Leviticus 13:10-54

¹⁰and he shall see the man; and when white colour is in the flesh, and it changeth the sight, or former colour, of the hairs, and that flesh appeareth quick, or waxing,

¹¹it shall be deemed the eldest or most old leprosy, and grown to the skin; therefore the priest shall defoul him, that is, deem him to be foul, and the priest shall not enclose him again, for it is of open uncleanness.

¹²But if the leprosy running about in the skin flowereth out, and covereth all the flesh, from the head till to the feet, whatever thing falleth under the sight of eyes;

¹³the priest shall behold him, and he shall deem him to be holden with the cleanest leprosy, for all the skin is turned into whiteness, and therefore the man shall be clean.

¹⁴Soothly when quick flesh appeareth in him, he shall be defouled

¹⁵by the doom of the priest, and he shall be areckoned among unclean men; for quick flesh is unclean, if it is sprinkled with leprosy.

¹⁶That if the flesh is turned again into whiteness, and covereth all the man,

¹⁷the priest shall behold him, and shall deem that he is clean.

¹⁸The flesh and the skin, in which a botch is bred, and is healed,

¹⁹and the place of the botch, or a fell sore, appeareth white, either red, the man shall be brought to the priest;

²⁰and when the priest seeth the place of the leprosy lower than the other flesh, and the hairs turned into whiteness, the priest shall defoul him, that is, deem him foul; for the wound or the plague of leprosy is bred or sprung in the botch.

²¹That if the hair is of the former colour, and the sign of the wound is some-deal dark, and is not lower than the flesh beside, the priest shall enclose the man seven days;

²²and soothly, if his sore waxeth, the priest shall deem the man to be a leper;

²³forsooth if it standeth in his place, it is a sign of a botch, and the man shall be clean.

²⁴Flesh, and skin, which the fire hath burnt, and is healed, and hath a white, either red, sign of wound, the priest shall behold it,

²⁵and lo! if it is turned into white-ness, and the place thereof is lower than the tother skin, the priest shall defoul the man, for a wound or the plague of leprosy is bred or sprung in the sign of wound.

²⁶That if the colour of the hairs is not changed, neither the wound, or soreness, is lower than the tother flesh, and that species of leprosy is some-deal dark, the priest shall enclose the man seven days;

²⁷and in the seventh day he shall behold him; if the leprosy waxeth in the flesh, the priest shall defoul the man;

²⁸else if the whiteness standeth in his place, and is not clear enough, it is a wound, or soreness, of burning, and therefore the man shall be cleansed, for it is a sign of burning.

²⁹A man or a woman, in whose head or beard leprosy burgeoneth,

³⁰the priest shall see them; and if the place is lower than the tother flesh, and the hair is white, and is subtler, either smaller, than it is wont, the priest shall defoul them, for it is leprosy of the head, and of the beard.

³¹Else if he seeth the place of the wem, or the sore, even with the nigh flesh, and the hair black, the priest shall enclose them seven days,

³²and he shall see them in the seventh day; if the wem waxeth not, and the hair is of his colour, and the place of wound is even with the tother flesh,

³³the man shall be shaven, without the place of the wem, and he shall be enclosed again by seven other days.

³⁴If in the seventh day the wound, or soreness, is seen to have stand in his place, neither is lower than the tother flesh, the priest shall cleanse the man; and when his clothes be washed, he shall be clean.

³⁵Else if after the cleansing, a spot waxeth again in the skin,

³⁶the priest shall no more inquire, whether the hair is changed into white colour, for apertly he is unclean.

³⁷Soothly if the spot standeth still, and the hairs be black, know then the priest that the man is healed, and trustily pronounce he the man clean.

³⁸A man or a woman, in whose skin whiteness appeareth,

³⁹the priest shall behold them; if he perceiveth, that whiteness some-deal dark shineth in the skin, know he, that it is no leprosy, but a spot of white colour, and that the man is clean.

⁴⁰A man of whose head the hairs float away, he is bald, and clean;

⁴¹and if the hairs fall from the forehead, he is bald, and is clean;

⁴²else if in the baldness before, either in the baldness behind, white either red colour is bred, or is sprung up,

⁴³and the priest seeth this, he shall condemn the man, without doubt of leprosy, which is bred in the baldness.

⁴⁴Therefore whoever is defouled with leprosy, and is separated from other men, at the doom of the priest,

⁴⁵he shall have his clothes unsewed, and his head bare, and his mouth covered with a cloth, and he shall cry himself defouled, and vile;

⁴⁶in all the time that he is leprous and unclean, he shall dwell alone, without the tents.

⁴⁷A woollen cloth, either linen,

⁴⁸that hath leprosy in the warp, either woof, either certainly a skin, or a pilch, either whatever thing is made of skin,

⁴⁹if it is corrupted with a white spot, either red, it shall be areckoned leprosy, and it shall be showed to the priest;

⁵⁰the which when he hath beheld, shall enclose it up seven days.

⁵¹And again he shall behold it in the seventh day, and if he perceiveth, that the leprosy therein hath waxed, it shall be deemed a continual leprosy; he shall deem that cloth defouled, and all thing in which it is found;

⁵²and therefore the cloth shall be burnt with flames of fire.

⁵³And if the priest seeth that the spot hath waxen not,

⁵⁴he shall command, and they shall wash that thing wherein the leprosy is, and he shall enclose it again seven other days;