Leviticus 13:1-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Diagnosis of Impurity From Skin Diseases

13 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

² When a person has a discoloration or a scab or a shiny patch^[a] on the skin of his body,^[b] which may become an outbreak of an impure skin disease^[c] on the skin of his body, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who are priests. ³ The priest shall examine the infection on the skin of his body. If the hair on the infection has turned white and if the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is an outbreak of an impure skin disease. After the priest has examined it, he shall declare it unclean.^[d]

⁴ But if there is a white shiny patch on the skin of his body that does not appear to be any deeper than the skin and if its hair has not turned white, the priest shall quarantine the person with the infection for seven days. ⁵ On the seventh day the priest shall examine him, and if, in his judgment, the infection has stayed the same and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall quarantine him for seven days a second time. ⁶ On the seventh day the priest shall examine him a second time. If the infection has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall declare it clean. It is only a scab. After he washes his clothes, he will be clean. ⁷ But if the scab on his skin spreads after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, he shall show himself to the priest once again. ⁸ The priest shall examine him. If the scab has spread on the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean. It is an impure skin disease.