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Leviticus 13:26-44 Good News Bible (GNB)

26. But if the hairs in it have not turned white and it is not deeper than the surrounding skin, but is light in colour, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

27. The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if it is spreading, it is a dreaded skin disease, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.

28. But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread and is light in colour, it is not a dreaded skin disease. The priest shall pronounce him ritually clean, because it is only a scar from the burn.

29. When a man or a woman has a sore on the head or the chin,

30. the priest shall examine it. If it seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it are yellowish and thin, it is a dreaded skin disease, and he shall pronounce the person unclean.

31. If, when the priest examines him, the sore does not appear to be deeper than the surrounding skin, but there are still no healthy hairs in it, he shall isolate him for seven days.

32. The priest shall examine the sore again on the seventh day, and if it has not spread and there are no yellowish hairs in it and it does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin,

33. the person shall shave the head except the area round the sore. The priest shall then isolate him for another seven days.

34. On the seventh day the priest shall again examine the sore, and if it has not spread and does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin, he shall pronounce him ritually clean. The person shall wash his clothes, and he will be clean.

35. But if the sore spreads after he has been pronounced clean,

36. the priest shall examine him again. If the sore has spread, he need not look for yellowish hairs; the person is obviously unclean.

37. But if in the priest's opinion the sore has not spread and healthy hairs are growing in it, the sore has healed, and the priest shall pronounce him ritually clean.

38. When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,

39. the priest shall examine that person. If the spots are dull white, it is only a blemish that has broken out on the skin; the person is ritually clean.

40-41. If a man loses his hair at the back or the front of his head, this does not make him unclean.

42. But if a reddish-white sore appears on the bald spot, it is a dreaded skin disease.

43. The priest shall examine him, and if there is a reddish-white sore,

44. the priest shall pronounce him unclean, because of the dreaded skin disease on his head.

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