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.”
12-13. But if the disease has run its course and only the scars remain, he will say, “You are clean.”
14-15. If the sores come back and turn white with pus, he will say, “This is leprosy—you are unclean.”
16-17. However, if the sores heal and only white spots remain, the priest will say, “You are now clean.”
18-19. If you have a sore that either swells or turns reddish-white after it has healed, then you must show it to a priest.