Quotes About Law

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

the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.

When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,

the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.

A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ëUnclean, unclean!í

As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,

any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—

He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.

After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine it, and if the mildewed article has not changed in appearance, it is unclean. Even though the mildew has not spread, you must burn it, whether the rot is on the front or back.

If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.

This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”

Then the LORD said to Moses,

“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.

This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.

Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.

And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

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

for mildew in clothing or in a house,

and for a swelling, rash, or spot,

to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”