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Leviticus, chapter thirteen, the Eternal One spoke to Moses and Aaron.
Anytime a person who has an area of swelling or
a rash, or a white patch of skin, it may
be the sign of a serious skin disease, so he
must be taken to one of the priests, Aarin or
one of Aaron's sons. The priest must examine the spot
on the skin, and if the hair on it has
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turned white and the affected airy appears to go deep
beneath the skin, then it is a serious skin disease.
After the examination, he will then pronounce the diseased person unclean.
But if the patch on the skin is white and
does not appear to go deep beneath the skin, and
the hair on it has not turned white, then the
priest will quarantine the person for seven days. When the
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seventh day arrives, the priest will examine the affected airy again,
and if the priest thinks it has not grown worse
and has not spread to other parts of the skin,
then the priest will continue the quarantine for another seven days.
At the end of the second seven days, the priest
will examine the person again, and if the affected area
has faded and is not spread to any other part
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of the body, then the priest will pronounce that he
is clean and suffers only some minor skin problem. The
person is to wash his garments and must be considered
clean again. But if the rash spreads to other parts
of the skin after the priest examines the person and
pronounces him clean, then he must go back to the
priest to be examined again. The priest will check the
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person again, and if the rash has grown worse and spread,
then the priest must pronounce the person unclean. He does,
in fact have a serious skin disease. When a person
contracts any serious skin disease, he must be taken to
the priest. The priest will check the skin, and if
the priest finds an area of white swelling on the
skin where the hair is turned white, and if there
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is a raw, open sore, then the person has a
chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean.
The priest does not have to quarantine the person because
it is evident that he is already unclean. If the
disease gets worse, spread across his body and involves all
of his skin from head to toe, as far as
the priest can tell, then the priest will check and
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if the disease has covered the person's entire body, then
the priest will pronounce the infected man clean because the
disease has turned his entire body white. But if a
raw open source shows up, then he must be declared unclean.
The priest will examine the raw skin and pronounce the
man unclean because the raw skin is unclean if it
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is definitely a serious skin disease. If the raw skin
changes again and becomes white, then the infected person must
go see the priest to be examined. If the affected
area has turned white, then the priest will pronounce the
diseased person clean, for he is in fact clean. If
a boil shows up on someone's skin and the boil
goes away and is replaced by a swollen white or
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a reddish white spot, then he must point this out
to the priest. The priest will check, and if the
affected area appears to go deep beneath the skin and
the hairs on it have turned white, then the priest
will pronounce the person unclean. It is a case of
serious skin disease that started out as a boil. But
if the priest examines the person and finds there are
no white hairs on it and the condition does not
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appear to go deep beneath the skin and is in
fact improving, then the priest will quarantine the infected person
for seven days. If the condition spreads to new places
on the skin, the priest will pronounce him unclean. It
is a serious infection. However, if the affected area does
not get worse or spread to new parts of the skin,
it is simply a scarf from the boil, and the
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priest will pronounce him clean. If a person suffers a
burn in a fire and the raw skin from the
burn turns shiny white, reddish white, or white, the priest
will examine the affected area. If the hair on it
is white and the sore appears to go deep beneath
the skin, then the person has a serious skin disease
that started out from the burn. The priest will declare
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him unclean. If the priest examines the affected area and
finds no white hair on it, and the condition does
not go deep beneath the skin, but instead seems to
be improving, then the priest will quarantine him for seven days.
When the seventh day arrives, the priest will examine him
once again. If the condition appears to be spreading, the
priest will declare him unclean. The person has a serious
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skin disease. If the affected area does not get worse
and spread to new parts of the skin, but seems
to be improving, then it is simply swollen from the burn.
The priest will pronounce him clean because it is simply
a scar from the burn. If a man or a
woman has a spot on the head or chin, the
priest must examine it, and if it appears to go
deep beneath the skin and has thin, yellowish hairs in it,
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then the priest must pronounce the infected person to be unclean.
It is a scally skin disease on the head or chin.
If the priest examines a scally area and it does
not appear to go deep beneath the surface of the skin,
and there are no dark hairs in it, then the
priest will quarantine the infected person for seven days. When
the seventh day arrives, the priest will examine the area again.
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If the scally area has not gotten worse and there
are no yellowish hairs in it, and the scale does
not appear to go deep beneath the surface of the skin,
then the infected person should shave the head or beard,
except where hair is growing in the affected area. The
priest will then quarantine the infected person for another seven days.
When the seventh day arrives, the priest will examine the
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scale again, and if it has not gotten worse and
does not appear to go deep beneath the skin, the
priest will pronounce the person clean. He will wash his
clothes and be considered clean again. But if the scale
gets worse and shows up on new parts of the
skin any time after the priest declares him clean, the
priest must examine the person again. If the condition has
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spread to new parts of the skin, the priest is
not required to look for yellowish hair because it is
evident the person is unclean. However, if he inspects the
person and the scally skin has not gotten worse and
dark hairs are growing on it, then the condition is
healed and the person is once again clean, the priest
will declare the person clean. A man or woman discovers
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bright shiny spots on the skin, including bright white ones,
the priest must check them out, and if he determines
that the bright spots on the skin are pale and
that is only a minor skin rash. The person is clean.
If a man loses his hair and goes bald, he
is clean. If he loses it on his forehead but
not on the sides, he is only partially bald on
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the forehead, he is still clean. However, if a reddish
white spot shows up on his bald head or forehead,
then a serious skin condition is developing. The priest must
examine him, and if the affected area is reddish white
on his bald head or forehead and looks similar to
a reddish white outbreak on the body, then that means
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the man has a serious skin disease and is unclean.
The priest has to pronounce him unclean because of the
skin disease on his head. Anyone with a serious skin
disease must wear torn clothing, not comb his hair, and
cover his face beneath the nose. He must call out unclean, unclean.
As long long as the disease persists, he will be unclean.
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He must live alone outside the camp, away from the
rest of the community. Now, if it ever looks as
if an article of clothing has some outbreak like leprosy,
whether it is made of wool, linen or leather, and
if the affected area in any leather or woven material
has turned a greenish or reddish color, it is a
sign of a serious problem and should be taken to
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the priest. The priest must examine the article and quarantine
it for seven days. When the seventh day arrives, the
priest must check it again, and if the affected area
has spread to other parts of the article, whether in
the wool, linen or leather, regardless of what the leather
was used for, the article has a serious outbreak which
makes it unclean. So the priest has to burn the garment,
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whether it is made of wool, linen or leather, because
it is some serious outbreak like leprosy and must be
destroyed by fire. But if the priest examines the article
and the affected area has not spread in either the
woven or knitted material or the leather, the priests must
direct the article be washed and then quarantined for another
seven days. After it has been washed, the priest must
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check it again. If the affected area looks the same,
then the article is still unclean, even though the outbreak
has not spread. Therefore you must burn it in the fire.
It doesn't matter whether the affected area is on the
front or the back. But if the priest examines it
and the affected area has faded after it has been washed,
the priest must rip the affected material out of the garment,
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leather or woven or knitted material. If another spot shows
up on the article again, either in the woven or
knitted material or the leather, then the outbreak is spreading
and the article must be burned in the fire. But
if the spot is gone once the article has been washed,
whether it is woven or knitted or leather, you must
wash it. Then it will be considered clean.