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1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2The man in whose skin or flesh there will have arisen a diverse color, or a pustule, or something that seems to shine, which is the mark of leprosy, shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to anyone you wish among his sons. 3And if he sees that leprosy is in his skin, and that the hair has turned a white color, and that the place where the leprosy appears is lower than the rest of the skin and the flesh, then it is the mark of leprosy, and at his judgment he shall be separated. 4But if there will be a shining whiteness in the skin, but it is not lower than the rest of the flesh, and the hair is of unaffected color, the priest shall seclude him for seven days. 5And on the seventh day he shall examine him, and if the leprosy certainly has not increased further, and has not spread itself in the skin, he shall seclude him again, for another seven days. 6And on the seventh day, he shall evaluate him. If the leprosy has become obscured, and has not increased in the skin, he shall declare him clean, because it is a scab. And the man shall wash his clothes, and he shall be clean.

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45shall have his clothes unstitched, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth, and he himself shall cry out that he is contaminated and filthy. 46The entire time that he is a leper and unclean he shall live alone outside the camp.

40And a leper came to him, begging him. And kneeling down, he said to him, “If you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.” 41Then Jesus, taking pity on him, reached out his hand. And touching him, he said to him: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” 42And after he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

12And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance. 13And they lifted up their voice, saying, “Jesus, Teacher, take pity on us.” 14And when he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, they were cleansed.

14And when he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, they were cleansed.

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2This is the rite for a leper, when he is to be cleansed. He shall be brought to the priest, 3who, departing from the camp, when he has found the leprosy to be cleansed, 4shall instruct him who is to be purified to offer for himself two living sparrows, which it is lawful to eat, and cedar wood, and vermillion, and hyssop. 5And he shall order that one of the sparrows be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters. 6But the other living one, with the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, he shall dip in the blood of the immolated sparrow.

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3And Jesus, extending his hand, touched him, saying: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

2“Instruct the sons of Israel to cast out of the camp every leper, and those who have a flow of seed, and those who have been polluted because of the dead;

3Now there were four lepers beside the entrance of the gate. And they said one to another: “Should we choose to stay here until we die?

27So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.

1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2The man in whose skin or flesh there will have arisen a diverse color, or a pustule, or something that seems to shine, which is the mark of leprosy, shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to anyone you wish among his sons. 3And if he sees that leprosy is in his skin, and that the hair has turned a white color, and that the place where the leprosy appears is lower than the rest of the skin and the flesh, then it is the mark of leprosy, and at his judgment he shall be separated. 4But if there will be a shining whiteness in the skin, but it is not lower than the rest of the flesh, and the hair is of unaffected color, the priest shall seclude him for seven days. 5And on the seventh day he shall examine him, and if the leprosy certainly has not increased further, and has not spread itself in the skin, he shall seclude him again, for another seven days. 6And on the seventh day, he shall evaluate him. If the leprosy has become obscured, and has not increased in the skin, he shall declare him clean, because it is a scab. And the man shall wash his clothes, and he shall be clean.

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13And extending his hand, he touched him, saying: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” And at once, the leprosy departed from him.

4And Jesus said to him: “See to it that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses instructed, as a testimony for them.”