Still more about skin diseases

​Still more about skin diseases

“If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin, the priest must examine it. 

If he finds it is more than skin-deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. 

It is a scabby sore, of the head or chin. 

If the priest examines the scabby sore and finds that it is only skin-deep, but there is no black hair on it, he must quarantine the person for seven days. On the seventh day, the priest must examine the sore again. 

If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread, and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin-deep, the person must shave off all hair, except the hair on the affected area. 

Then the priest must quarantine the person, for another seven days. 

On the seventh day, he will examine the sore again. 

If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin-deep, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. 

The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean. 

But, if the scabby sore, begins to spread, after the person is pronounced clean, the priest must do another examination. 

If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean. 

But, if the color of the scabby sore does not change and black hair has grown on it, it has healed. 

The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean. 

“If anyone, either a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin, the priest must examine the affected area. 

If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean. 

“If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean. 

And, if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean. 

However, if a reddish white sore appears, on the bald area, on top of his head or on his forehead, this is a skin disease. 

The priest must examine him, and if he finds swelling around the reddish white sore, anywhere on the man’s head, and it looks like a skin disease, the man is indeed infected, with a skin disease, and is unclean. 

The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean, because of the sore on his head. 

“Those, who suffer from a serious skin disease, must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. 

They must cover their mouth and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 

As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. 

They must live in isolation, in their place, outside the camp. 

Leviticus 13:29–46 (NLT)

Praise be to God!


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