Rules About Skin Diseases
1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron. He told them to say to the people, 2“Suppose someone’s skin has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot. And suppose it could become a skin disease. Then they must be brought to the priest Aaron. Or they must be brought to a priest in Aaron’s family line. 3The priest must look carefully at the sore on the person’s skin. He must see whether the hair in the sore has turned white. He must also see whether the sore seems to be under the skin. If the sore is white and is under the skin, it is a skin disease. When the priest looks that person over carefully, he must announce that the person is ‘unclean.’ 4Suppose the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not seem to be under the skin. And suppose the hair in the spot has not turned white. Then the priest must make the person stay away from everyone else for seven days. 5On the seventh day the priest must look carefully at the sore again. Suppose it has not changed and has not spread in the skin. Then the priest must make the person stay away from everyone else for another seven days. 6On the seventh day the priest must look carefully at the sore again. If it has faded and has not spread, he must announce that the person is ‘clean.’ It is only a rash. That person must wash their clothes. They will be ‘clean.’ 7But suppose the rash spreads in the skin after they have shown themselves to the priest a second time. Then they must appear in front of the priest again. 8The priest must look carefully at the sore. If the rash has spread, he must announce that the person is ‘unclean.’ They have a skin disease.
9“When anyone has a skin disease, they must be brought to the priest. 10The priest must look them over carefully. Suppose there is a white swelling in the skin. Suppose it has turned the hair white. And suppose there are open sores in the swelling. 11Then the person has a skin disease that will never go away. The priest must announce that they are ‘unclean.’ The priest must not make them stay away from everyone else. They are already ‘unclean.’
12“Suppose the disease breaks out all over their skin. And suppose it covers them from head to foot, as far as the priest can tell. 13Then the priest must look them over carefully. If the disease has covered their whole body, the priest must announce that they are ‘clean.’ All their skin has turned white. So they are ‘clean.’ 14But when open sores appear on their skin, they will not be ‘clean.’ 15When the priest sees the open sores, he must announce that they are ‘unclean.’ The open sores are not ‘clean.’ They have a skin disease. 16But if the open sores change and turn white, they must go to the priest. 17The priest must look them over carefully. If the sores have turned white, the priest must announce that the person is ‘clean.’ Then they will be ‘clean.’
18“Suppose someone has a boil on their skin and it heals. 19And suppose a white swelling or shiny pink spot appears where the boil was. Then they must show themselves to the priest. 20The priest must look at the boil carefully. Suppose it seems to be under the skin. And suppose the hair in it has turned white. Then the priest must announce that the person is ‘unclean.’ A skin disease has broken out where the boil was. 21But suppose that when the priest looks at the boil carefully, there is no white hair in it. The boil is not under the skin. And it has faded. Then the priest must make the person stay away from everyone else for seven days. 22If the boil is spreading in the skin, the priest must announce that the person is ‘unclean.’ They have a skin disease. 23But suppose the spot has not changed. And suppose it has not spread. Then it is only a scar from the boil. And the priest must announce that the person is ‘clean.’
24“Suppose someone has a burn on their skin. And suppose a white or shiny pink spot shows up in the open sores of the burn. 25Then the priest must look at the spot carefully. Suppose the hair in it has turned white. And suppose the spot seems to be under the skin. Then the person has a skin disease. It has broken out where they were burned. The priest must announce that the person is ‘unclean.’ They have a skin disease. 26But suppose the priest looks at the spot carefully. Suppose there is no white hair in it. Suppose the spot is not under the skin. And suppose it has faded. Then the priest must make the person stay away from everyone else for seven days. 27On the seventh day the priest must look them over carefully. If the spot is spreading in the skin, the priest must announce that the person is ‘unclean.’ They have a skin disease. 28But suppose the spot has not changed. It has not spread in the skin. And it has faded. Then the burn has caused it to swell. The priest must announce that the person is ‘clean.’ It is only a scar from the burn.
