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,
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.