New American Standard Bible 2020

Leviticus 13:1-12

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2“When someone has on the skin of his 1body a swelling, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes an infection of 2leprosy on the skin of his 3body, 4then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. 3The priest shall look at the infected area on the skin of the 5body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his 6body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean. 4But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his 7body, and 8it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall 9isolate the person who has the infection for seven days. 5Then the priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has 10not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall 11isolate him for seven more days. 6The priest shall then look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infected area has faded and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash. And he shall 12wash his clothes and be clean.

7“But if the rash spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest. 8And the priest shall look, and if the rash has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.

9“When the infection of leprosy is on someone, then he shall be brought to the priest. 10The priest shall then look, and if there is a 13white swelling on the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is new raw flesh in the swelling, 11it is 14a chronic leprosy on the skin of his 15body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not 16isolate him, for he is unclean. 12If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the person who has the infection from his head even to his feet, 17as far as the priest can see,

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Notes

1. Leviticus 13:2 Lit flesh ↩
2. Leviticus 13:2 I.e., or a serious, unspecified disease, and so throughout the ch ↩
3. Leviticus 13:2 Lit flesh ↩
4. Leviticus 13:2 Deut 24:8 ↩
5. Leviticus 13:3 Lit flesh ↩
6. Leviticus 13:3 Lit flesh ↩
7. Leviticus 13:4 Lit flesh ↩
8. Leviticus 13:4 Lit the appearance of it is not deeper ↩
9. Leviticus 13:4 Lit separate ↩
10. Leviticus 13:5 Lit stood ↩
11. Leviticus 13:5 Lit separate ↩
12. Leviticus 13:6 Lev 11:25; 14:8 ↩
13. Leviticus 13:10 Num 12:10; 2 Kin 5:27; 2 Chr 26:19, 20 ↩
14. Leviticus 13:11 Lit aging ↩
15. Leviticus 13:11 Lit flesh ↩
16. Leviticus 13:11 Lit separate ↩
17. Leviticus 13:12 Lit to the entire sight of the priest’s eyes ↩

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