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| Book of Leviticus |
| Chapter 13 - Read Chapter |
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- 13:1 - [In Context]
- The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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- 13:2 - [In Context]
- "A person might have a swelling on his skin, or it may be a scab or a bright spot. If the sore looks like the disease of leprosy, F153 then the person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
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- 13:3 - [In Context]
- The priest must look at the sore on the person's skin. If the hair in the sore has become white, and if the sore seems deeper than the person's skin, then it is a leprosy disease. When the priest has finished looking at the person, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. F154
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- 13:4 - [In Context]
- "Sometimes there is a white spot on a person's skin. But the spot does not seem deeper than the skin. If that is true, then the priest must separate that person from other people for seven days.
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- 13:5 - [In Context]
- On the seventh day, the priest must look at the person. If the priest sees that the sore has not changed and has not spread on the skin, then the priest must separate the person for seven more days.
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- 13:6 - [In Context]
- Seven days later the priest must look at the person again. If the sore has faded, and has not spread on the skin, then the priest must announce that the person is clean. F155 The sore is only a scab. The person must wash his clothes and become clean again.
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- 13:7 - [In Context]
- "But if, after the person has shown himself to the priest to be made clean {again,} the scab spreads more over the skin, then the person must come again to the priest.
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- 13:8 - [In Context]
- The priest must look. If the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must announce that the person is unclean. F156 That is a leprosy F157 disease.
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- 13:9 - [In Context]
- "If a person has leprosy, F158 he must be brought to the priest.
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- 13:10 - [In Context]
- The priest must look at that person. If there is a white swelling in the skin, and if the hair has become white, and if the skin looks raw in the swelling,
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- 13:11 - [In Context]
- then it is a leprosy that has continued for a long time on that person's skin. The priest must announce that the person is unclean. F159 The priest does not have to separate that person from other people for a short time. Why? Because {the priest already knows} that the person is unclean.
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- 13:12 - [In Context]
- "Sometimes a skin disease F160 will spread all over a person's body. The skin disease will cover that person's skin from his head to his feet. The priest must look at that person's whole body.
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- 13:13 - [In Context]
- If the priest sees that the skin disease covers the whole body and that it has turned all of that person's skin white, then the priest must announce that the person is clean. F161
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- 13:14 - [In Context]
- But if the person has raw skin, then he is not clean.
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- 13:15 - [In Context]
- When the priest sees the raw skin, he must announce that the person is unclean. F162 The raw skin is not clean. It is a leprosy F163 disease.
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- 13:16 - [In Context]
- "If the raw skin changes and becomes white, then the person must come to the priest.
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- 13:17 - [In Context]
- The priest must look at the person. If the infection has become white, then the priest must announce that the person who has the infection is clean. F164 That person is clean.
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- 13:18 - [In Context]
- "A person might get a boil on his skin that heals over.
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- 13:19 - [In Context]
- Then that boil might become a white swelling or a bright, white spot with red streaks in it. If this happens, the person must show that spot to a priest.
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- 13:20 - [In Context]
- The priest must look at it. If the swelling is deeper than the skin and the hair on it has become white, then the priest must announce that the person is unclean. F165 The spot is the infection of leprosy. F166 The leprosy has broken out from inside the boil.
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- 13:21 - [In Context]
- But if the priest looks at the spot, and there are no white hairs in it, and the spot is not deeper than the skin, but is faded, then the priest must separate the person for seven days.
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- 13:22 - [In Context]
- If more of the spot spreads on the skin, then the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is an infection.
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- 13:23 - [In Context]
- But if the bright spot stays in its place, and does not spread, then it is only the scar from the old boil. The priest must announce that the person is clean.
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- 13:24 - [In Context]
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- 13:25 - [In Context]
- "A person might get a burn on his skin. If the raw skin becomes a white spot or white spot with red streaks in it, the priest must look at it. If that white spot seems to be deeper than the skin, and the hair at that spot has become white, then it is a leprosy F167 disease. The leprosy has broken out in the burn. The priest must announce that the person is unclean. F168 It is a leprosy disease.
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- 13:26 - [In Context]
- But if the priest looks at the spot, and there is no white hair in the bright spot, and the spot is not deeper than the skin, but is faded, then the priest must separate the person for seven days.
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- 13:27 - [In Context]
- On the seventh day the priest must look at the person again. If the spot spread on the skin, then the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is a leprosy disease.
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- 13:28 - [In Context]
- But if the bright spot did not spread on the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn. The priest must announce the person clean. It is only the scar from the burn.
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- 13:29 - [In Context]
- "A person might get an infection on his scalp F169 or beard.
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- 13:30 - [In Context]
- A priest must look at the infection. If the infection seems to be deeper than the skin, and if the hair around it is thin and yellow, then the priest must announce that the person is unclean. F170 It is a bad skin disease. F171
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- 13:31 - [In Context]
- If the disease does not seem deeper than the skin, but there is no dark hair in it, then the priest must separate that person for seven days.
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- 13:32 - [In Context]
- On the seventh day the priest must look at the infection. If the disease has not spread, and there are no yellow hairs growing in it, and the disease does not seem deeper than the skin,
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- 13:33 - [In Context]
- then the person must shave himself. But he must not shave the disease. The priest must separate that person for seven more days.
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- 13:34 - [In Context]
- On the seventh day, the priest must look at the disease. If the disease has not spread through the skin, and it does not seem deeper than the skin, then the priest must announce that the person is clean. F172 The person must wash his clothes and become clean.
