Leviticus 13:27-58

²⁷On the seventh day, the priest will examine him again. If the sore is spreading, it is a contagious skin disease, and the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.

²⁸However, if the spot is not changed and has not spread but has faded, it is only a scar from the burn, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again.

²⁹If a man or a woman has a sore on his head or on his chin,

³⁰the priest must examine it. If it appears to be deeper than just on the surface of the skin, and the hair in that spot has thinned out and has become yellowish, it is a contagious skin disease that causes itching. And the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.

³¹But when the priest examines that kind of sore, if it seems to be only on the surface of the skin and there is no healthy hair in it, the priest will tell the person to stay away from other people for seven days.

³²On the seventh day, the priest will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and if there is no yellow hair in that spot and if it appears to be only on the surface of the skin,

³³the person must shave the hair near the sore but not the hair on the sore. And the priest will tell him to stay away from other people for seven more days.

³⁴On the seventh day, the priest will examine that spot again. If it has not spread and it appears to be only on the surface of the skin, the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with people again. The person must wash his clothes, and then he can be with other people.

³⁵But if the sore later spreads,

³⁶the priest must examine him again. If the itch/sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair, because it is clear that the person has a contagious skin disease.

³⁷However, if the priest thinks that the spot has not changed, and healthy hair is growing in that area, it is clear that the itch has healed, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again.

³⁸When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,

³⁹the priest should examine them. But if the spots are dull white, it is only a rash, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people.

⁴⁰If a man loses the hair on any part of his head, he does not need to stay away from other people..

⁴²But if he gets a bright/shiny sore on his bald head or on his forehead, he has a contagious skin disease.

⁴³The priest must examine him. If the swollen sore is a bright spot like the spot on someone who has a contagious skin disease,

⁴⁴the priest will declare that the man has a contagious skin disease and must not be with other people.

⁴⁵Anyone who has a contagious skin disease must wear torn clothes and not comb his hair. When he is near other people, he must cover the lower part to his face and call out, ‘Do not come near me! I have a contagious skin disease!’

⁴⁶He is not allowed to be with other people as long as he has the disease. He must live alone, outside the camp.”

⁴⁷“Sometimes a person's clothing gets mildew on it. It may be clothing that is woven from wool or made from linen or from leather.

⁴⁹If the contaminated/mildewed part is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew, and it must be shown to the priest.

⁵⁰The priest will examine it, and then put it in a separate place by itself for seven days.

⁵¹On the seventh day he must examine it again. If the mildew has spread, it is clear that it is a type of mildew that destroys clothing, and that clothing must not be worn again.

⁵²The owner must burn completely the item that has the mildew in it, whatever kind of item it is.

⁵³But when the priest examines it, if the mildew has not spread,

⁵⁴he will tell the person who owns it to wash it. Then he must put it in a separate place for another seven days.

⁵⁵Then the priest will examine it again. If the color of the mildew has not changed, even though it has not spread, that item must not be worn again. It does not matter if the mildew is on the inside of the clothing or on the outside; it must be burned.

⁵⁶But when the priest examines it after it has been washed, if the mildew has faded, he must tear out that part that had the mildew in it.

⁵⁷But if the mildew reappears in that item, it is clear that it is spreading, and the whole item must be burned.

⁵⁸But after the clothing is washed and the mildew disappears, it must be washed again, and then it can be worn again.