1 And the LORD {YHWH, Lawgiver} spoke to Moses {Moshe: chosen leader} and to Aaron, saying,
2 When a person has on the skin of his flesh a swelling {seʾêt: raised area}, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his flesh a mark for leprosy {ṣārāʿat: skin affliction}, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.
3 And the priest {kohen: ordained minister} shall examine the sore on the skin of the flesh. If the hair in the sore has turned white and the appearance of the sore is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a sore of leprosy {tsara'at: skin affliction}. When the priest looks at it, he shall pronounce him unclean.
4 But if the shiny spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest {kohen: mediator and examiner} must isolate the affliction {nega: skin disease sign} for seven days.
5 The priest {kohen: Temple official} shall examine him on the seventh day, and behold, if the sore {nega: ritual lesion} has remained in its appearance and has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days a second time.
6 And the priest {kohen: appointed examiner} shall examine him again on the seventh day, and behold, if the infection {nega: afflicted spot} has faded and has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. He shall wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
7 But if the rash {hamispachat: eruptive skin condition} spreads in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest {hakohen: minister of purity} for his cleansing, then he must appear again to the priest.
8 And the priest {kohen: authorized examiner} will see, and behold, the rash {mispachat: eruptive affliction} has spread in the skin; he shall pronounce him unclean—it is a defiling skin disease.
9 When there is a plague {nega`: skin affliction} of leprosy in a person, then he shall be brought to the priest {kohen: authorized examiner}.
10 And the priest {kohen: priestly examiner} shall see, and behold, a white swelling {se’et: raised lesion} appears in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a living spot of flesh within the swelling,
11 It is a chronic skin disease {tsara'at: persistent ceremonial impurity} in the skin of his flesh, so the priest {kohen: authorized examiner} shall pronounce him unclean. He must not isolate him, because he is unclean.
12 And if the skin disease {tsara’at: severe affliction} spreads out in the skin and covers all the skin of the afflicted person from his head to his feet, as far as the appearance {mar’eh: visible aspect} is seen by the eyes of the priest.
13 And the priest {kohen: ritual mediator} shall look and see that the leprosy {tsara’at: skin affliction} has covered all his flesh; then he shall declare him clean. All of it has turned white—he is clean.
14 But on the day that living flesh {basar: physical body} appears in him, he shall be unclean {yitma: ritually defiled}.
15 And the priest {kohen: ceremonial officiant} will examine the living flesh, and he will declare it unclean. The living flesh is unclean; it is leprosy {tsara'at: defiling skin disease}.
16 Or if the living flesh {ha-basar ha-chai: exposed, healthy tissue} turns back and becomes white, then he shall come to the priest {ha-kohen: ordained examiner}.
17 And the priest {kohen: religious mediator} shall see him, and behold, if the sore has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the sore clean {tahor: ritually pure}; it is clean.
18 And when a person’s flesh {uvasar: living tissue} has a boil {shekhin: inflammatory sore} on his skin and it is healed.
19 And it shall be, in the place of the boil {shechin: skin ulcer}, a white swelling or a white spot that is reddish {adamdamet: tinged with blood}; and it must be presented to the priest.
20 And the priest {kohen: ordained official} shall examine, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white; then the priest shall declare him unclean. It is a plague of leprosy {nega-tsara’at: defiling disease}—it has broken out in the boil.
21 And if the priest {kohen: ritual intermediary} examines it and, behold, there is no white hair in it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is faded {kehah: dull appearance}, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
22 And if it spreads in the skin, the priest {ha-kohen: sacred official} shall declare him unclean; it is a plague {nega: serious affliction}.
23 But if the bright spot {baheret: skin discoloration} remains in its place and has not spread, it is a scar from the boil {shechin: skin inflammation}; and the priest shall declare him clean.
24 Or if the flesh on his skin has a burn {mik-wat-’ēš: fire wound}, and the living flesh of the burn becomes a white spot {ba-he-ret: skin blemish} that is reddish or white.
