Catholic Public Domain Version

Leviticus 13:40-55 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

40. The man whose hair falls off of his head is bald and clean.

41. And if the hair falls off of his forehead, he is bald in front and clean.

42. But if in the bald head or bald forehead there has arisen a white or reddish color,

43. and the priest will have seen this, he shall condemn him without doubt of leprosy, which has arisen in the baldness.

44. Therefore, whoever will have been spotted by leprosy, and who has been separated at the judgment of the priest,

45. shall have his clothes unstitched, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth, and he himself shall cry out that he is contaminated and filthy.

46. The entire time that he is a leper and unclean he shall live alone outside the camp.

47. A woolen or linen garment that will have held the leprosy,

48. in the main fibers or in any of the threads, or certainly in a skin, or whatever has been made from a skin,

49. if it has been infected with a white or red spot, it shall be considered to be leprosy, and it shall be shown to the priest.

50. And he, having examined it, shall close it up for seven days.

51. And on the seventh day, having looked at it again, if he detects an increase, it is a persistent leprosy; he shall judge the garment to be polluted, along with everything with which it has been found.

52. And because of this, it shall be burned in flames.

53. But if he will have seen that it has not increased,

54. he shall instruct them, and they shall wash whatever has the leprosy in it, and he shall close it up for another seven days.

55. And when he will have seen that the former appearance has not returned, even if the leprosy has not increased, he shall judge it to be unclean, and he shall burn it with fire, for the leprosy has been infused in the exterior of the garment, or throughout the whole.