利未記13:12-13

13:12 大痲瘋若在皮上四外發散，長滿了患災病人的皮，據祭司察看，從頭到腳無處不有，

13:13 祭司就要察看，全身的肉若長滿了大痲瘋，就要定那患災病的為潔淨；全身都變為白，他乃潔淨了。

 

If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, the priest is to examine them, and if the disease has covered their whole body, he shall pronounce them clean. Since it has all turned white, they are clean.

 

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    祭司在古代還要兼任醫師的工作，讓人感覺地位崇高。然而地位越崇高，所負的責任也越重，因此祭司是百姓的領袖，要照顧好上帝的選民。