29“Suppose a man or woman has a sore on their head or chin. 30Then the priest must look at the sore carefully. Suppose it seems to be under the skin. And suppose the hair in the sore is yellow and thin. Then the priest must announce that the person is ‘unclean.’ The sore is a skin disease on the head or chin. 31But suppose the priest looks carefully at the sore. It does not seem to be under the skin. And there is no black hair in it. Then the priest must make the person stay away from everyone else for seven days. 32On the seventh day the priest must look at the sore carefully. Suppose it has not spread in the skin. It does not have any yellow hair in it. And it does not seem to be under the skin. 33Then the man or woman must shave their head. But they must not shave the area where the disease is. And the priest must make them stay away from everyone else for another seven days. 34On the seventh day the priest must look at the sore carefully. Suppose it has not spread in the skin. And suppose it does not seem to be under the skin. Then the priest must announce that the person is ‘clean.’ They must wash their clothes. They will be ‘clean.’ 35But suppose the sore spreads in the skin after the priest announces that the person is ‘clean.’ 36Then the priest must look them over carefully. Suppose the sore has spread. Then the priest does not have to look for yellow hair. The person is ‘unclean.’ 37But suppose the sore has stopped and black hair has grown there, as far as the priest can tell. Then the person is healed and is ‘clean.’ The priest must announce that they are ‘clean.’
38“Suppose a man or woman has white spots on the skin. 39Then the priest must look at them carefully. Suppose he sees that the spots are dull white. Then a harmless rash has broken out on the skin. That person is ‘clean.’
40“Suppose a man loses all the hair on his head. Then he is ‘clean.’ 41Suppose he loses only the hair on the front of his head. Then he is ‘clean.’ 42But suppose he has a shiny pink sore on his head where his hair was. Then he has a skin disease. It is breaking out on his whole head or on the front of his head. 43The priest must look him over carefully. Suppose the swollen sore on his head or on the front of it is pink and shiny. And suppose it looks like a skin disease. 44Then he has a skin disease. He is ‘unclean.’ The priest must announce that the man is ‘unclean.’ That’s because he has a sore on his head.
45“Suppose someone has a skin disease that makes them ‘unclean.’ Then they must wear torn clothes. They must let their hair hang loose. They must cover the lower part of their face. They must cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46As long as they have the disease, they remain ‘unclean.’ They must live alone. They must live outside the camp.
Rules About Mold
47“Suppose some clothes have mold on them. The clothes could be made out of wool or linen. 48Or there could be cloth woven or knitted out of linen or wool. There could be pieces of leather. Or there could be things that are made out of leather. 49And suppose the mold on the clothes or on the woven or knitted cloth looks green or red. Or suppose the green or red mold is on the pieces of leather or the leather goods. Then it is mold that spreads. It must be shown to the priest. 50The priest must look at it carefully. He must keep the thing with the mold on it away from everything else for seven days. 51On the seventh day he must look at it carefully. Suppose the mold has spread in the clothes or in the woven or knitted cloth. Or suppose it has spread on the pieces of leather or on the leather goods. Then it is mold that destroys. The thing is ‘unclean.’ 52The priest must burn everything with the mold in it. He must burn the clothes or the woven or knitted cloth made out of wool or linen. He must burn the leather goods. The mold destroys. So everything must be burned.
53“But suppose the priest looks at the thing carefully. The mold has not spread in the clothes. And it has not spread in the woven or knitted cloth or in the leather goods. 54Then he will order someone to wash the thing with the mold on it. After that, the priest must keep that thing away from everything else for another seven days. 55After the thing with the mold on it has been washed, the priest must look at it again carefully. Suppose the way the mold looks has not changed. Then even though the mold has not spread, it is ‘unclean.’ Burn it. It does not matter which side of the thing the mold is on. 56But suppose the priest looks at it carefully. And suppose the mold has faded after the thing has been washed. Then the priest must tear out the part with mold on it. He must tear it out of the clothes or leather. He must tear it out of the woven or knitted cloth. 57But suppose it shows up again in the clothes. Or suppose it shows up again in the woven or knitted cloth or in the leather goods. Then it is spreading. Everything with the mold on it must be burned. 58The clothes that have been washed and do not have any more mold on them must be washed again. So must the woven or knitted cloth or the leather goods. Then they will be ‘clean.’ ”
59These are the rules about what to do with anything with mold on it. They apply to clothes that are made out of wool or linen. They apply to woven and knitted cloth and to leather goods. They give a priest directions about when to announce whether something is “clean” or “unclean.”
