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| 1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, | 1The LORD said this to Moses and Aaron: |
| 2“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that could become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest. | 2"When a person has a swelling or a scab in the skin on his body that turns white in appearance and appears to be more extensive than skin deep, he is to be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons among the priests. |
| 3The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean. | 3The priest is to examine the skin rash on the body. If the hair on the skin rash has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin of his body, it's an infectious skin disease. When the priest has examined it, then he is to declare him unclean. |
| 4If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. | 4"If the light spot in the skin of his body is white but the appearance of the skin rash isn't deeper than the skin of his body and its hair has not become white, then the priest is to isolate the one who is infected for seven days. |
| 5On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days. | 5On the seventh day, the priest is to examine him again. If, in his opinion, the skin rash remained the same and it did not spread, then he is to isolate him for another seven days. |
| 6The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean. | 6"On the next seventh day, the priest is to examine him again. If the skin rash didn't become dull and it didn't spread in the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean: it's a scab. He is to wash his clothes and be clean. |
| 7But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest. | 7But if the scab did spread in the skin after he presented himself to the priest for cleansing, then he is to show himself a second time to the priest. |
| 8The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease. | 8When the priest examines him and determines that the scab did, in fact, spread in his skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean, since it's an infectious skin disease." |
| 9When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest. | 9"When a person has a skin rash that's infectious, he is to be brought to the priest. |
| 10The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, | 10The priest is to examine it. If it is, indeed, a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and yet it sustains live flesh on the swelling, |
| 11it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean. | 11it's a festering skin disease in his body. The priest is to declare him unclean. The man need not be confined, since he's already unclean. |
| 12But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see, | 12If the infectious skin disease spreads in the skin so that it covers his entire body from head to foot (as the priest examines it), |
| 13the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean. | 13when the priest's examination reveals that the infectious skin disease has covered his entire body, then he is to declare him clean, even though he still has the skin infection. He has turned entirely white, so he's clean. |
| 14But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean. | 14But if, one day, infected flesh appears again in him, he is unclean. |
| 15When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease. | 15The priest is to examine the infected flesh and declare him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it's an infectious skin disease. |
| 16But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest. | 16If the raw flesh recurs and turns white, then he is to go to the priest. |
| 17The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean. | 17When the priest examines him and finds that the skin rash has indeed turned white, then the priest is to declare the one with the skin rash clean, and he will be clean." |
| 18When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals, | 18"When someone is infected with a boil, but after it's healed, |
| 19and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest. | 19in place of the boil there remains a white swelling or a bright, white-reddish spot, he is to present himself to the priest. |
| 20The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. | 20When the priest undertakes his examination and finds that it appears more extensive than skin deep and that its hair has turned white, then the priest is to declare him unclean, since an infectious skin disease has flourished in the boil. |
| 21But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days. | 21If the priest undertakes an examination, but there's no white hair in it and it's not more extensive than skin deep, but it's dull, then the priest is to isolate him for seven days. |
| 22If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. | 22But if the infection has spread in the skin, then the priest is to declare him unclean. It's a skin rash. |
| 23But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. | 23If the scab remains in place and doesn't spread, then it's the scab from the boil. The priest is to declare him clean." |
| 24When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white, | 24"When a person has a burn scar in the skin that turns bright, white-reddish, or white, |
| 25the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection. | 25if the priest examines it and indeed the hair has turned white with a white spot appearing more extensive than skin deep, it's an infectious skin disease with a burn scar that has spread. The priest is to declare him unclean. It's an infectious skin disease. |
| 26But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days. | 26But if the priest examines it and discovers that there's no bright area or white hair, or if he discovers that it's not more extensive than skin deep and it's dull, then the priest is to isolate him for seven days. |
| 27On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection. | 27When the priest examines it on the seventh day and finds that it has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest is to declare him unclean. It's an infectious skin disease. |
| 28But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn. | 28But if the bright spot remains in place, doesn't spread in the skin, and it's dull, it's the swelling of the burned area. The priest is to declare him clean, since it's the scar from a burn." |
| 29If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin, | 29"Now when a man or a woman has a skin rash on the head or the man develops a skin rash under his beard, |
| 30the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin. | 30if when the priest examines the skin rash and indeed it appears more extensive than skin deep, and it's accompanied by fine, yellowish hair, then the priest is to declare him unclean. The scales on the head or the beard are an infectious skin disease. |
