The Lord told Moses and Aaron that when a man has a swelling, a scab or a bright spot that becomes like a leprous sore on the skin of his body, he should be taken to Aaron, the priest or to one of his sons, the priests. The priest should examine the sore on the skin of the body; and if the hair on the sore has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous sore. Then the priest should examine him and pronounce him unclean. (Leprosy? YES) If the bright spot is white on the skin of his body and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest should isolate him for seven days. The priest should examine him on the seventh day and if the sore appears to be the same as it was before and has not spread on the skin, then the priest should isolate him for another seven days. Then, again, on the seventh day, the priest should examine him. If the sore has faded and did not spread on the skin, then the priest should pronounce him clean. It is only a scab, and he should wash his clothes and be clean. (Leprosy? NOT) If the scab should spread at all over the skin after he was seen by the priest for his cleansing, he has to be seen by the priest again. If the priest sees that the scab did indeed spread on the skin, then the priest should pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
When a person has a leprous sore, he should be taken to the priest. The priest should examine him. If the swelling on the skin is white and it has turned the hair white and there is a spot of raw flesh in the swelling, it is an old leprosy on the skin of his body. The priest shall pronounce him unclean. The priest should not isolate him, but send him directly to the leper camp because he is unclean. (Leprosy? YES)
If leprosy has broken out all over the skin and covers all the skin of the one who has the sore, from his head to his feet, wherever the priest looked, then the priest should consider; indeed the leprosy covered all his body and he should pronounce clean who has the sore. It turned all white. He is clean. (Leprosy? YES, but pronounced clean) However, when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. (Leprosy? YES) The priest should examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean because the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy. If the raw flesh changes and turns white again, he should go back to the priest. The priest shall examine him and if indeed the sore has turned white, then the priest should pronounce him clean who has the sore. He is clean. (Leprosy? NOT)
If the body develops a boil in the skin and is healed, then a white swelling or bright spot, reddish-white replaces it, he should show it to the priest. When the priest examines it, and its appears deeper than the skin and the hair has turned white, the priest should pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore that has broken out of the boil. (Leprosy? YES) However, if the priest examines it and there are no white hairs in it and it’s not deeper than the skin, but is faded, the priest should isolate him for seven days. If it should at all spread over the skin, then the priest should pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore. (Leprosy? YES) If the bright spot stays in one place and has not spread, it’s the scar of the boil. The priest should pronounce him clean. (Leprosy? NOT)
If the body receives a burn on its skin by fire and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white or white, the priest should examine it. If the hair of the bright spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, leprosy has broken out in the burn. The priest should announce him unclean. It is a leprous sore. (Leprosy? YES) However, if the priest examines it and there are no white hairs in the bright spot and it’s not deeper that the skin, but has faded, the priest should isolate him for seven days. The priest should examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread at all over the skin, then the priest should pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore. (Leprosy? YES) However, if the bright spot stays in one place and has not spread on the skin, but it faded, it is a swelling from the burn. The priest should pronounce him clean because it is a scar from the burn. (Leprosy? NOT)
Next week, it’s Leviticus 13:29-59.
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