Regler for smitsomme hudsygdomme
1Herren sagde til Moses og Aron: 2„Hvis nogen får et sår på huden, et udslæt eller en hvid plet, kan der være fare for en smitsom hudsygdom.13,2 Den gængse oversættelse „spedalskhed” anses nu for at være højst tvivlsom. En sådan person skal føres til præsten Aron eller til en af hans sønner, 3så de kan undersøge det mistænkelige sted på huden. Hvis hårene på det pågældende sted er blevet hvide, og hvis pletten ligger dybere end selve huden, er der tale om en smitsom sygdom, og præsten skal derfor erklære personen for uren.
4Men hvis den hvide plet ikke går dybere end huden, og hårene ikke er hvide, skal præsten sætte personen i karantæne i syv dage. 5På den syvende dag skal præsten foretage en ny undersøgelse. Hvis pletten stadig er der, men ikke har bredt sig, skal præsten give personen endnu syv dages karantæne. 6Derefter skal præsten foretage endnu en undersøgelse. Hvis det da viser sig, at pletten er i aftagende og ikke har bredt sig yderligere, skal præsten erklære personen for rask, fordi der så kun var tale om en ufarlig hudirritation. Vedkommende skal blot sørge for at vaske sit tøj, så er alt normalt igen. 7Men hvis pletten derimod breder sig efter undersøgelsen hos præsten, skal personen komme tilbage. 8Præsten skal så foretage en ny undersøgelse, og hvis pletten så virkelig har bredt sig, skal præsten erklære vedkommende for uren, for så er det en smitsom hudsygdom.
9Personer, som ser ud til at have en smitsom hudsygdom, skal føres til præsten, 10som skal se efter, om der er et hvidligt, betændt sår på huden med hvide hår ovenpå. 11Hvis disse symptomer er til stede, er der tale om en kronisk, smitsom hudsygdom, og præsten skal erklære dem for urene. Under sådanne omstændigheder behøves der hverken yderligere karantæne eller observation, for der er utvivlsomt tale om en alvorlig sygdom. 12Men hvis præsten opdager, at udslættet har bredt sig over hele kroppen fra top til tå, 13skal han erklære dem for rene, for så er sygdommen ikke længere smitsom. 14-15Viser der sig imidlertid den mindste antydning af sårdannelse, skal præsten erklære dem for urene, for da er såret et symptom på, at sygdommen er smitsom. 16-17Sker det så senere, at såret forsvinder, og huden bliver hvid, skal de angrebne personer vende tilbage til præsten for at blive undersøgt igen. Viser det sig virkelig, at det angrebne sted er blevet fuldstændig hvidt, skal præsten erklære dem for raske og dermed rene.
18I de tilfælde, hvor nogen har haft en byld på huden, og bylden er forsvundet, 19men har efterladt sig et hvidt mærke eller en rødlighvid plet, skal de angrebne personer gå til præsten for at blive undersøgt. 20Hvis præsten skønner, at pletten ligger dybere end selve huden, og hvis hårene på stedet er hvide, skal præsten erklære dem for urene, for der er udbrudt en smitsom sygdom efter bylden. 21Men hvis præsten kan se, at der ikke er hvide hår på det angrebne sted, og at pletten ikke går dybere end selve huden og heller ikke skinner, skal præsten give dem karantæne i syv dage. 22Hvis pletten breder sig i den periode, skal præsten erklære dem for urene. 23Men hvis den hvide plet ikke breder sig yderligere, er der blot tale om et ar efter bylden. Da skal præsten erklære dem for rene.
24Hvis nogen får et brandsår, og såret under helingen skifter farve til en lys, rødhvid eller hvid plet, 25skal præsten undersøge det mistænkelige sted. Hvis hårene i det lyse område er blevet hvide, og pletten går dybere end selve huden, er der udbrudt en smitsom sygdom efter brandsåret, og præsten skal erklære dem for urene. 26Men hvis præsten kan se, at der ikke er hvide hår i det lyse område, og at pletten er i aftagende og ikke går dybere end huden, skal præsten give dem karantæne i syv dage. 27Efter syv dage skal han undersøge pletten igen, og hvis pletten har bredt sig, skal præsten erklære dem for urene. 28Hvis den lyse plet derimod ikke har bredt sig på huden, men er i aftagende, er der blot tale om et ar efter forbrændingen. Præsten skal derfor erklære dem for rene, for de er ikke angrebet af en smitsom sygdom.
