Leviticus 13:9-38

⁹When anyone has a contagious skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.

¹⁰The priest must examine him. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has caused the hair in that swelling to become white, and if the flesh in that area is painful/sensitive,

¹¹it is a permanent skin disease, and the priest will declare that he must stay away from other people. The priest does not need to tell that person that he must avoid other people, because other people already are wanting to stay away from him.

¹²If the disease spreads all over someone's body, and the priest examines that person and sees that it is covering his skin from his head to his feet,

¹³and it has caused all his skin to become white which will indicate that the disease has ended, the priest will declare that the person does not have to stay away from other people.

¹⁴But if the person has open sores and they are very painful/sensitive, he has a contagious skin disease,

¹⁵and when the priest sees that, he will declare that the person must stay away from other people.

¹⁶But if the person's flesh changes and becomes white, he must go to the priest again.

¹⁷The priest must examine him again; and if the sores have become white, the priest will declare that the person who had been infected is now permitted to be with other people again.

¹⁸When someone has a boil on his skin and it has healed,

¹⁹but in the place where the boil was a white swelling or a bright/shiny spot appears, he must go to the priest.

²⁰The priest must examine it. And if it seems to be deeper than just on the skin, and if the hair in that spot has become white, it is a contagious skin disease that has appeared where the boil had been. And the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.

²¹But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in that spot and it is only on the surface of the skin and has become less bright/shiny, then the priest will order him to stay away from other people for seven days.

²²But if it is spreading, it is contagious and the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.

²³But if that spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again.

²⁴When someone has a burn on his skin and a bright/shiny or white spot appears, and the flesh in that area is sensitive/painful,

²⁵the priest must examine the spot. If the hair in that spot has turned white and it seems to be deeper than just on the surface of the skin, it is a contagious skin disease that has appeared where the burn was, and that person must stay away from other people.

²⁶But when the priest examines it and sees that there is no white hair in that spot and it is only on the surface of the skin, and has faded, the priest will declare that the person must stay away from people for seven days.

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,