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.”
有關痲瘋病的條例
1耶和華對摩西和亞倫說：
2「如果有人皮膚上長腫包、皮疹或白斑，出現痲瘋病13·2 「痲瘋病」此處為傳統譯法，希伯來文的意思指包括痲瘋病在內的各種嚴重皮膚病。症狀，要將他帶到祭司亞倫或亞倫做祭司的子孫那裡。 3祭司要檢查患處，如果患處凹陷，患處的毛髮變白，就是痲瘋病，要宣佈他是不潔淨的。 4如果那人的患處有白斑，沒有凹陷，患處的毛髮也沒有變白，祭司要把他隔離七天。 5第七天，祭司要再次檢查患處，如果患處沒有惡化，沒有擴散，祭司要把他再隔離七天。 6第七天，祭司要再次檢查，如果患處顏色變淡，也沒有擴散，祭司要宣佈他是潔淨的。他患的不過是皮疹，他要洗淨衣物，便會潔淨。 7如果祭司已查看並宣佈他是潔淨的，但皮疹又擴散，他必須再去見祭司。 8祭司檢查時，如果發現皮疹已擴散，就要宣佈他是不潔淨的，患了痲瘋病。
9「如果有人患痲瘋病，必須將他帶到祭司面前。 10祭司檢查時，如果發現他皮膚上有白色腫包，毛髮變白，患處出現瘡口， 11他就是患了慢性痲瘋病，祭司要宣佈他是不潔淨的。他無須被隔離，因他已經不潔淨。 12如果他的痲瘋病已擴散，頭上腳上到處可見， 13祭司就要檢查。如果發現痲瘋病已擴散到他全身，全身的皮膚變白，祭司就要宣佈他是潔淨的。 14但如果他身上出現潰爛之處，他便不潔淨。 15祭司看到他身上的潰爛之處，就要宣佈他是不潔淨的，因為那潰爛之處表明他患了痲瘋病。 16如果潰爛之處痊癒並變白，他就要去見祭司。 17祭司檢查時，若發現潰爛之處確已變白，就要宣佈他是潔淨的，他便潔淨了。
18「如果有人身上長瘡，又痊癒了， 19但原患處出現白色腫包或白裡帶紅的斑，他就要去讓祭司檢查。 20祭司檢查時，若發現患處凹陷，患處的毛髮變白，就要宣佈他是不潔淨的。這是瘡變成了痲瘋病。 21但祭司檢查時，若發現患處沒有白毛，沒有凹陷，肉色變淡，就要把他隔離七天。 22隔離期間，若患處擴散，祭司要宣佈他是不潔淨的，是患了痲瘋病。 23如果患處的斑原樣未變，沒有擴散，便是瘡疤，祭司要宣佈他是潔淨的。
24「如果有人被火燒傷，患處變白或白中帶紅， 25祭司要檢查他的患處。如果患處的毛髮變白，傷口凹陷，他的燒傷已變成痲瘋病，祭司要宣佈他是不潔淨的，因為他患了痲瘋病。 26祭司檢查時，若發現患處沒有白毛，傷口沒有凹陷，顏色變淡，就要把他隔離七天。 27第七天，祭司要再次檢查，若發現患處擴散，就要宣佈他是不潔淨的，因為他患了痲瘋病。 28如果患處沒有擴散，顏色變淡，就是燒傷引起的腫包，祭司要宣佈他是潔淨的，因為那不過是燒傷的疤痕。
29「如果有男女頭上或下巴長瘡， 30祭司要檢查患處，若發現患處凹陷，上面有黃色細毛，就要宣佈那人是不潔淨的，因為那是疥癬，是痲瘋病。 31祭司檢查時，若發現患處沒有凹陷，沒有黑毛，就要將那人隔離七天。 32第七天，祭司要檢查患處，若發現疥癬沒有擴散，上面沒有黃毛，患處沒有凹陷， 33那人要剃去頭髮和鬍鬚，但不可剃患處的毛髮。祭司要將他再隔離七天。 34第七天，祭司要再次檢查，若發現疥癬沒有擴散，患處沒有凹陷，就要宣佈那人是潔淨的。那人要洗淨衣服，便潔淨了。 35那人潔淨以後，疥癬若再次擴散， 36祭司就要再次檢查。如果疥癬確已擴散，祭司不必再找黃毛，那人是不潔淨的。 37如果祭司看到疥癬原樣未變，患處長出黑毛，那人就已經痊癒，是潔淨的。祭司要宣佈那人是潔淨的。
38「如果有男女身上長白斑， 39祭司要檢查患處，若發現斑呈灰白色，就是皮疹，那人是潔淨的。
40「如果有人脫髮，成了禿頭，他是潔淨的。 41如果有人前額脫髮，他只是前額光禿，仍是潔淨的。 42如果在光禿的頭上或前額上長出白裡帶紅的瘡，那就是痲瘋病。 43祭司要檢查患處，若發現瘡周圍腫脹，看起來像痲瘋病， 44就是得了痲瘋病，那人是不潔淨的。祭司要宣佈那人是不潔淨的。
45「患痲瘋病的人必須撕裂衣服，披頭散髮，遮住臉的下半部，高喊『不潔淨！不潔淨！』 46只要病不痊癒，他就不潔淨，要獨自住在營外。
黴變衣物的條例
47「如果衣物出現黴斑，不論是羊毛衣、細麻衣、 48羊毛織品、細麻織品，還是皮革或皮革製品， 49只要發現黴斑是綠色或紅色的，那就是黴變，要拿給祭司檢查。 50祭司檢查後，要把那衣物隔離七天。 51第七天，祭司要再次檢查，若發現衣物、編織品或皮革上的黴斑蔓延，那衣物就是不潔淨的。 52不論那是衣服、羊毛或細麻織品，還是皮革製品，祭司都必須把它燒掉，因為那是黴變。必須燒掉黴變的衣物。 53如果祭司發現衣服、編織品或皮革上的黴斑沒有蔓延， 54就要吩咐人洗淨衣物，再隔離七天。 55之後，祭司要再次檢查洗過的衣物，若發現黴斑原樣未變，即使沒有蔓延，那衣物也是不潔淨的。無論衣物裡面還是外面黴變，都必須把它燒掉。 56如果祭司發現洗過後黴斑退色，就要把黴變的部分從衣服、皮革、編織品上撕下來。 57以後衣物、編織品或皮革上若再次出現黴斑，便是舊患復發，要把它燒掉。 58如果洗過衣服、編織品或皮革後，黴斑消失了，要再洗一次就潔淨了。
59「羊毛衣、細麻衣、編織品或皮革製品出現黴變時，以上條例可用來鑒定這些衣物是否潔淨。」
