Leviticus 13:1-8

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 13

Infections of the Skin.^{[a] 1} The Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, ² “When someone has a swelling or a scab or a spot on his skin, and it turns out to be leprosy, then he shall be brought to the priest Aaron or one of his sons who is a priest. ³ The priest shall examine the diseased spot on his skin. If the hair of the diseased spot has become white and the sore seems to be deeper than the surface of the skin, then the disease is leprosy. When the priest has examined it, he shall pronounce him unclean. ⁴ But if the spot on his skin is white and is not deeper than the skin and the hair on it has not become white, the priest shall quarantine the person with the sore for seven days. ⁵ On the seventh day the priest shall examine that person again. If he sees that the sore has not changed, and the sore has not spread, he shall quarantine that person for another seven days. ⁶ The priest shall examine that person again on the seventh day. If the sore has darkened, and the sore has not spread, then the priest shall declare that person clean. It was only a scab. He shall wash his clothes and shall be considered to be clean. ⁷ But if the scab spreads after the priest has examined him and declared him to be clean, then he must be examined by the priest again. ⁸ The priest shall examine it, and if the sore has spread, the priest shall pronounce him to be unclean for it is leprosy.