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That the leper shall be universally recognised as such by the prescribed marks. “His garments shall be rent and the hair of his head dishevelled and he shall cover his upper lip and shall cry ‘unclean, unclean’” (Lev. 13:45). So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

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That the leper shall be universally recognised as such by the prescribed marks. “His garments shall be rent and the hair of his head dishevelled and he shall cover his upper lip and shall cry ‘unclean, unclean’” (Lev. 13:45). So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such.

Leviticus 13:45

KJV
And the leper in whom the plague is , his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
ASV
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
WEB
“The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
JPS
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry: ‘Unclean, unclean.’