Leviticus 13
1 The Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, and seide,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 A man in whos skyn and fleisch rysith dyuerse colour, ether whelke, ethir as `sum schynynge thing, that is, a wounde of lepre, he schal be brouyt to Aaron preest, ether to oon `who euer of hise sones;
The man in whose skin or flesh shalt arise a different colour or a blister, or as it were something shining, that is, the stroke of the leprosy, shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or any one of his sons.
3 and whanne he seeth lepre in the skyn, and the heeris chaungide in to whijte colour, and that spice of lepre lowere than the tother skyn and fleisch, it is a wounde of lepre, and he schal be departid at the `doom of the preest.
And if he see the leprosy in his skin, and the hair turned white, and the place where the leprosy appears lower than the skin and the rest of the flesh: it is the stroke of the leprosy, and upon his judgment he shall be separated.
4 Sotheli if schynyng whijtnesse is in the skyn, nethir is lower than the tother fleisch, and the heeris ben of the formere colour, the preest schal close hym seuene daies;
But if there be a shining whiteness in the skin, and not lower than the other flesh, and the hair be of the former colour, the priest shall shut him up seven days.
5 and schal biholde hym in the seuenthe dai, and sotheli if the lepre wexith not ferther, nethir passith the formere termes in the fleisch, eft the preest schal close hym ayen seuene other daies;
And the seventh day he shall look on him: and if the leprosy be grown no farther, and hath not spread itself in the skin, he shall shut him up again other seven days.
6 and schal biholde in the seuenthe day, if the lepre is derkere, and wexith not in the fleisch, the preest schal clense hym, for it is a scabbe; and the man schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be clene.
And on the seventh day, he shall look on him: if the leprosy be somewhat obscure, and not spread in the skin, he shall declare him clean, because it is but a scab: and the man shall wash his clothes, and shall be clean.
7 That if the lepre wexith eft, aftir that he is seyn of the preest, and is yoldun to clennesse, he schal be brouyt to the preest, and schal be demed of vnclennesse.
But if the leprosy grow again, after he was seen by the priest and restored to cleanness, he shall be brought to him,
8 If the wounde of lepre is in man, he schal be brouyt to the preest, and he schal se the man;
And shall be condemned of uncleanness.
9 and whanne whijt colour is in the fleisch, and chaungith the siyt of heeris, and thilke fleisch apperith quyk,
If the stroke of the leprosy be in a man, he shall be brought to the priest,
10 it schal be demid eldest lepre, and growun to the skyn; therfor the preest schal defoule hym,
And he shall view him. And when there shall be a white colour in the skin, and it shall have changed the look of the hair, and the living flesh itself shall appear:
11 and he schal not close eft, for it is of opyn vnclennesse.
It shall be judged an inveterate leprosy, and grown into the skin. The priest therefore shall declare him unclean, and shall not shut him up, because he is evidently unclean.
12 But if lepre rennynge about in the skyn `flourith out, and hilith al the fleisch, fro the heed til to the feet, what euer thing fallith vndur the siyt of iyen; the preest schal biholde hym,
But if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin, and cover all the skin from the head to the feet, whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes,
13 and schal deme `that he is holdun with clenneste lepre, for all the skyn is turned in to whijtnesse, and therfor the man schal be cleene.
The priest shall view him, and shall judge that the leprosy which he has is very clean: because it is all turned into whiteness, and therefore the man shall be clean.
14 Sotheli whanne quyk fleisch apperith in hym,
But when the live flesh shall appear in him,
15 thanne he schal be defoulid bi the doom of the preest, and he schal be arettid among vncleene men; for quyk fleisch is vnclene, if it is spreynt with lepre.
Then by the judgment of the priest he shall be defiled, and shall be reckoned among the unclean: for live flesh, if it be spotted with leprosy, is unclean.
16 That if the fleisch is turned eft in to whijtnesse, and hilith al the man,
And if again it be turned into whiteness, and cover all the man,
17 the preest schal biholde hym, and schal deme, that he is cleene.
The priest shall view him, and shall judge him to be clean.