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- 13:35 - [In Context]
- But if the disease spreads on the skin after the person has become clean,
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- 13:36 - [In Context]
- then the priest must look at the person again. If the disease has spread in the skin, the priest does not need to look for the yellowish hair. The person is unclean. F173
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- 13:37 - [In Context]
- But if the priest thinks that the disease has stopped, and black hair is growing in it, the disease has healed. The person is clean. The priest must announce that the person is clean.
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- 13:38 - [In Context]
- "If a person has white spots on his skin,
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- 13:39 - [In Context]
- then a priest must look at those spots. If the spots on that person's skin are only dull white, then the disease is only a harmless rash. That person is clean. F174
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- 13:40 - [In Context]
- "A man might lose hair from his head. He is clean. It is only baldness.
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- 13:41 - [In Context]
- A man might lose hair from the sides of his head. He is clean. It is only another kind of baldness.
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- 13:42 - [In Context]
- But if there is a red and white infection on his scalp, F175 then it is a skin disease. F176
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- 13:43 - [In Context]
- A priest must look at that person. If the swelling of the infection is red and white and looks like the leprosy F177 on other parts of the body,
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- 13:44 - [In Context]
- then that person has a leprosy disease on his scalp. The person is unclean. F178 The priest must announce that the person is unclean.
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- 13:45 - [In Context]
- "If a person has a leprosy F179 disease, {then that person must warn other people}. That person must shout, 'Unclean, unclean!' That person's clothes must be torn at the seams. That person must let his hair grow wild. F180 And that person must cover his mouth.
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- 13:46 - [In Context]
- That person will be unclean F181 the whole time he has the infection. That person is unclean. He must live alone. His home must be outside the camp.
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- 13:47 - [In Context]
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- 13:48 - [In Context]
- "Some clothing might have mildew F182 on it. The cloth might be linen F183 or wool. The cloth might be woven or knitted. Or the mildew might be on a piece of leather or on something made from leather.
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- 13:49 - [In Context]
- If that mildew is green or red, then it must be shown to a priest.
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- 13:50 - [In Context]
- The priest must look at the mildew. He must put that thing in a separate place for seven days.
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- 13:51 - [In Context]
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- 13:52 - [In Context]
- On the seventh day, the priest must look at the mildew. It does not matter if the mildew is on leather or cloth. It does not matter if the cloth is woven or knitted. It does not matter what the leather was used for. If the mildew spread, then that cloth or leather is unclean. F184 The infection is unclean. The priest must burn that cloth or leather.
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- 13:53 - [In Context]
- "If the priest sees that the mildew F185 did not spread, then that cloth or leather must be washed. It does not matter if it is leather or cloth, or if the cloth is knitted or woven, it must be washed.
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- 13:54 - [In Context]
- The priest must order the people to wash that piece of leather or cloth. Then the priest must separate the clothing for seven more days.
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- 13:55 - [In Context]
- After that time, the priest must look again. If the mildew still looks the same, then that thing is unclean. F186 It does not matter if the infection has not spread. You must burn that cloth or piece of leather.
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- 13:56 - [In Context]
- "But if the priest looks at that piece of leather or cloth, and the mildew has faded, then the priest must tear the infection out of the piece of leather or cloth. It does not matter if the cloth is woven or knitted.
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- 13:57 - [In Context]
- But the mildew F187 might come back to that piece of leather or cloth. If that happens, then the mildew is spreading. That piece of leather or cloth must be burned.
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- 13:58 - [In Context]
- But if the mildew did not come back after washing, then that piece of leather or cloth is clean. F188 It does not matter if the cloth was woven or knitted. That cloth is clean."
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- 13:59 - [In Context]
- Those are the rules for mildew F189 on pieces of leather or cloth. It does not matter if the cloth is woven or knitted.
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FOOTNOTES: F153: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F154: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F155: clean Pure or acceptable to God for worship.
F156: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F157: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F158: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F159: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F160: skin disease Literally, "leprosy." The Hebrew word can mean many kinds of skin disease.
F161: clean Pure or acceptable to God for worship.
F162: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F163: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F164: clean Pure or acceptable to God for worship.
F165: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F166: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F167: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F168: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F169: scalp The skin on a person's head.
F170: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F171: skin disease Literally, "leprosy." The Hebrew word can mean many different kinds of skin disease.
F172: clean Pure or acceptable to God for worship.
F173: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F174: clean Pure or acceptable to God for worship.
F175: scalp The skin on a person's head.
F176: skin disease Literally, "leprosy." The Hebrew word can mean many different kinds of skin disease.
F177: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F178: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F179: leprosy The Hebrew word includes mildew, fungus, and bad skin diseases, not just the disease we call leprosy.
F180: That person's clothes … wild These things also showed a person was very sad about something.
F181: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F182: mildew A kind of fungus that often grows on cloth, leather, or wood that is in a warm, damp place. The Hebrew word also means, "leprosy," or "skin disease."
F183: linen Thread or cloth made from the fibers of the flax plant.
F184: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F185: mildew A kind of fungus that often grows on cloth, leather,or wood that is in a warm, damp place. The Hebrew word also means, "leprosy," or "skin disease."
F186: unclean Not pure or not acceptable to God for worship.
F187: mildew A kind of fungus that often grows on cloth, leather,or wood that is in a warm, damp place. The Hebrew word also means, "leprosy," or "skin disease."
F188: clean Pure or acceptable to God for worship.
F189: mildew A kind of fungus that often grows on cloth, leather,or wood that is in a warm, damp place. The Hebrew word also means, "leprosy," or "skin disease."
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