1 Verder het die HERE met Moses en A„ron gespreek en gesê:

2 As 'n mens in die vel van sy vlees 'n swelsel of uitslag of ligte vlek het, en dit in die vel van sy vlees 'n plaag van melaatsheid word, moet hy na die priester A„ron of na een van sy seuns, die priesters, gebring word;

3 en die priester moet na die aangetaste plek in die vel van die vlees kyk. Het die hare op die plek wit geword, en lyk dit of die plek dieper is as die vel van sy vlees, dan is dit die plaag van melaatsheid. As die priester dit sien, moet hy hom onrein verklaar.

4 Maar as dit 'n wit vlek in die vel van sy vlees is en dit nie dieper lyk as die vel nie, en die hare daarvan nie wit geword het nie, moet die priester die aangetaste persoon sewe dae lank opsluit.

5 As die priester hom op die sewende dag bekyk en sien dat die aangetaste plek, volgens hy kan sien, dieselfde gebly het, die plek nie in die vel versprei het nie, dan moet die priester hom nog 'n keer sewe dae lank opsluit.

6 Bekyk die priester hom dan op die sewende dag nog 'n keer en sien hy dat die aangetaste plek dof van kleur geword en die plek in die vel nie versprei het nie, dan moet die priester hom rein verklaar. Dit is 'n uitslag; en hy moet sy klere was, dan is hy rein.

7 Maar as die uitslag werklik in die vel versprei nadat hy hom aan die priester vertoon het om rein te word, moet hy hom nog 'n keer aan die priester vertoon.

8 En sien die priester dat die uitslag in die vel versprei het, dan moet die priester hom onrein verklaar. Dit is melaatsheid.

9 As die plaag van melaatsheid aan 'n mens is, moet hy na die priester gebring word.

10 En as die priester sien dat daar 'n wit swelsel in die vel is wat die hare wit gemaak het, terwyl daar wilde vlees in die swelsel groei,

11 dan is dit 'n verouderde melaatsheid in die vel van sy vlees, en die priester moet hom onrein verklaar. Hy moet hom nie opsluit nie, want hy is onrein.

12 Maar as die melaatsheid so geweldig in die vel uitbreek, dat die melaatsheid die hele vel van die aangetaste persoon van sy hoof tot sy voete oordek, so ver as wat die oë van die priester kan sien;

13 en sien die priester dat die melaatsheid sy hele vlees oordek het, dan moet hy die aangetaste persoon rein verklaar: hy het heeltemal wit geword, hy is rein.

14 Maar so gou as wilde vlees aan hom gesien word, sal hy onrein wees;

15 en as die priester die wilde vlees sien, moet hy hom onrein verklaar. Die wilde vlees is onrein, dit is melaatsheid.

16 Maar as die wilde vlees weer weggaan en hy wit word, moet hy na die priester kom.

17 As die priester hom dan bekyk en sien dat die aangetaste plek wit geword het, dan moet die priester die aangetaste persoon rein verklaar; hy is rein.

18 Maar as daar in die vlees aan hom, naamlik in die vel, 'n sweer is en gesond word,

19 maar in die plek van die sweer 'n wit swelsel of 'n rooierige wit vlek kom, moet hy hom aan die priester vertoon.

20 As die priester sien dat dit dieper lyk as die vel, en die hare daarvan wit geword het, dan moet die priester hom onrein verklaar; dit is 'n plaag van melaatsheid, dit het in die sweer uitgebreek.

21 Maar as die priester dit bekyk, en daar geen wit hare op is nie, en dit nie dieper as die vel is nie en dof van kleur geword het, dan moet die priester hom sewe dae lank opsluit.

22 En as dit werklik in die vel versprei, moet die priester hom onrein verklaar; dit is 'n plaag van melaatsheid.

23 Maar as die ligte vlek bly waar dit is, nie versprei het nie, is dit die litteken van die sweer, en die priester moet hom rein verklaar.

