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The Test for Leprosy |
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| Leviticus 13:1 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, |
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| Leviticus 13:2 |
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"When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling
or a scab or a bright spot, and it becomes an infection of leprosy on the skin
of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons
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| Leviticus 13:3 |
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The priest shall look at the mark on the skin
of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection
appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is an infection of leprosy;
when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean. |
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| Leviticus 13:4 |
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But if the bright spot is white on the skin
of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on
it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection
for seven days. |
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| Leviticus 13:5 |
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The priest shall look at him on the seventh
day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed and the infection has not
spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. |
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| Leviticus 13:6 |
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The priest shall look at him again on the seventh
day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then
the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab. And he shall wash his
clothes and be clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:7 |
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"But if the scab spreads farther on the skin
after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again
to the priest. |
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| Leviticus 13:8 |
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The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread
on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. |
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| Leviticus 13:9 |
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"When the infection of leprosy is on a man,
then he shall be brought to the priest. |
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| Leviticus 13:10 |
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The priest shall then look, and if there is
a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick
raw flesh in the swelling, |
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| Leviticus 13:11 |
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it is a chronic leprosy on the skin of his
body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not isolate him, for
he is unclean. |
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| Leviticus 13:12 |
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If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin,
and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the infection from his head
even to his feet, as far as the priest can see, |
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| Leviticus 13:13 |
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then the priest shall look, and behold, if
the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce clean him who has the
infection; it has all turned white and he is clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:14 |
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But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall
be unclean. |
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| Leviticus 13:15 |
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The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and
he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. |
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| Leviticus 13:16 |
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Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed
to white, then he shall come to the priest, |
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| Leviticus 13:17 |
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and the priest shall look at him, and behold,
if the infection has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean him
who has the infection; he is clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:18 |
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"When the body has a boil on its skin and it
is healed, |
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| Leviticus 13:19 |
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and in the place of the boil there is a white
swelling or a reddish-white, bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest; |
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| Leviticus 13:20 |
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and the priest shall look, and behold, if it
appears to be lower than the skin, and the hair on it has turned white, then the
priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the infection of leprosy, it has broken
out in the boil. |
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| Leviticus 13:21 |
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But if the priest looks at it, and behold, there
are no white hairs in it and it is not lower than the skin and is faded, then
the priest shall isolate him for seven days; |
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| Leviticus 13:22 |
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and if it spreads farther on the skin, then
the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. |
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| Leviticus 13:23 |
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But if the bright spot remains in its place
and does not spread, it is only the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce
him clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:24 |
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Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by
fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, |
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| Leviticus 13:25 |
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then the priest shall look at it. And if the
hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears to be deeper than the
skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall
pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. |
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| Leviticus 13:26 |
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But if the priest looks at it, and indeed, there
is no white hair in the bright spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but is
dim, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days; |
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| Leviticus 13:27 |
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and the priest shall look at him on the seventh
day. If it spreads farther in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean;
it is an infection of leprosy. |
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| Leviticus 13:28 |
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But if the bright spot remains in its place
and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn;
and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar of the burn. |
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| Leviticus 13:29 |
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"Now if a man or woman has an infection on
the head or on the beard, |
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| Leviticus 13:30 |
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then the priest shall look at the infection,
and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and there is thin yellowish hair
in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale, it is leprosy
of the head or of the beard. |
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| Leviticus 13:31 |
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But if the priest looks at the infection of
the scale, and indeed, it appears to be no deeper than the skin and there is no
black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate the person with the scaly infection
for seven days. |
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| Leviticus 13:32 |
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On the seventh day the priest shall look at
the infection, and if the scale has not spread and no yellowish hair has grown
in it, and the appearance of the scale is no deeper than the skin, |
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| Leviticus 13:33 |
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then he shall shave himself, but he shall not
shave the scale; and the priest shall isolate the person with the scale seven
more days. |
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| Leviticus 13:34 |
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Then on the seventh day the priest shall look
at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be
no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash
his clothes and be clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:35 |
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But if the scale spreads farther in the skin
after his cleansing, |
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| Leviticus 13:36 |
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then the priest shall look at him, and if the
scale has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellowish hair;
he is unclean. |
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| Leviticus 13:37 |
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If in his sight the scale has remained, however,
and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, he is clean; and the priest
shall pronounce him clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:38 |
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"When a man or a woman has bright spots on the
skin of the body, even white bright spots, |
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| Leviticus 13:39 |
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then the priest shall look, and if the bright
spots on the skin of their bodies are a faint white, it is eczema that has broken
out on the skin; he is clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:40 |
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"Now if a man loses the hair of his head, he
is bald; he is clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:41 |
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If his head becomes bald at the front and sides,
he is bald on the forehead; he is clean. |
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| Leviticus 13:42 |
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But if on the bald head or the bald forehead,
there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald
head or on his bald forehead. |
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| Leviticus 13:43 |
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Then the priest shall look at him; and if the
swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead,
like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, |
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| Leviticus 13:44 |
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he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest
shall surely pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head. |
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| Leviticus 13:45 |
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"As for the leper who has the infection, his
clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall
cover his mustache and cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!' |
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| Leviticus 13:46 |
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He shall remain unclean all the days during
which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall
be outside the camp. |
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| Leviticus 13:47 |
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"When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it,
whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment, |
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| Leviticus 13:48 |
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whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool,
whether in leather or in any article made of leather, |
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| Leviticus 13:49 |
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if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment
or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather,
it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest. |
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| Leviticus 13:50 |
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Then the priest shall look at the mark and shall
quarantine the article with the mark for seven days. |
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| Leviticus 13:51 |
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He shall then look at the mark on the seventh
day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof,
or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark
is a leprous malignancy, it is unclean. |
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| Leviticus 13:52 |
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So he shall burn the garment, whether the warp
or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which the mark
occurs, for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the fire. |
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| Leviticus 13:53 |
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"But if the priest shall look, and indeed the
mark has not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any
article of leather, |
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| Leviticus 13:54 |
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then the priest shall order them to wash the
thing in which the mark occurs and he shall quarantine it for seven more days. |
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| Leviticus 13:55 |
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After the article with the mark has been washed,
the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even
though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire,
whether an eating away has produced bareness on the top or on the front of it. |
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| Leviticus 13:56 |
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"Then if the priest looks, and if the mark
has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or
out of the leather, whether from the warp or from the woof; |
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| Leviticus 13:57 |
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and if it appears again in the garment, whether
in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the
article with the mark shall be burned in the fire. |
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| Leviticus 13:58 |
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The garment, whether the warp or the woof, or
any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, it
shall then be washed a second time and will be clean." |
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| Leviticus 13:59 |
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This is the law for the mark of leprosy in
a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article
of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean. |
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