18 Fleisch and skyn, in which a botche is bred,
When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed,
19 and is heelid, and `a step of wounde apperith whijt, ethir `sum deel reed, `in the place of the botche, the man schal be brouyt to the preest;
And in the place of the ulcer, there appeareth a white scar, or somewhat red, the man shall be brought to the priest:
20 and whanne the preest seeth the place of lepre lowere than the tother fleisch, and the heeris turned in to whijtnesse, the preest schal defoule hym; for the wounde of lepre is bred in the botche.
And when he shall see the place of the leprosy lower than the other flesh, and the hair turned white, he shall declare him unclean, for the plague of leprosy is broken out in the ulcer.
21 That if the heer is of the former colour, and the signe of wounde is sumdeel derk, and is not lowere than the `nyy fleisch, the preest schal close the man seuene daies;
But if the hair be of the former colour, and the scar somewhat obscure, and be not lower than the flesh that is near it, he shall shut him up seven days.
22 and sotheli, if it wexith, the preest schal deme the man of lepre;
And if it spread, he shall judge him to have the leprosy:
23 forsothe if it stondith in his place, it is a signe of botche, and the man schal be cleene.
But if it stay in its place, it is but the scar of an ulcer, and the man shall be clean.
24 Fleisch and skyn, which the fier hath brent, and is heelid, and hath a whijt ethir reed `signe of wounde,
The flesh also and skin that hath been burnt, and after it is healed hath a white or a red scar,
25 the preest schal biholde it, and lo! if it is turned in to whijtnesse, and the place therof is lowere than the tothir skyn, the preest schal defoule the man, for a wounde of lepre is bred in the `signe of wounde.
The priest shall view it, and if he see it turned white, and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar.
26 That if the colour of heeris is not chaungid, nether the wounde is lowere than the tother fleisch, and thilke spice of lepre is sumdeel derk, the preest schal close the man bi seuene daies;
But if the colour of the hair be not changed, nor the blemish lower than the other flesh, and the appearance of the leprosy be somewhat obscure, he shall shut him up seven days,
27 and in the seuenthe dai he schal biholde; if the lepre wexith in the fleisch, the preest schal defoule the man;
And on the seventh day he shall view him: if the leprosy be grown farther in the skin, he shall declare him unclean.
28 ellis if the whijtnesse stondith in his place, and is not cleer ynow, it is a wounde of brennyng, and therfor the man schal be clensid, for it is a signe of brennyng.
But if the whiteness stay in its place, and be not very clear, it is the sore of a burning, and therefore he shall be cleansed, because it is only the scar of a burning.
29 A man ethir womman, in whos heed ether beerd lepre buriounneth, the preest schal se hem;
If the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man or woman, the Priest shall see them,
30 and if the place is lowere than the tothir fleisch, and the heer is whijt, `and is sotilere, `ether smallere, than it is wont, the preest schal defoule hem, for it is lepre of the heed, and of the beerd.
And if the place be lower than the other flesh, and the hair yellow, and thinner than usual: he shall declare them unclean, because it is the leprosy of the head and the beard;
31 Ellis if he seeth the place of wem euene with the nyy fleisch, and seeth the here blak, the preest schal close hem bi seuene daies, and schal se in the seuenthe dai;
But if he perceive the place of the spot is equal with the flesh that is near it, and the hair black: he shall shut him up seven days,
32 if the wem waxith not, and the heer is of his colour, and the place of wounde is euene with the tother fleisch,
And on the seventh day he shall look upon it. If the spot be not grown, and the hair keep its colour, and the place of the blemish be even with the other flesh:
33 the man schal be schauun, without the place of wem, and he schal be closid eft bi seuene othere daies.
The man shall be shaven all but the place of the spot, and he shall be shut up other seven days:
34 If in the seuenthe day the wounde is seyn to haue stonde in his place, nether is lowere than the tother fleisch, the preest schal clense the man; and whanne his clothis ben waischun, he schal be cleene.
If on the seventh day the evil seem to have stayed in its place, and not lower than the other flesh, he shall cleanse him, and his clothes being washed he shall be clean.
35 Ellis if aftir the clensyng a spotte wexith eft in the skyn,
But if after his cleansing the spot spread again in the skin,
36 the preest schal no more enquere, whether the heer is chaungid in to whijt colour, for apeertli he is vncleene.
He shall seek no more whether the hair be turned yellow, because he is evidently unclean.
37 Sotheli if the spotte stondith, and the heeris ben blake, knowe the preest that the man is heelid, and tristili `pronounce he the man cleene.
