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"If a person has a skin disease that spreads, he must warn other people by shouting, 'Unclean, unclean!' His clothes must be torn at the seams, he must let his hair stay uncombed, and he must cover his mouth.
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That person will be unclean the whole time he has the disease; he is unclean. He must live alone outside the camp.
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"Clothing might have mildew on it. It might be clothing made of linen or wool
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(either woven or knitted), or of leather, or something made from leather.
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If the mildew in the clothing, leather, or woven or knitted material is green or red, it is a spreading mildew. It must be shown to the priest.
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The priest must look at the mildew, and he must put that piece of clothing in a separate place for seven days.
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On the seventh day he must look at the mildew again. If the mildew has spread on the cloth (either woven or knitted) or the leather, no matter what the leather was used for, it is a mildew that destroys; it is unclean.
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The priest must burn the clothing. It does not matter if it is woven or knitted, wool or linen, or made of leather, because the mildew is spreading. It must be burned.
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"If the priest sees that the mildew has not spread in the cloth (either knitted or woven) or leather,
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he must order the people to wash that piece of leather or cloth. Then he must separate the clothing for seven more days.
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After the piece with the mildew has been washed, the priest must look at it again. If the mildew still looks the same, the piece is unclean, even if the mildew has not spread. You must burn it in fire; it does not matter if the mildew is on one side or the other.