1. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2. “Someone might have a swelling on their skin, or it may be a rash or a bright spot. If the sore looks like the disease of leprosy, the person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests.
3. 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, it is leprosy. When the priest has finished looking at the person, he must announce that the person is unclean.
4. “Sometimes there is a white spot on a person’s skin that does not seem deeper than the skin. If that is true, the priest must separate that person from other people for seven days.
5. On the seventh day the priest must look at the person again. If the priest sees that the sore has not changed and has not spread on the skin, he must separate the person for seven more days.
6. Seven days later the priest must look at the person again. If the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is clean. The sore is only a rash. After washing the clothes, that person will be clean again.
7. “But if the rash spreads over the skin after the person has shown himself to the priest to be made clean again, that person must come again to the priest.
8. The priest must look, and if the rash has spread, he must announce that the person is unclean. The disease is leprosy.
9. “Whoever has leprosy must be brought to the priest.
10. He must look at that person. If there is a white swelling on the skin, if the hair has become white, and if the skin looks raw in the swelling,