But if the spot be stayed, and the hair be black, let him know that the man is healed, and let him confidently pronounce him clean.
38 A man ethir a womman, in whos skyn whijtnesse apperith, the preest schal biholde hem;
If a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or a woman,
39 if he perseyueth, that whijtnesse `sum deel derk schyneth in the skyn, wite he, that it is no lepre, but a spotte of whijt colour, and that the man is cleene.
The priest shall view them. If he find that a darkish whiteness shineth in the skin, let him know that it is not the leprosy, but a white blemish, and that the man is clean.
40 A man of whos heed heeris fleten awei, is calu, and clene;
The man whose hair falleth off from his head, he is bald and clean:
41 and if heeris fallen fro the forheed, he is ballid,
And if the hair fall from his forehead, he is bald before and clean.
42 and is cleene; ellis if in the ballidnesse bifore, ether in the ballidnesse bihynde, whijt ether reed colour is bred, and the preest seeth this,
But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be risen a white or reddish colour,
43 he schal condempne the man without doute of lepre, which is bred in the ballidnesse.
And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy which is risen in the bald part.
44 Therfor whoeuer is defoulid with lepre, and is departid at the doom of the preest,
Now whosoever shall be defiled with the leprosy, and is separated by the judgment of the priest,
45 he schal haue hise clothis vnsewid, bareheed, the mouth hilid with a cloth, he schal crye hym silf defoulid, and viyl;
Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth, and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean.
46 in al tyme in which he is lepre and vnclene, he schal dwelle aloone without the castels.
All the time that he is a leper and unclean, he shall dwell alone without the camp.
47 A wollun cloth, ethir lynnun, that hath lepre in the warp,
A woollen or linen garment that shall have the leprosy
48 ethir oof, ethir certis a skyn, ether what euer thing is maad of skiyn,
In the warp, and the woof, or a skin. or whatsoever is made of a skin,
49 if it is corrupt with a whijt spotte, ethir reed, it schal be arettid lepre, and it schal be schewid to the preest;
If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shewn to the priest.
50 which schal close it biholden bi seuene daies.
And he shall look upon it and shall shut it up seven days:
51 And eft he schal biholde in the seuenthe dai, and if he perseyueth, that it wexide, it schal be contynuel lepre; he schal deme the cloth defoulid, and al thing in which it is foundun;
And on the seventh day when he looketh on it again, if he find that it if grown, it is a Axed leprosy: he shall judge the garment unclean, and every thing wherein it shall be found:
52 and therfor the cloth schal be brent in flawmes.
And therefore it shall be burnt with fire.
53 That if he seeth that the spotte wexide not, he schal comaunde,
But if he see that it is not grown,
54 and thei schulen waische that thing wherynne the lepre is, and he schal close it ayen bi seuene othere daies;
He shall give orders, and they shall wash that part wherein the leprosy is, and he shall shut it up other seven days.
55 and whanne he seeth the formere face not turned ayen, netheles that nether the lepre wexede, he schal deme that thing vnclene, and he schal brenne it in fier, for lepre is sched in the ouer part of the cloth, ether thorouy al.
And when he shall see that the former colour is not returned, nor yet the leprosy spread, he shall judge it unclean, and shall burn it with fire, for the leprosy has taken hold of the outside of the garment, or through the whole.
56 Ellis if the `place of lepre is derkere, aftir that the cloth is waischun, he schal breke awey that place, and schal departe fro the hool.
But if the place of the leprosy be somewhat dark, after the garment is washed, he shall tear it off, and divide it from that which is sound.
57 That if fleynge lepre and vnstidefast apperith ferthermore in these places, that weren vnwemmed bifore, it owith be brent in fier; if it ceessith,
And if after this there appear in those places that before were without spot, a flying and wandering leprosy: it must be burnt with fire.
58 he schal waische the secounde tyme tho thingis that ben cleene, and tho schulen be cleene.
If it cease, he shall wash with water the parts that are pure, the second time, and they shall be clean.
59 This is the lawe of lepre of cloth, wollun and lynnun, of warp and of oof, and of al purtenaunce of skiyn, hou it owith to be clensyd, ethir `to be defoulid.
This is the law touching the leprosy of any woollen or linen garment, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skins, how it ought to be cleansed, or pronounced unclean.