24 Of as in die vlees, in sy vel 'n brandplek van vuur is en die nuwe vlees van die brandplek 'n rooierige wit of wit vlek is;

25 en die priester dit bekyk en sien dat die hare op die ligte vlek wit geword het en dit dieper lyk as die vel, dan is dit melaatsheid; in die brandplek het dit uitgebreek. Daarom moet die priester hom onrein verklaar; dit is die plaag van melaatsheid.

26 Maar as die priester dit bekyk en sien dat op die ligte vlek geen wit hare is nie, en dit nie dieper as die vel is nie en dof van kleur geword het, dan moet die priester hom sewe dae lank opsluit.

27 Dan moet die priester op die sewende dag hom bekyk. As dit werklik in die vel versprei het, moet die priester hom onrein verklaar; dit is die plaag van melaatsheid.

28 Maar as die ligte vlek bly waar dit is, nie in die vel versprei het nie en dof van kleur geword het, dan is dit die swelsel van die brandplek. Daarom moet die priester hom rein verklaar, want dit is die litteken van die brandplek.

29 Verder, as daar by 'n man of vrou 'n aangetaste plek aan die hoof of in die baard is,

30 en die priester die plek bekyk en sien dat dit dieper lyk as die vel, en daar geel dun hare op is, dan moet die priester hom onrein verklaar; dit is skurfte, dit is melaatsheid van die hoof of van die baard.

31 Maar as die priester die plaag van skurfte bekyk en sien dat dit nie dieper as die vel lyk nie, en daar geen swart hare op is nie, dan moet die priester die deur skurfte aangetaste persoon sewe dae lank opsluit.

32 Bekyk die priester dan op die sewende dag die aangetaste plek en sien hy dat die skurfte nie versprei het nie, en daar geen geel hare op is nie, en die skurfte nie dieper lyk as die vel nie,

33 dan moet die persoon hom skeer, maar die skurwe plek moet hy nie skeer nie, en die priester moet die skurwe persoon nog 'n keer sewe dae lank opsluit.

34 Bekyk die priester dan die skurfte op die sewende dag en sien hy dat die skurfte nie in die vel versprei het nie en dit nie dieper as die vel lyk nie, dan moet die priester hom rein verklaar. En hy moet sy klere was en sal rein wees.

35 Maar as die skurfte werklik in die vel versprei nadat hy rein verklaar is,

36 en die priester dit bekyk en sien dat die skurfte in die vel versprei het, dan hoef die priester nie na die geel hare te soek nie; hy is onrein.

37 Maar as die skurfte, volgens hy kan sien, dieselfde gebly en swart hare daarop gegroei het, dan is die skurfte gesond. Hy is rein, en die priester moet hom rein verklaar.

38 Verder, as 'n man of vrou in die vel van hulle vlees ligte vlekke, wit vlekke het,

39 en die priester sien dat daar dowwe wit vlekke in die vel van hulle vlees is, dan is dit gewone uitslag wat in die vel uitgebreek het; hy is rein.

40 En as 'n man se hoof kaal word, is hy 'n kaalkop; hy is rein.

41 En as sy hoof aan die voorkant kaal word, het hy 'n bles; hy is rein.

42 Maar as daar in die kaalte of in die bles 'n rooierige wit plek is, dan is dit melaatsheid wat uitbreek in die kaalte of in die bles.

43 As die priester dit bekyk en sien dat die swelsel van die aangetaste plek in die kaalte of in die bles rooierig wit is, wat lyk soos die melaatsheid van die vel van die vlees,

44 dan is hy 'n melaatse, hy is onrein; die priester moet hom sekerlik onrein verklaar; op sy hoof het hy die plaag.

45 Verder moet in die klere van die melaatse op wie die plaag is, skeure wees, en sy hare moet los hang; ook moet hy sy baard bedek en roep: Onrein, onrein!

