Laws about Skin Diseases
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
“When a man has on the skin of his flesh a swelling, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his flesh a mark of tzaraath, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.
And the priest shall look at the mark on the skin of the flesh. If the hair in the mark has turned white, and the appearance of the mark is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a mark of tzaraath; and the priest shall look at him and pronounce him unclean.
But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the one with the mark for seven days.
And the priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and look — if in his eyes the mark has stayed the same, and the mark has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days a second time.
And the priest shall look at him on the seventh day a second time, and look — if the mark has faded, and the mark has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a scab. And he shall wash his garments and be clean.
But if the scab spreads further in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest a second time.
And the priest shall look, and look — if the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is tzaraath.
When a mark of tzaraath is on a man, he shall be brought to the priest.
And the priest shall look, and look — if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh alive in the swelling,
it is a chronic tzaraath in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.
And if the tzaraath breaks out all over the skin, and the tzaraath covers all the skin of the one with the mark, from his head to his feet, as far as the eyes of the priest can see,
then the priest shall look, and look — if the tzaraath has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce the one with the mark clean. It has all turned white; he is clean.
But on the day raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
And the priest shall look at the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is tzaraath.
Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;
and the priest shall look at him, and look — if the mark has been changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce the one with the mark clean. He is clean.
And when flesh has a boil on its skin, and it is healed,
and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest.
And the priest shall look, and look — if its appearance is lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a mark of tzaraath — it has broken out in the boil.
But if the priest looks at it, and look — there is no white hair in it, and it is not lower than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
And if it spreads further in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a mark.
But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Or when flesh has on its skin a burn from fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white or white,
then the priest shall look at it, and look — if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is tzaraath — it has broken out in the burn. And the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a mark of tzaraath.
But if the priest looks at it, and look — there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is not lower than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
And the priest shall look at him on the seventh day; if it spreads further in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean — it is a mark of tzaraath.
But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread in the skin, and it has faded, it is the swelling of the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.
And when a man or a woman has a mark on the head or in the beard,
the priest shall look at the mark, and look — if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a scall — a tzaraath of the head or the beard.
And when the priest looks at the mark of the scall, and look — its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the one with the mark of the scall for seven days.
And the priest shall look at the mark on the seventh day, and look — if the scall has not spread, and no yellow hair is in it, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin,
then he shall shave himself — but the scall he shall not shave — and the priest shall shut up the one with the scall seven days a second time.
And the priest shall look at the scall on the seventh day, and look — if the scall has not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. And he shall wash his garments and be clean.
But if the scall spreads further in the skin after his cleansing,
then the priest shall look at him, and look — if the scall has spread in the skin, the priest need not search for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
But if in his eyes the scall has stayed the same, and black hair has grown in it, the scall is healed. He is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
And when a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of their flesh — white bright spots —
the priest shall look, and look — if the bright spots on the skin of their flesh are a dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out in the skin. He is clean.
And when a man’s head loses its hair, he is bald; he is clean.
And if his head loses its hair at the front, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean.
But when there is a reddish-white mark on the bald crown or the bald forehead, it is tzaraath breaking out on his bald crown or his bald forehead.
And the priest shall look at him, and look — if the swelling of the mark is reddish-white on his bald crown or his bald forehead, like the appearance of tzaraath on the skin of the flesh,
he is a man with tzaraath; he is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his mark is on his head.
And the one with tzaraath, in whom the mark is — his garments shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and he shall cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
All the days the mark is on him he shall be unclean. He is unclean; he shall live alone — outside the camp shall be his dwelling.
Laws about Mildew
And when a garment has a mark of tzaraath in it — in a garment of wool or in a garment of linen,
or in the warp or in the weft, of linen or of wool, or in leather, or in anything made of leather —
and the mark is greenish or reddish, in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any article of leather, it is a mark of tzaraath, and it shall be shown to the priest.
And the priest shall look at the mark, and shut up the marked thing for seven days.
And he shall look at the mark on the seventh day. If the mark has spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the weft, or in the leather — whatever the leather is used for — the mark is a malignant tzaraath; it is unclean.
And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the weft, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which the mark is — for it is a malignant tzaraath; it shall be burned with fire.
But if the priest looks, and look — the mark has not spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any article of leather,
then the priest shall command, and they shall wash the thing in which the mark is; and he shall shut it up seven days a second time.
And the priest shall look after the marked thing has been washed, and look — if the mark has not changed its appearance, and the mark has not spread, it is unclean. You shall burn it with fire; it is a fretting, on its inside or on its outside.
But if the priest looks, and look — the mark has faded after it was washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the leather, or out of the warp, or out of the weft.
And if it appears again in the garment, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any article of leather, it is breaking out afresh; you shall burn with fire the thing in which the mark is.
And the garment, or the warp or the weft, or any article of leather that you wash, and the mark departs from them, shall be washed a second time — and it shall be clean.
This is the instruction for a mark of tzaraath in a garment of wool or linen, or in the warp or the weft, or in any article of leather — for pronouncing it clean or pronouncing it unclean.”