Broadly speaking, Leviticus 13:1–59 and Leviticus 14:1–57 deals with serious skin disease in people (Leviticus 13:2–46; Leviticus 14:1–32), clothes (Leviticus 13:47–58), and houses (Leviticus 14:33–53). The priest was provided with detailed procedures of examination. If the diagnosis was not clear, the patient would be quarantined for further observation. In each instance the main case is introduced by the noun + kî (if) and is followed by two subordinate clauses, introduced by ’im (if). Using these textual markers, the following general outline may be presented:
Introduction (Leviticus 13:1)
First test for skin disease (Leviticus 13:2–8)
Second test for skin disease (Leviticus 13:9–17)
Third test for skin disease in scars (Leviticus 13:18–23)
Fourth test for skin disease in burns (Leviticus 13:24–28)
Fifth test for skin disease in scalp or beard (Leviticus 13:29–37)
A skin disease which is clean (Leviticus 13:38–39)
Baldness and skin disease (Leviticus 13:40–44)
Treatment of unclean skin disease (Leviticus 13:45–46)
Skin disease in clothing (Leviticus 13:47–58)
Summary (Leviticus 13:59)
1 L'Eternel parla à Moïse et à Aaron, et dit: