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| 1The LORD said this to Moses and Aaron: | 1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, |
| 2"When a person has a swelling or a scab in the skin on his body that turns white in appearance and appears to be more extensive than skin deep, he is to be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons among the priests. | 2"When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot on their skin that may be a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest. |
| 3The priest is to examine the skin rash on the body. If the hair on the skin rash has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin of his body, it's an infectious skin disease. When the priest has examined it, then he is to declare him unclean. | 3The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean. |
| 4"If the light spot in the skin of his body is white but the appearance of the skin rash isn't deeper than the skin of his body and its hair has not become white, then the priest is to isolate the one who is infected for seven days. | 4If the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days. |
| 5On the seventh day, the priest is to examine him again. If, in his opinion, the skin rash remained the same and it did not spread, then he is to isolate him for another seven days. | 5On the seventh day the priest is to examine them, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to isolate them for another seven days. |
| 6"On the next seventh day, the priest is to examine him again. If the skin rash didn't become dull and it didn't spread in the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean: it's a scab. He is to wash his clothes and be clean. | 6On the seventh day the priest is to examine them again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a rash. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean. |
| 7But if the scab did spread in the skin after he presented himself to the priest for cleansing, then he is to show himself a second time to the priest. | 7But if the rash does spread in their skin after they have shown themselves to the priest to be pronounced clean, they must appear before the priest again. |
| 8When the priest examines him and determines that the scab did, in fact, spread in his skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean, since it's an infectious skin disease." | 8The priest is to examine that person, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease. |
| 9"When a person has a skin rash that's infectious, he is to be brought to the priest. | 9"When anyone has a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to the priest. |
| 10The priest is to examine it. If it is, indeed, a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and yet it sustains live flesh on the swelling, | 10The priest is to examine them, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling, |
| 11it's a festering skin disease in his body. The priest is to declare him unclean. The man need not be confined, since he's already unclean. | 11it is a chronic skin disease and the priest shall pronounce them unclean. He is not to isolate them, because they are already unclean. |
| 12If the infectious skin disease spreads in the skin so that it covers his entire body from head to foot (as the priest examines it), | 12"If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, |
| 13when the priest's examination reveals that the infectious skin disease has covered his entire body, then he is to declare him clean, even though he still has the skin infection. He has turned entirely white, so he's clean. | 13the priest is to examine them, and if the disease has covered their whole body, he shall pronounce them clean. Since it has all turned white, they are clean. |
| 14But if, one day, infected flesh appears again in him, he is unclean. | 14But whenever raw flesh appears on them, they will be unclean. |
| 15The priest is to examine the infected flesh and declare him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it's an infectious skin disease. | 15When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall pronounce them unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; they have a defiling disease. |
| 16If the raw flesh recurs and turns white, then he is to go to the priest. | 16If the raw flesh changes and turns white, they must go to the priest. |
| 17When the priest examines him and finds that the skin rash has indeed turned white, then the priest is to declare the one with the skin rash clean, and he will be clean." | 17The priest is to examine them, and if the sores have turned white, the priest shall pronounce the affected person clean; then they will be clean. |
| 18"When someone is infected with a boil, but after it's healed, | 18"When someone has a boil on their skin and it heals, |
| 19in place of the boil there remains a white swelling or a bright, white-reddish spot, he is to present himself to the priest. | 19and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white spot appears, they must present themselves to the priest. |
| 20When the priest undertakes his examination and finds that it appears more extensive than skin deep and that its hair has turned white, then the priest is to declare him unclean, since an infectious skin disease has flourished in the boil. | 20The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean. It is a defiling skin disease that has broken out where the boil was. |
| 21If the priest undertakes an examination, but there's no white hair in it and it's not more extensive than skin deep, but it's dull, then the priest is to isolate him for seven days. | 21But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days. |
| 22But if the infection has spread in the skin, then the priest is to declare him unclean. It's a skin rash. | 22If it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling disease. |
| 23If the scab remains in place and doesn't spread, then it's the scab from the boil. The priest is to declare him clean." | 23But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce them clean. |
| 24"When a person has a burn scar in the skin that turns bright, white-reddish, or white, | 24"When someone has a burn on their skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn, |
| 25if the priest examines it and indeed the hair has turned white with a white spot appearing more extensive than skin deep, it's an infectious skin disease with a burn scar that has spread. The priest is to declare him unclean. It's an infectious skin disease. | 25the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease. |
| 26But if the priest examines it and discovers that there's no bright area or white hair, or if he discovers that it's not more extensive than skin deep and it's dull, then the priest is to isolate him for seven days. | 26But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and if it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days. |
| 27When the priest examines it on the seventh day and finds that it has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest is to declare him unclean. It's an infectious skin disease. | 27On the seventh day the priest is to examine that person, and if it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease. |
| 28But if the bright spot remains in place, doesn't spread in the skin, and it's dull, it's the swelling of the burned area. The priest is to declare him clean, since it's the scar from a burn." | 28If, however, the spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a scar from the burn. |
| 29"Now when a man or a woman has a skin rash on the head or the man develops a skin rash under his beard, | 29"If a man or woman has a sore on their head or chin, |
| 30if when the priest examines the skin rash and indeed it appears more extensive than skin deep, and it's accompanied by fine, yellowish hair, then the priest is to declare him unclean. The scales on the head or the beard are an infectious skin disease. | 30the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease on the head or chin. |
