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,
11. it is leprosy that has been there for a long time. The priest must announce that the person is unclean. He does not have to wait until after a period of separation, because he already knows that the person is unclean.
12. “Sometimes a skin disease will spread all over a person’s body, covering the skin from head to foot. The priest must look at that person’s whole body.
13. If the priest sees that the skin disease covers the whole body and that it has turned all the skin white, the priest must announce that the person is clean.
14. But if the skin is raw, that person is not clean.
15. When the priest sees the raw skin, he must announce that the person is unclean. The raw skin is not clean. It is leprosy.
16. “If the raw skin changes and becomes white, the person must come to the priest.
17. The priest must look at the person. If the skin has become white, the person who had the infection is clean, and the priest must announce this.
18. “Someone might get a boil on their skin that heals over.
19. 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 the priest.
20. The priest must look at it. If the swelling is deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has become white, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. The spot is leprosy that has broken out from inside the boil.
21. 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, the priest must separate the person for seven days.
22. If the spot spreads on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean; it is an infection.
23. But if the bright spot stays in its place and does not spread, it is only the scar from the old boil. The priest must announce that the person is clean.
24-25. “Someone might get a burn on the skin. If the raw skin becomes a white spot or a 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, it is leprosy that has broken out in the burn. The priest must announce that the person is unclean.
26. 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, the priest must separate the person for seven days.
27. On the seventh day, the priest must look at the person again. If the spot has spread on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is leprosy.
28. But if the bright spot has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is only a scar from the burn. The priest must announce that the person is clean.