| 31But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. | 31But when the priest examines the scales of the skin rash and it doesn't appear more extensive than skin deep and there's no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate him for seven days. |
| 32On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, | 32When the priest examines the skin rash on the seventh day and finds that indeed the scab did not spread, there's no yellowish hair on it, and the scales don't appear more extensive than skin deep, |
| 33then the person must shave himself except for the scaly area. Then the priest shall isolate him for another seven days. | 33then he is to be shaven, but the scab is not to be shaved off. The priest is to isolate him a second time for seven days. |
| 34On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean. | 34The priest is to examine the scab on the seventh day. If, indeed, the scab hasn't spread on the skin and it doesn't appear more extensive than skin deep, then the priest is to declare him clean. He is to wash his garments and be clean. |
| 35If, however, the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing, | 35"But if the scales spread on the skin after his cleansing, |
| 36the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean. | 36and the priest examines it and finds the scale to have spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellowish hair, since he is clean. |
| 37If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean. | 37If, in his opinion, the scab remained the same and a black hair grew in it, then the scab has healed. He's clean. The priest is to declare him clean. |
| 38When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin, | 38If a man or a woman has a light or whitish spot in the skin of their body, |
| 39the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean. | 39when the priest examines it and finds that there is a light or dull white patch of skin on the body, it's a harmless skin eruption that has spread on the skin. The person is clean." |
| 40Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean. | 40"When a man's head becomes bare, he's bald, but he's clean. |
| 41Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean. | 41When his head becomes bare on the side corner of his face, he has a bald forehead, but he's clean. |
| 42But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it. | 42But when in the baldness of his head or his forehead there develops a skin rash that's white or reddish, it's an infectious skin disease that has spread to his bald head or forehead. |
| 43The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease, | 43When the priest examines it and finds that the swelling of the skin rash is white or reddish on his bald head or forehead, similar in appearance to an infectious disease in the skin of the body, |
| 44the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head. | 44he's a man with an infectious skin disease. He's unclean. The priest is to declare him unclean on account of the skin rash in his head. |
| 45A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ | 45The person with the infectious skin disease is to tear his garments and loosen his hair. He is to cover his mustache and shout out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' |
| 46As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp. | 46The whole time that the skin rash infects him, he will be unclean. He is to live by himself in a home outside the encampment." |
| 47If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment, | 47"When clothing becomes infected with a contagion—whether the clothing is wool or linen— |
| 48any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather— | 48in woven or knitted material, in leather, or with any article containing leather, |
| 49and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest. | 49if the contagion is greenish or reddish in the clothing, leather, woven material, knitted material, or with any article containing leather, it's a fungal infection and is to be shown to the priest. |
| 50And the priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the contaminated fabric for seven days. | 50"The priest is to examine the contagion and isolate the clothing for seven days. |
| 51On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean. | 51The priest is to examine the contagion on the seventh day. If the infection has spread on the clothing, in the woven material, the knitted material, or in the leather, no matter the purpose for which the leather material had been manufactured, the contagion is a chronic fungal infection. It's unclean. |
| 52He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up. | 52"Incinerate the clothing, the woven material, the knitted material (whether wool or linen), or any of the leather articles on which the contagion is found, because it's a chronic fungal infection. It is to be incinerated. |
| 53But when the priest reexamines it, if the mildew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather article, | 53"But if the priest examines it and the infection did not spread on the clothing, either in the woven or knitted material or on anything made of leather, |
| 54the priest is to order the contaminated article to be washed and isolated for another seven days. | 54then the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the contagion and then isolate it for seven days a second time. |
| 55After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine it, and if the mildewed article has not changed in appearance, it is unclean. Even though the mildew has not spread, you must burn it, whether the rot is on the front or back. | 55Then the priest is to examine it after the contagion has been washed. If the contagion hasn't changed in appearance, even though the contagion hasn't spread, it's unclean. Incinerate it. It's a fungal infection, especially if the infection is on its exposed side. |
| 56If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit. | 56"If the priest examines the item and determines that the contagion has become dull after it has been washed, tear it away from the garment, leather, woven material, or knitted material. |
| 57But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article. | 57But if it recurs on the clothing (whether woven or knitted material) or on any article made of leather, it's a breakout, so incinerate it with fire wherever the contagion is found. |
| 58If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean. | 58Then the clothing (whether it is woven or knitted material) or any article made of leather that you've washed, if the contagion has been removed from it and it's washed a second time, then it's clean. |
| 59This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.” | 59"This is the law concerning fungal contagions on clothing of wool or linen (whether woven or knitted material) or in any of the articles made of leather, for determining whether it is clean or unclean." |
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