| 31But when the priest examines the scales of the skin rash and it doesn't appear more extensive than skin deep and there's no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate him for seven days. | 31But if, when the priest examines the sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days. |
| 32When the priest examines the skin rash on the seventh day and finds that indeed the scab did not spread, there's no yellowish hair on it, and the scales don't appear more extensive than skin deep, | 32On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be more than skin deep, |
| 33then he is to be shaven, but the scab is not to be shaved off. The priest is to isolate him a second time for seven days. | 33then the man or woman must shave themselves, except for the affected area, and the priest is to keep them isolated another seven days. |
| 34The priest is to examine the scab on the seventh day. If, indeed, the scab hasn't spread on the skin and it doesn't appear more extensive than skin deep, then the priest is to declare him clean. He is to wash his garments and be clean. | 34On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce them clean. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean. |
| 35"But if the scales spread on the skin after his cleansing, | 35But if the sore does spread in the skin after they are pronounced clean, |
| 36and the priest examines it and finds the scale to have spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellowish hair, since he is clean. | 36the priest is to examine them, and if he finds that the sore has spread in the skin, he does not need to look for yellow hair; they are unclean. |
| 37If, in his opinion, the scab remained the same and a black hair grew in it, then the scab has healed. He's clean. The priest is to declare him clean. | 37If, however, the sore is unchanged so far as the priest can see, and if black hair has grown in it, the affected person is healed. They are clean, and the priest shall pronounce them clean. |
| 38If a man or a woman has a light or whitish spot in the skin of their body, | 38"When a man or woman has white spots on the skin, |
| 39when the priest examines it and finds that there is a light or dull white patch of skin on the body, it's a harmless skin eruption that has spread on the skin. The person is clean." | 39the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; they are clean. |
| 40"When a man's head becomes bare, he's bald, but he's clean. | 40"A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean. |
| 41When his head becomes bare on the side corner of his face, he has a bald forehead, but he's clean. | 41If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean. |
| 42But when in the baldness of his head or his forehead there develops a skin rash that's white or reddish, it's an infectious skin disease that has spread to his bald head or forehead. | 42But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a defiling disease breaking out on his head or forehead. |
| 43When the priest examines it and finds that the swelling of the skin rash is white or reddish on his bald head or forehead, similar in appearance to an infectious disease in the skin of the body, | 43The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like a defiling skin disease, |
| 44he's a man with an infectious skin disease. He's unclean. The priest is to declare him unclean on account of the skin rash in his head. | 44the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head. |
| 45The person with the infectious skin disease is to tear his garments and loosen his hair. He is to cover his mustache and shout out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' | 45"Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' |
| 46The whole time that the skin rash infects him, he will be unclean. He is to live by himself in a home outside the encampment." | 46As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp. |
| 47"When clothing becomes infected with a contagion—whether the clothing is wool or linen— | 47"As for any fabric that is spoiled with a defiling mold--any woolen or linen clothing, |
| 48in woven or knitted material, in leather, or with any article containing leather, | 48any woven or knitted material of linen or wool, any leather or anything made of leather-- |
| 49if the contagion is greenish or reddish in the clothing, leather, woven material, knitted material, or with any article containing leather, it's a fungal infection and is to be shown to the priest. | 49if the affected area in the fabric, the leather, the woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a defiling mold and must be shown to the priest. |
| 50"The priest is to examine the contagion and isolate the clothing for seven days. | 50The priest is to examine the affected area and isolate the article for seven days. |
| 51The priest is to examine the contagion on the seventh day. If the infection has spread on the clothing, in the woven material, the knitted material, or in the leather, no matter the purpose for which the leather material had been manufactured, the contagion is a chronic fungal infection. It's unclean. | 51On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mold has spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a persistent defiling mold; the article is unclean. |
| 52"Incinerate the clothing, the woven material, the knitted material (whether wool or linen), or any of the leather articles on which the contagion is found, because it's a chronic fungal infection. It is to be incinerated. | 52He must burn the fabric, the woven or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has been spoiled; because the defiling mold is persistent, the article must be burned. |
| 53"But if the priest examines it and the infection did not spread on the clothing, either in the woven or knitted material or on anything made of leather, | 53"But if, when the priest examines it, the mold has not spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather article, |
| 54then the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the contagion and then isolate it for seven days a second time. | 54he shall order that the spoiled article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days. |
| 55Then the priest is to examine it after the contagion has been washed. If the contagion hasn't changed in appearance, even though the contagion hasn't spread, it's unclean. Incinerate it. It's a fungal infection, especially if the infection is on its exposed side. | 55After the article has been washed, the priest is to examine it again, and if the mold has not changed its appearance, even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it, no matter which side of the fabric has been spoiled. |
| 56"If the priest examines the item and determines that the contagion has become dull after it has been washed, tear it away from the garment, leather, woven material, or knitted material. | 56If, when the priest examines it, the mold has faded after the article has been washed, he is to tear the spoiled part out of the fabric, the leather, or the woven or knitted material. |
| 57But if it recurs on the clothing (whether woven or knitted material) or on any article made of leather, it's a breakout, so incinerate it with fire wherever the contagion is found. | 57But if it reappears in the fabric, in the woven or knitted material, or in the leather article, it is a spreading mold; whatever has the mold must be burned. |
| 58Then the clothing (whether it is woven or knitted material) or any article made of leather that you've washed, if the contagion has been removed from it and it's washed a second time, then it's clean. | 58Any fabric, woven or knitted material, or any leather article that has been washed and is rid of the mold, must be washed again. Then it will be clean." |
| 59"This is the law concerning fungal contagions on clothing of wool or linen (whether woven or knitted material) or in any of the articles made of leather, for determining whether it is clean or unclean." | 59These are the regulations concerning defiling molds in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean. |
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