Leviticus 13 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Laws About Leprosy

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a case of leprous^[1] disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests, (Le 14:56; De 24:8) 3 and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin of his body. And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean. 4 But if the spot is white in the skin of his body and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days. (Le 13:11) 5 And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up for another seven days. (Le 13:4) 6 And the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the diseased area has faded and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. (Le 11:25) 7 But if the eruption spreads in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest. 8 And the priest shall look, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease. 9 “When a man is afflicted with a leprous disease, he shall be brought to the priest, 10 and the priest shall look. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, (Nu 12:10; Nu 12:12; 2Ki 5:27; 2Ki 15:5; 2Ch 26:20)

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11 it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he is unclean. (Le 13:4) 12 And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see, 13 then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it has all turned white, and he is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease. 16 But if the raw flesh recovers and turns white again, then he shall come to the priest, 17 and the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean; he is clean. 18 “If there is in the skin of one’s body a boil and it heals, (Ex 9:9) 19 and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the priest. (Le 13:24) 20 And the priest shall look, and if it appears deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a case of leprous disease that has broken out in the boil. 21 But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in it and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. 22 And if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a disease. 23 But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (Le 13:28) 24 “Or, when the body has a burn on its skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white, (Le 13:19) 25 the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, then it is a leprous disease. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease. 26 But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but has faded, the priest shall shut him up seven days, 27 and the priest shall examine him the seventh day. If it is spreading in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease. 28 But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin, but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar of the burn. (Le 13:23) 29 “When a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard, 30 the priest shall examine the disease. And if it appears deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an itch, a leprous disease of the head or the beard. 31 And if the priest examines the itching disease and it appears no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for seven days, 32 and on the seventh day the priest shall examine the disease. If the itch has not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin, 33 then he shall shave himself, but the itch he shall not shave; and the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for another seven days. 34 And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch, and if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. (Le 13:6) 35 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing, 36 then the priest shall examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean. 37 But if in his eyes the itch is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed and he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 “When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots, 39 the priest shall look, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is leukoderma that has broken out in the skin; he is clean. 40 “If a man’s hair falls out from his head, he is bald; he is clean. 41 And if a man’s hair falls out from his forehead, he has baldness of the forehead; he is clean. 42 But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased area, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprous disease in the skin of the body, 44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head. 45 “The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip^[2] and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ (Le 10:6; La 4:15; Eze 24:17; Eze 24:22; Mic 3:7)

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46 He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp. (Nu 5:2; Nu 12:14; 2Ki 7:3; 2Ki 15:5; 2Ch 26:21; Lu 17:12)

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47 “When there is a case of leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment, (Jud 1:23; Re 3:4) 48 in warp or woof of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made of skin, 49 if the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin or in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, it is a case of leprous disease, and it shall be shown to the priest. 50 And the priest shall examine the disease and shut up that which has the disease for seven days. 51 Then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a persistent leprous disease; it is unclean. (Le 14:44) 52 And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, the wool or the linen, or any article made of skin that is diseased, for it is a persistent leprous disease. It shall be burned in the fire. 53 “And if the priest examines, and if the disease has not spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, 54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up for another seven days. 55 And the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the appearance of the diseased area has not changed, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean. You shall burn it in the fire, whether the rot is on the back or on the front. 56 “But if the priest examines, and if the diseased area has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or the skin or the warp or the woof. 57 Then if it appears again in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire whatever has the disease. 58 But the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any article made of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean.” 59 This is the law for a case of leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, to determine whether it is clean or unclean.

