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Leviticus 13:30

28 But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.

29 If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.

31 But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.

32 On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,

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BSB
the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
KJV
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
WEB
then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an itch. It is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
ASV
then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
DARBY
and the priest look on the sore, and behold, it looketh deeper than the skin, and there is in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scall, the leprosy of the head or the beard.
BLB
then the priest shall examine the plague, and behold, [if] its appearance [is] deeper than the skin, and in it [is] thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a scale—it [is] a leprosy of the head or of the beard.
ÅB
så skal presten se på det syke sted, og dersom han finner at det ser dypere ut enn huden ellers, og at det er gule, tynne hår på det, da skal han si ham uren; det er skurv, spedalskhet på hodet eller i skjegget.
OTB
skal presten undersøke infeksjonen, og hvis det ser dypere ut enn huden og det er tynt gulaktig hår, skal presten erklære dem urene; det er en skurv, det er spedalskhet på hodet eller skjegget.
B1930
så skal presten se på det syke sted, og dersom han finner at det ser dypere ut enn huden ellers, og at det er gule, tynne hår på det, da skal han si ham uren; det er skurv, spedalskhet på hodet eller i skjegget.

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  • Leviticus 13:34–37

    On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.

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  • Leviticus 14:54

    This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,

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