Regulations About Infectious Skin Diseases
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
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"When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a bright spot on his skin that
may become an indectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest
or to one of his sons who is a priest.
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The priest is to examine the sore on his skin, and if the hair in the sore
has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep,
it is an infectious skin disease. When the priest exmaines him,
he shall pronounce him ceremonilly unclean.
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If the spot on his skin is white but does not appear to be more than
skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to put
the infected person in isolation for seven dats.
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On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if he sees that
the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to keep
him in isolation another seven days.
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On the seventh day the priest is to examine him again,
and if the sore has faded and has not spreeead in the skin,
the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash.
The man must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
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But if the rash does spread in in his skin after he has shown himself
to the priest to be pronounced clean, he must appear before the priest again.
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The priest is to examine him, and if the rash has spread in the skin,
he shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious disease.
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"When anyone has an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.
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The priest is to examine him, and if there is a white swelling in the skin
that has turned the hair white and if there is a raw flesh in the swelling,
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it is a chronic skin disease and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
He is not to put him in isolation, because he is already unclean.
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"If the disease breaks out all over his skin and, as far as the priest can see,
it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot,
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the priest is to examine himSince it has all turned white, he is clean.
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But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he will be unclean.
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When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall pronounce him unclean.
The raw flesh is unclean; he has an infectious disease.
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Should the rae flesh change and turn white, he must go to the priest.
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The priest is to examine him, and if the sores have turned white,
the priest shall pronounce the infected person clean;
then he will be clean.
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"When someone has a boil on his skin and it heals,
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and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white
spot appears, he must present himself to the priest.
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The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep
and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is an infectious skin diseace that has broken out where the boil was.
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But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and
it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is
to put him in isolation for seven days.
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If it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall shall pronounce him unclean;
it is infectious.
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But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread,
it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
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"When someone has a burn on his skin and a reddish-white or white spot
appears in the raw flesh of the burn,
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the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white,
and it appear to be more than skin deep, it is an infectious disease
that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce him unclean;
it is an infectious skin disease.
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But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and
if it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to put him
in isolation for seven days.
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On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if it is spreading in the skin.
the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious disease.
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If, however, the spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin
but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall
pronounce him clean; it is only a scar from the burn.
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'IF a man or woman has a sore on the head or on the chin,
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the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep
and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce that person
unclean; it is an itch, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
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But if, when the priest examines this kind of sore, it does not seem to be more
than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to put
the infected person in isolation for seven days.
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On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if the itch has
not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be
more than skin deep,
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he must be shaved except for the diseased area,
and the priest is to keep him in isolation for another seven days.
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On the seventh day the priest is to examine the itch, and if it has not spread
in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall
pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
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But if the itch does spread in the skin after he is pronounced clean,
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the priest is to examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin,
the priest does not need to look for a yellow hair; the person is unclean.
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If, however, in his judgment it is unchanged and black hair has grown in it,
the itch is healed. He is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
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"When a man or woman has white spots on the skin,
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the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white,
it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; that person is clean.
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"When a man has lost his hair and is bald, he is clean.
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If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead,
he is clean.
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But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead,
it is infectious disease breaking out on his head or forehead.
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The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head
or forehead is reddish-white like an infectious skin disease,
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the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him
unclean because of the sore on his head.
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"The person with such an infectious disease must wear torn clothes,
let his hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of his face
and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
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As long as he has the infection he remains unclean. He must live alone;
he must live outside the camp.
Regulation About Mildew
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"If any clothing is contaminated with mildew - ant woolen or linen clothing,
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any woven or knitted material of linen or wool,
any leather or anything made of leather -
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and if the contamination in the clothing, or leather, or woven
or knitted material or any leather article, is greenish or reddish,
it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest.
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The priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the affected article
for seven days.
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On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mildew has spread
in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or the leather,
whatever its use, it is a destructive mildew; the article is unclean.
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He must burn up the clothing, or the woven or knitted material of wood or linen,
or any leather article that has the contamination in it,
because the mildew is destructive; the article must be burned up.
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"But if, when the priest examines it, the mildew has not spread
in the clothing or the woven or knitted material, or the leather article,
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he shall order that the contaminated article be washed.
Then he is to isolate it for another seven days.
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After the affected article has been washed, the priest is to examine it,
and if the mildew has not changed its appearance, even though
it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it with fire,
whether the mildew has affected one side or the other.
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If, when the priest examines it, the mildew has faded after the arckcle
has been washed, he is to tear the contaminated part out of the clothing,
or the leather, or the woven or knitted material.
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But if it reappears in the clothing, or in the woven or knitted material,
or in the leather article, it is spreading, and whatever has the midlew
must be burned with fire.
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The clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or any leather article that
has been washed and is rid of the mildew,
must be washed again, and it will be clean."
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These are the regulations concerning contamination by mildew in woolen
or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article,
for pronouncing them clean or unclean.