29Hvis en mand eller kvinde får en plet i hovedbunden eller i underansigtet, så det er dækket af hår eller skæg, 30skal præsten undersøge dem grundigt. Viser det sig, at pletten ligger dybere end selve huden, og hårene i området er blevet gullige, skal præsten erklære dem for urene. 31Men hvis undersøgelsen hos præsten viser, at såret ikke ligger dybere end huden, og at hår- eller skægfarve stadig er gullig, skal præsten give dem karantæne i syv dage, 32og han skal undersøge dem igen efter de syv dage. Viser det sig så, at pletten ikke har bredt sig, og at der ikke er gullige hår i området, eller at pletten ikke ligger dybere end selve huden, 33skal de barbere håret af omkring det angrebne sted, dog ikke på selve pletten, hvorefter de skal være i karantæne i endnu syv dage. 34På den syvende dag skal de undersøges igen, og hvis pletten ikke har bredt sig, og den ikke ligger dybere end selve huden, skal præsten erklære dem for rene. De skal blot vaske deres tøj, hvorefter alt er normalt. 35Men hvis pletten senere begynder at brede sig, 36skal præsten undersøge dem igen og erklære dem for urene, uden hensyn til hårenes farve. 37Viser det sig derimod, at pletten ikke har bredt sig yderligere, og der vokser normalt hår i området, er de raske. Så var det alligevel ikke en smitsom sygdom.
38Hvis en mand eller kvinde får lyse, skinnende pletter på huden, 39skal de undersøges af en præst. Medmindre pletterne er meget hvide, er der ikke tale om en smitsom sygdom, men blot om en ufarlig hudinfektion.
40-41Hvis en mand begynder at tabe håret på hovedet og ender med at blive mere eller mindre skaldet, er han ikke dermed uren. 42Men hvis der samtidig viser sig en rødlighvid plet i det skaldede område, kan det være et tegn på en smitsom sygdom. 43I så fald skal præsten undersøge manden, og hvis det ligner en rødhvid plet, som tyder på en smitsom sygdom, 44skal præsten erklære manden for uren.
45De, der således er erklæret urene af præsten, skal rive flænger i deres tøj og undlade at rede deres hår. Så skal de dække underansigtet til, og når de går, skal de råbe: ‚Uren! Uren!’ 46Så længe sygdommen varer, skal de regnes for urene, og de skal bo uden for lejren.
47-48Kommer der mug eller svamp på bomuldstøj, uldtøj eller på ting af læder, 49og man opdager en grønlig eller rødlig plet på det mistænkte materiale, er der sandsynligvis tale om noget, der er smittefarligt. Materialet må derfor bringes til præsten, så han kan undersøge det. 50Når præsten har undersøgt det, skal han lægge det til side i syv dage; 51og på den syvende dag skal han undersøge det igen. Har pletten da bredt sig, er der risiko for smitte. 52Derfor skal han brænde det angrebne materiale, for det er smitsomt og må uskadeliggøres i ilden.
53Men hvis det ved undersøgelsen på den syvende dag viser sig, at pletten ikke har bredt sig yderligere, 54skal præsten sørge for, at det mistænkte materiale vaskes grundigt og derefter bliver lagt til side i syv dage til. 55Hvis pletten så ikke er blevet mindre, er der tale om noget smitsomt, også selv om pletten ikke har bredt sig yderligere. Derfor skal materialet brændes, hvad enten pletten er indvendig eller udvendig. 56Men hvis præsten kan se, at pletten er blevet mindre efter vask, skal han skære det angrebne sted bort. 57Hvis pletten så kommer igen på et andet sted, er der tale om noget smitsomt, og det hele skal brændes. 58Men hvis der ikke opstår nye pletter efter vask, kan materialet tages i brug igen, blot det vaskes endnu en gang.”
59Dette er reglerne for materialer, der er mistænkt for at være smittefarlige. De tjener til at afgøre, hvorvidt materialet skal erklæres for rent eller urent.