46 Al die tyd dat die plaag op hom is, sal hy onrein wees. Onrein is hy; alleen moet hy woon; buitekant die laer moet sy woning wees.

47 Verder, as daar in 'n kledingstuk die plaag van melaatsheid is, in 'n kledingstuk van wol of linne;

48 of in die skeerdraad of die inslag van linne of wol, of in 'n vel of enige leerwerk;

49 en die aangetaste plek in die kledingstuk of in die vel of in die skeerdraad of die inslag of in enige leervoorwerp liggroen of rooierig is, dan is dit 'n plaag van melaatsheid, en hulle moet die priester dit laat sien.

50 Die priester moet dan die aangetaste plek bekyk en die aangetaste voorwerp sewe dae lank opsluit.

51 Dan moet hy op die sewende dag die plek bekyk; as die plaag versprei het in die kledingstuk of in die skeerdraad of die inslag of in die vel, vir watter diens die vel ook al verwerk is, dan is die plaag 'n kwaadaardige melaatsheid; so iets is onrein.

52 Daarom moet hy die kledingstuk of die skeerdraad of die inslag van wol of van linne of enige leervoorwerp waarin die aangetaste plek is, verbrand; want dit is 'n kwaadaardige melaatsheid. Dit moet met vuur verbrand word.

53 Maar as die priester sien dat die plek in die kledingstuk of in die skeerdraad of die inslag of in enige leervoorwerp nie versprei het nie,

54 dan moet die priester beveel dat hulle die voorwerp was waar die plek aan is; en hy moet dit nog 'n keer sewe dae lank opsluit.

55 As die priester dan die aangetaste voorwerp bekyk, nadat dit gewas is, en sien dat die plek nog net so lyk, hoewel die plek nie versprei het nie, dan is dit onrein; jy moet dit met vuur verbrand. Dit is 'n invreting aan die agter of aan die voorkant.

56 Maar as die priester sien dat die plek, nadat dit gewas is, dof van kleur geword het, dan moet hy dit uit die kledingstuk of uit die vel of uit die skeerdraad of die inslag uitskeur.

57 Maar as dit nog in die kledingstuk of in die skeerdraad of die inslag of in enige leervoorwerp gesien word, dan is dit 'n melaatsheid wat weer uitbreek; jy moet die aangetaste voorwerp met vuur verbrand.

58 Maar die kledingstuk of die skeerdraad of die inslag of enige leervoorwerp wat jy was as die plek daaruit verdwyn het, moet dit nog 'n keer gewas word, en dit sal rein wees.

59 Dit is die wet oor die plaag van melaatsheid in 'n kledingstuk van wol of linne of in die skeerdraad of die inslag of in enige leervoorwerp, om dit rein of onrein te verklaar.

1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

2 If a man has on his skin a growth or a mark or a white place, and it becomes the disease of a leper, let him be taken to Aaron the priest, or to one of the priests, his sons;

3 And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.

4 But if the mark on his skin is white, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is not turned white, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days;

5 And the priest is to see him on the seventh day; and if, in his opinion, the place on his skin has not become worse and is not increased in size, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days more:

6 And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; and if the mark is less bright and is not increased on his skin, then let the priest say that he is clean: it is only a skin-mark, and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.

7 But if the size of the mark on his skin is increased after he has been seen by the priest, let him go to the priest again:

8 And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.

9 When the disease of a leper is seen on a man, let him be taken to the priest;

10 And if the priest sees that there is a white growth on the skin, and the hair is turned white, and there is diseased flesh in the growth,

11 It is an old disease in the skin of his flesh, and the priest will say that he is unclean; he will not have to be shut up, for he is clearly unclean.

12 And if the disease comes out all over his skin, from his head to his feet, as far as the priest is able to see,

13 And if the priest sees that all his flesh is covered with the leper's disease, the priest will say that he is clean: it is all turned white, he is clean.

