Parashat "Tazri'a" - Leviticus 13:1-12

(1) יהוה spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:(2) When a person has on the skin of the body a swelling, a rash, or a discoloration, and it develops into a scaly affection on the skin of the body, it shall be reported*it shall be reported Or “[the person] shall be brought.” to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests.(3) The priest shall examine the affection on the skin of the body: if hair in the affected patch has turned white and the affection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body, it is a leprous*leprous Heb. ṣara‘ath is used for a variety of diseases. Where a human being is declared impure by reason of ṣara‘ath, the traditional translation “leprosy” has been retained without regard to modern medical terminology. affection; when the priest sees it, he shall pronounce the person impure.(4) But if it is a white discoloration on the skin of the body which does not appear to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the affected person for seven days.(5) On the seventh day the priest shall conduct an examination, and if the affection has remained unchanged in color and the disease has not spread on the skin, the priest shall isolate that person for another seven days.(6) On the seventh day the priest shall again conduct an examination: if the affection has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce the person pure. It is a rash; after washing those clothes, that person shall be pure.(7) But if the rash should spread on the skin after the person has been seen by the priest and pronounced pure, that person shall again report to the priest.(8) And if the priest sees that the rash has spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce that person impure; it is leprosy.(9) When a person has a scaly affection, it shall be reported*it shall be reported See note at 13.2. to the priest.(10) If the priest finds on the skin a white swelling which has turned some hair white, with a patch of undiscolored flesh*a patch of undiscolored flesh Others “quick raw flesh.” in the swelling,(11) it is chronic leprosy on the skin of the body, and the priest shall pronounce the person impure; being impure, that person need not be isolated.(12) If the eruption spreads out over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, wherever the priest can see—