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But if the itch spreads in the skin after he was pronounced clean,
36 He shall seek no more whether the hair be turned yellow, because he is evidently unclean.
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the priest shall examine him. If the itch has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
37 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.
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But if in his eyes the itch is checked, and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38 If a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or a woman,
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When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots,
39 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.
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the priest shall make an examination, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is a rash that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.
40 The man whose hair falleth off from his head, he is bald and clean:
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If anyone loses the hair from his head, he is bald but he is clean.
41 And if the hair fall from his forehead, he is bald before and clean.
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If he loses the hair from his forehead and temples, he has baldness of the forehead but he is clean.
42 But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be risen a white or reddish colour:
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But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased spot, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
43 And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy which is risen in the bald part.
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The priest shall examine him; if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, which resembles a leprous disease in the skin of the body,
44 Now whosoever shall be defiled with the leprosy, and is separated by the judgment of the priest:
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he is leprous, he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean; the disease is on his head.
45 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.
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The person who has the leprous disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head be disheveled; and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, "Unclean, unclean."
46 All the time that he is a leper and unclean he shall dwell alone without the camp.
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He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
47 A woollen or linen garment that shall have the leprosy
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Concerning clothing: when a leprous disease appears in it, in woolen or linen cloth,
48 In the warp, and the woof: or skin, or whatsoever is made of a skin:
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in warp or woof of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made of skin,
49 If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shewn to the priest.
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if the disease shows greenish or reddish in the garment, whether in warp or woof or in skin or in anything made of skin, it is a leprous disease and shall be shown to the priest.
50 And he shall look upon it and shall shut it up seven days.
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The priest shall examine the disease, and put the diseased article aside for seven days.
51 And on the seventh day when he looketh on it again, if he find that it is grown, it is a fixed leprosy. He shall judge the garment unclean, and every thing wherein it shall be found.
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He shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the cloth, in warp or woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, this is a spreading leprous disease; it is unclean.
52 And therefore it shall be burnt with fire.
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He shall burn the clothing, whether diseased in warp or woof, woolen or linen, or anything of skin, for it is a spreading leprous disease; it shall be burned in fire.
53 But if he see that it is not grown,
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If the priest makes an examination, and the disease has not spread in the clothing, in warp or woof or in anything of skin,
54 He shall give orders, and they shall wash that part wherein the leprosy is: and he shall shut it up other seven days.
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the priest shall command them to wash the article in which the disease appears, and he shall put it aside seven days more.
55 And when he shall see that the former colour is not returned, nor yet the leprosy spread, he shall judge it unclean: and shall burn it with fire, for the leprosy has taken hold of the outside of the garment, or through the whole.
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The priest shall examine the diseased article after it has been washed. If the diseased spot has not changed color, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in fire, whether the leprous spot is on the inside or on the outside.
56 But if the place of the leprosy be somewhat dark, after the garment is washed, he shall tear it off, and divide it from that which is sound.
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If the priest makes an examination, and the disease has abated after it is washed, he shall tear the spot out of the cloth, in warp or woof, or out of skin.
57 And if after this there appear in those places that before were without spot, a flying and wandering leprosy: it must be burnt with fire.
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If it appears again in the garment, in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading; you shall burn with fire that in which the disease appears.
58 If it cease, he shall wash with water the parts that are pure, the second time: and they shall be clean.
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But the cloth, warp or woof, or anything of skin from which the disease disappears when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and it shall be clean.
59 This is the law touching the leprosy of any woollen or linen garment, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skins: how it ought to be cleaned, or pronounced unclean.
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This is the ritual for a leprous disease in a cloth of wool or linen, either in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, to decide whether it is clean or unclean.
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