Leviticus 13:1-12

1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,

2“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.

3The 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.

4But 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.

5On 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.

6On 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.

7But 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.

8The 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 anyone has an infectious skin disease, he must be taken to the priest.

10The 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,

11he has a chronic skin disease. Without putting him in isolation, the priest must declare him unclean because he is unclean.

12If skin disease develops and covers the whole person from head to foot (so far as the priest can see),