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.”
有关麻风病的条例
1耶和华对摩西和亚伦说：
2“如果有人皮肤上长肿包、皮疹或白斑，出现麻风病13:2 “麻风病”此处为传统译法，希伯来文的意思指包括麻风病在内的各种严重皮肤病。症状，要将他带到祭司亚伦或亚伦做祭司的子孙那里。 3祭司要检查患处，如果患处凹陷，患处的毛发变白，就是麻风病，要宣布他是不洁净的。 4如果那人的患处有白斑，没有凹陷，患处的毛发也没有变白，祭司要把他隔离七天。 5第七天，祭司要再次检查患处，如果患处没有恶化，没有扩散，祭司要把他再隔离七天。 6第七天，祭司要再次检查，如果患处颜色变淡，也没有扩散，祭司要宣布他是洁净的。他患的不过是皮疹，他要洗净衣物，便会洁净。 7如果祭司已查看并宣布他是洁净的，但皮疹又扩散，他必须再去见祭司。 8祭司检查时，如果发现皮疹已扩散，就要宣布他是不洁净的，患了麻风病。
9“如果有人患麻风病，必须将他带到祭司面前。 10祭司检查时，如果发现他皮肤上有白色肿包，毛发变白，患处出现疮口， 11他就是患了慢性麻风病，祭司要宣布他是不洁净的。他无须被隔离，因他已经不洁净。 12如果他的麻风病已扩散，头上脚上到处可见， 13祭司就要检查。如果发现麻风病已扩散到他全身，全身的皮肤变白，祭司就要宣布他是洁净的。 14但如果他身上出现溃烂之处，他便不洁净。 15祭司看到他身上的溃烂之处，就要宣布他是不洁净的，因为那溃烂之处表明他患了麻风病。 16如果溃烂之处痊愈并变白，他就要去见祭司。 17祭司检查时，若发现溃烂之处确已变白，就要宣布他是洁净的，他便洁净了。
18“如果有人身上长疮，又痊愈了， 19但原患处出现白色肿包或白里带红的斑，他就要去让祭司检查。 20祭司检查时，若发现患处凹陷，患处的毛发变白，就要宣布他是不洁净的。这是疮变成了麻风病。 21但祭司检查时，若发现患处没有白毛，没有凹陷，肉色变淡，就要把他隔离七天。 22隔离期间，若患处扩散，祭司要宣布他是不洁净的，是患了麻风病。 23如果患处的斑原样未变，没有扩散，便是疮疤，祭司要宣布他是洁净的。
24“如果有人被火烧伤，患处变白或白中带红， 25祭司要检查他的患处。如果患处的毛发变白，伤口凹陷，他的烧伤已变成麻风病，祭司要宣布他是不洁净的，因为他患了麻风病。 26祭司检查时，若发现患处没有白毛，伤口没有凹陷，颜色变淡，就要把他隔离七天。 27第七天，祭司要再次检查，若发现患处扩散，就要宣布他是不洁净的，因为他患了麻风病。 28如果患处没有扩散，颜色变淡，就是烧伤引起的肿包，祭司要宣布他是洁净的，因为那不过是烧伤的疤痕。
29“如果有男女头上或下巴长疮， 30祭司要检查患处，若发现患处凹陷，上面有黄色细毛，就要宣布那人是不洁净的，因为那是疥癣，是麻风病。 31祭司检查时，若发现患处没有凹陷，没有黑毛，就要将那人隔离七天。 32第七天，祭司要检查患处，若发现疥癣没有扩散，上面没有黄毛，患处没有凹陷， 33那人要剃去头发和胡须，但不可剃患处的毛发。祭司要将他再隔离七天。 34第七天，祭司要再次检查，若发现疥癣没有扩散，患处没有凹陷，就要宣布那人是洁净的。那人要洗净衣服，便洁净了。 35那人洁净以后，疥癣若再次扩散， 36祭司就要再次检查。如果疥癣确已扩散，祭司不必再找黄毛，那人是不洁净的。 37如果祭司看到疥癣原样未变，患处长出黑毛，那人就已经痊愈，是洁净的。祭司要宣布那人是洁净的。
38“如果有男女身上长白斑， 39祭司要检查患处，若发现斑呈灰白色，就是皮疹，那人是洁净的。
40“如果有人脱发，成了秃头，他是洁净的。 41如果有人前额脱发，他只是前额光秃，仍是洁净的。 42如果在光秃的头上或前额上长出白里带红的疮，那就是麻风病。 43祭司要检查患处，若发现疮周围肿胀，看起来像麻风病， 44就是得了麻风病，那人是不洁净的。祭司要宣布那人是不洁净的。
45“患麻风病的人必须撕裂衣服，披头散发，遮住脸的下半部，高喊‘不洁净！不洁净！’ 46只要病不痊愈，他就不洁净，要独自住在营外。
霉变衣物的条例
47“如果衣物出现霉斑，不论是羊毛衣、细麻衣、 48羊毛织品、细麻织品，还是皮革或皮革制品， 49只要发现霉斑是绿色或红色的，那就是霉变，要拿给祭司检查。 50祭司检查后，要把那衣物隔离七天。 51第七天，祭司要再次检查，若发现衣物、编织品或皮革上的霉斑蔓延，那衣物就是不洁净的。 52不论那是衣服、羊毛或细麻织品，还是皮革制品，祭司都必须把它烧掉，因为那是霉变。必须烧掉霉变的衣物。 53如果祭司发现衣服、编织品或皮革上的霉斑没有蔓延， 54就要吩咐人洗净衣物，再隔离七天。 55之后，祭司要再次检查洗过的衣物，若发现霉斑原样未变，即使没有蔓延，那衣物也是不洁净的。无论衣物里面还是外面霉变，都必须把它烧掉。 56如果祭司发现洗过后霉斑退色，就要把霉变的部分从衣服、皮革、编织品上撕下来。 57以后衣物、编织品或皮革上若再次出现霉斑，便是旧患复发，要把它烧掉。 58如果洗过衣服、编织品或皮革后，霉斑消失了，要再洗一次就洁净了。
59“羊毛衣、细麻衣、编织品或皮革制品出现霉变时，以上条例可用来鉴定这些衣物是否洁净。”
