Lexham English Bible

Leviticus 13:36-43 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

36. then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased area of skin has spread on the skin, the priest shall not inspect for bright red hair—he is unclean.

37. But if, in his eyes, the diseased area of skin has stayed unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the diseased area of skin is healed—he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38. “And when a man or a woman has spots on their body’s skin, white spots,

39. then the priest shall examine them, and if the spots on their body’s skin are a faded white, it is a skin rash; it has broken out on the skin—it is clean.

40. “And if a man becomes bald, his head is bald, he is clean.

41. And if he becomes bald from his forehead, his head is bald, he is clean.

42. But if a pinkish infection occurs on the bald spot or on the bald forehead, it is an infectious skin disease that sprouts on his bald spot or on his bald forehead.

43. So the priest shall examine him, and if the infection’s swelling is pinkish on his bald spot or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of an infectious skin disease on the body,