25 The priest {kohen: authorized examiner} shall examine it; if he sees that the hair in the bright spot has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy {tsara'at: ritually defiling disease} that has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
26 And if the priest {kohen: ritual examiner} looks at it and, behold, there is no white hair in the spot {baheret: skin eruption} and it is not lower than the skin but is faint, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
27 And the priest {kohen: sacred minister} will examine him on the seventh day, and if it is spreading in the skin, then the priest will declare him unclean; it is a mark of leprosy {tsara‘at: defiling disease}.
28 And if the bright spot {baheret: dermatological lesion} remains under it and has not spread in the skin, but is dull, it is the swelling of the burn; then the priest {kohen: ceremonial examiner} shall declare him clean, for it is a scar from the burn.
29 If a man or a woman has a sore {nega: skin affliction} on the head or on the beard {zakan: facial hair}.
30 And the priest {kohen: authorized examiner} will look at the sore, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and in it is thin yellow hair. The priest will pronounce the person unclean; it is a patch {netek: scalp eruption}; it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
31 And when the priest sees the sore {nega: diseased skin} of the scaly eruption and behold its appearance is not deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall confine the person who has the eruption for seven days {yamim: complete week}.
32 And the priest {kohen: ritual mediator} shall examine the sore on the seventh day, and behold, if the infection {neteqa: contagious disorder} has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the infection is not deeper than the skin,
33 And he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the diseased area {hanetek: skin affliction}; and the priest {kohen: set-apart mediator} shall confine the diseased area for seven days a second time.
34 And the priest {kohen: authorized examiner} shall look at the scaly eruption on the seventh day, and behold, if the eruption 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 clothes {beged: ritual garments}, and he shall be clean.
35 And if the eruption {netek: infectious skin spot} spreads in the skin after his purification {tahorato: ritual cleansing},
36 The priest shall examine him, and if, behold, the patch {neteq: scaly eruption} has spread in the skin, the priest shall not inspect the yellow hair; he is unclean {tame: ritually impure}.
37 But if, in his sight, the infection {netek: scaly affliction} remains and black hair has grown in it, then the affliction has been healed; it is clean, and the priest {kohen: sanctuary official} shall pronounce him clean.
38 And if a man or a woman has on the skin of their flesh bright spots {beharot: radiant lesions}—bright spots that are white {levanot: pale discoloration}—
39 And the priest {kohen: appointed examiner} shall look, and behold, on the skin of their flesh there are dull white spots; it is a skin discoloration {bohaq: non-contagious skin mark} that has broken out on the skin, and the person is clean.
40 When a man’s head is made bare {yimmaret: is made bare}, he is clean {tahor: ritually pure}.
41 And if from the side of his face his head has become bald, he has a bald forehead {gibbeach: frontal baldness}; he is clean {tahor: ritually pure}.
42 And if there is on the bald head {qarachat: shaved scalp} or on the bald forehead a sore that is white and reddish, it is a leprosy {tsara‘at: skin affliction} breaking out in his baldness or in his frontal baldness.
43 The priest {kohen: sacred official} shall see him, and behold, the swelling of the affliction appears white-reddish on his bald head or on his forehead, like the appearance of leprosy {tsara’at: ritual impurity} on the skin of the flesh.
44 He is a leprous man {tsarua: afflicted condition}, he is unclean; the priest {hakohen: ritual officiant} shall pronounce him unclean because the sore is on his head.
45 And the leprous person {tsaru’a: stricken individual} who has the infection {nega: ceremonial mark} in him—his garments shall be torn, his head shall be unbound, he shall cover his upper lip, and he shall call out, “Unclean! Unclean!”
46 All the days that the infection {nega: contagious affliction} is in him, he shall be unclean; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp {machaneh: communal encampment}.
47 And if a garment has in it a mark of leprosy {nega‘: visible outbreak}, in a woolen garment or in a linen garment {pishtim: flax fabric}.
48 Or in the warp {bishti: lengthwise threads} or in the woof {erev: crosswise threads} for linen or for wool, or in leather, or in any work of leather.
49 And if the affected spot is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the leather, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any leather article, it is a spot of leprosy {tsaraat: skin affliction}, and it shall be shown to the priest {kohen: sanctuary official}.
50 The priest {kohen: mediator} will examine the infection {nega': affliction}, and he will confine the infection for seven days.