1. The Lord told Moses and Aaron to say to the people:
2. If sores or boils or a skin rash should break out and start spreading on your body, you must be brought to Aaron or to one of the other priests.
3. If the priest discovers that the hair in the infected area has turned white and that the infection seems more than skin deep, he will say, “This is leprosy—you are unclean.”
4. But if the infected area is white and only skin deep, and if the hair in it hasn't turned white, the priest will order you to stay away from everyone else for seven days.
5. If the disease hasn't spread by that time, he will order you to stay away from everyone else for another seven days.
6. Then if the disease hasn't got any worse or spread, the priest will say, “You are clean. It was only a sore. After you wash your clothes, you may go home.”
7. However, if the disease comes back, you must return to the priest.
8. If it is discovered that the disease has started spreading, he will say, “This is leprosy—you are unclean.”
9. Any of you with a skin disease must be brought to a priest.