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有关麻风病的条例

1 耶和华对摩西和亚伦说： 2 “如果有人皮肤上长肿包、皮疹或白斑，出现麻风病^[1]症状，要将他带到祭司亚伦或亚伦做祭司的子孙那里。 3 祭司要检查患处，如果患处凹陷，患处的毛发变白，就是麻风病，要宣布他是不洁净的。 4 如果那人的患处有白斑，没有凹陷，患处的毛发也没有变白，祭司要把他隔离七天。 5 第七天，祭司要再次检查患处，如果患处没有恶化，没有扩散，祭司要把他再隔离七天。 6 第七天，祭司要再次检查，如果患处颜色变淡，也没有扩散，祭司要宣布他是洁净的。他患的不过是皮疹，他要洗净衣物，便会洁净。 7 如果祭司已查看并宣布他是洁净的，但皮疹又扩散，他必须再去见祭司。 8 祭司检查时，如果发现皮疹已扩散，就要宣布他是不洁净的，患了麻风病。 9 “如果有人患麻风病，必须将他带到祭司面前。 10 祭司检查时，如果发现他皮肤上有白色肿包，毛发变白，患处出现疮口， 11 他就是患了慢性麻风病，祭司要宣布他是不洁净的。他无须被隔离，因他已经不洁净。 12 如果他的麻风病已扩散，头上脚上到处可见， 13 祭司就要检查。如果发现麻风病已扩散到他全身，全身的皮肤变白，祭司就要宣布他是洁净的。 14 但如果他身上出现溃烂之处，他便不洁净。 15 祭司看到他身上的溃烂之处，就要宣布他是不洁净的，因为那溃烂之处表明他患了麻风病。 16 如果溃烂之处痊愈并变白，他就要去见祭司。 17 祭司检查时，若发现溃烂之处确已变白，就要宣布他是洁净的，他便洁净了。 18 “如果有人身上长疮，又痊愈了， 19 但原患处出现白色肿包或白里带红的斑，他就要去让祭司检查。 20 祭司检查时，若发现患处凹陷，患处的毛发变白，就要宣布他是不洁净的。这是疮变成了麻风病。 21 但祭司检查时，若发现患处没有白毛，没有凹陷，肉色变淡，就要把他隔离七天。 22 隔离期间，若患处扩散，祭司要宣布他是不洁净的，是患了麻风病。 23 如果患处的斑原样未变，没有扩散，便是疮疤，祭司要宣布他是洁净的。 24 “如果有人被火烧伤，患处变白或白中带红， 25 祭司要检查他的患处。如果患处的毛发变白，伤口凹陷，他的烧伤已变成麻风病，祭司要宣布他是不洁净的，因为他患了麻风病。 26 祭司检查时，若发现患处没有白毛，伤口没有凹陷，颜色变淡，就要把他隔离七天。 27 第七天，祭司要再次检查，若发现患处扩散，就要宣布他是不洁净的，因为他患了麻风病。 28 如果患处没有扩散，颜色变淡，就是烧伤引起的肿包，祭司要宣布他是洁净的，因为那不过是烧伤的疤痕。 29 “如果有男女头上或下巴长疮， 30 祭司要检查患处，若发现患处凹陷，上面有黄色细毛，就要宣布那人是不洁净的，因为那是疥癣，是麻风病。 31 祭司检查时，若发现患处没有凹陷，没有黑毛，就要将那人隔离七天。 32 第七天，祭司要检查患处，若发现疥癣没有扩散，上面没有黄毛，患处没有凹陷， 33 那人要剃去头发和胡须，但不可剃患处的毛发。祭司要将他再隔离七天。 34 第七天，祭司要再次检查，若发现疥癣没有扩散，患处没有凹陷，就要宣布那人是洁净的。那人要洗净衣服，便洁净了。 35 那人洁净以后，疥癣若再次扩散， 36 祭司就要再次检查。如果疥癣确已扩散，祭司不必再找黄毛，那人是不洁净的。 37 如果祭司看到疥癣原样未变，患处长出黑毛，那人就已经痊愈，是洁净的。祭司要宣布那人是洁净的。 38 “如果有男女身上长白斑， 39 祭司要检查患处，若发现斑呈灰白色，就是皮疹，那人是洁净的。 40 “如果有人脱发，成了秃头，他是洁净的。 41 如果有人前额脱发，他只是前额光秃，仍是洁净的。 42 如果在光秃的头上或前额上长出白里带红的疮，那就是麻风病。 43 祭司要检查患处，若发现疮周围肿胀，看起来像麻风病， 44 就是得了麻风病，那人是不洁净的。祭司要宣布那人是不洁净的。 45 “患麻风病的人必须撕裂衣服，披头散发，遮住脸的下半部，高喊‘不洁净！不洁净！’ 46 只要病不痊愈，他就不洁净，要独自住在营外。

霉变衣物的条例

47 “如果衣物出现霉斑，不论是羊毛衣、细麻衣、 48 羊毛织品、细麻织品，还是皮革或皮革制品， 49 只要发现霉斑是绿色或红色的，那就是霉变，要拿给祭司检查。 50 祭司检查后，要把那衣物隔离七天。 51 第七天，祭司要再次检查，若发现衣物、编织品或皮革上的霉斑蔓延，那衣物就是不洁净的。 52 不论那是衣服、羊毛或细麻织品，还是皮革制品，祭司都必须把它烧掉，因为那是霉变。必须烧掉霉变的衣物。 53 如果祭司发现衣服、编织品或皮革上的霉斑没有蔓延， 54 就要吩咐人洗净衣物，再隔离七天。 55 之后，祭司要再次检查洗过的衣物，若发现霉斑原样未变，即使没有蔓延，那衣物也是不洁净的。无论衣物里面还是外面霉变，都必须把它烧掉。 56 如果祭司发现洗过后霉斑退色，就要把霉变的部分从衣服、皮革、编织品上撕下来。 57 以后衣物、编织品或皮革上若再次出现霉斑，便是旧患复发，要把它烧掉。 58 如果洗过衣服、编织品或皮革后，霉斑消失了，要再洗一次就洁净了。 59 “羊毛衣、细麻衣、编织品或皮革制品出现霉变时，以上条例可用来鉴定这些衣物是否洁净。”