14 But whenever diseased flesh is seen on him, he will be unclean.

15 And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper.

16 Or if the diseased flesh is turned again and changed to white then he is to come to the priest,

17 And the priest will see him: and if the place is turned white, then the priest will say that he is free from the disease.

18 And if a bad place has come out on the skin and is well again,

19 And on the same place there is a white growth of a bright mark, red and white, then let the priest see it;

20 And after looking at it, if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is turned white, then the priest will say that the man is unclean: it is the leper's disease, it has come out in the bad place.

21 But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

22 And if it is increasing on the skin, the priest will say that he is unclean: it is a disease.

23 But if the bright mark keeps in the same place and gets no greater, it is the mark of the old wound, and the priest will say that he is clean.

24 Or if there is a burn on the skin of the flesh, and if the diseased flesh in the burn becomes a bright place, red and white or white,

25 The priest is to see it: and if the hair on the bright place is turned white and it seems to go deeper than the skin, he is a leper: it has come out in the burn, and the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.

26 But if, after looking at it, the priest sees that there is no white hair on the bright place, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

27 And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; if it is increased in the skin, then the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.

28 And if the bright place keeps the same size and gets no greater on the skin, but is less bright, it is the effect of the burn, and the priest will say that he is clean: it is the mark of the burn.

29 And when a man or a woman has a disease on the head, or in the hair of the chin,

30 Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.

31 And after looking at the diseased place, if it does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest will have him shut up for seven days:

32 And on the seventh day the priest will see the place: and if it is not increased, and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not seem to go deeper than the skin,

33 Then his hair is to be cut off, but not on the diseased place, and he is to be shut up for seven days more:

34 And on the seventh day the priest will see the place: and if it is not increased, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, the priest will say that he is clean: and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.

35 But if the disease in his skin becomes worse after he has been made clean,

36 Then the priest is to see him: and if the mark is increased, the priest, without looking for the yellow hair, will say that he is unclean.

37 But if, in his opinion, the growth is stopped, and black hair has come up on it, the disease has gone; he is clean and the priest will say that he is clean.

38 And if a man or a woman has bright marks on the skin of their flesh, that is, bright white marks,

39 Then the priest is to see them: and if the white marks on their skin are not very bright, it is a skin disease which has come out on the skin; he is clean.

40 And if a man's hair has come out and he has no hair, still he is clean.

41 And if the hair has gone from the front part of his head, so that he has no hair there, still he is clean.

42 But if, on his head or on his brow, where he has no hair, there is a red and white place, it is the disease of the leper coming out on his head or on his brow.

43 Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper;

44 He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head.

45 And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean.

46 While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.

47 And any clothing of wool or of linen in which is the mark of the disease;

48 If it is in the threads of the linen or of the wool, or in leather, or in anything made of skin;

49 If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it.

50 And after it has been seen by the priest, the thing which is so marked is to be shut up for seven days:

51 And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather, whatever the leather is used for, it is the disease biting into it: it is unclean.

52 And the clothing, or the wool or linen material, or anything of leather in which is the disease, is to be burned: for the disease is biting into it; let it be burned in the fire.

53 And if the priest sees that the mark is not increased in the clothing or in any part of the material or in the leather,

54 Then the priest will give orders for the thing on which the mark is, to be washed, and to be shut up for seven days more:

55 And if, after the mark has been washed, the priest sees that the colour of it is not changed and it is not increased, it is to be burned in the fire: the disease is working in it, though the damage may be inside or outside.

56 And if the priest sees that the mark is less bright after the washing, then let him have it cut out of the clothing or the leather or from the threads of the material:

57 And if the mark is still seen in the clothing or in the threads of the material or in the leather, it is the disease coming out: the thing in which the disease is will have to be burned with fire.

58 And the material of the clothing, or anything of skin, which has been washed, if the mark has gone out of it, let it be washed a second time and it will be clean.

59 This is the law about the leper's disease in the thread of wool or linen material, in clothing or in anything of skin, saying how it is to be judged clean or unclean.