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When the priest sees the open sore, he must announce that the person is unclean. The open sore is not clean; it is a harmful skin disease.
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If the open sore becomes white again, the person must come to the priest.
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The priest must look at him, and if the sores have become white, the priest must announce that the person with the sores is clean. Then he will be clean.
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"Someone may have a boil on his skin that is healed.
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If in the place where the boil was, there is a white swelling or a bright red spot, this place on the skin must be shown to the priest.
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And the priest must look at it. If the spot seems deeper than the skin and the hair on it has become white, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. The spot is a harmful skin disease that has broken out from inside the boil.
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But if the priest looks at the spot and there are no white hairs in it and the spot is not deeper than the skin and it has faded, the priest must separate the person from other people for seven days.
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If the spot spreads on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean; it is a disease that will spread.
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But if the bright spot does not spread or change, it is only the scar from the old boil. Then the priest must announce that the person is clean.
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"When a person gets a burn on his skin, if the open sore becomes white or red,
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the priest must look at it. If the white spot seems deeper than the skin and the hair at that spot has become white, it is a harmful skin disease. The disease has broken out in the burn, and the priest must announce that the person is unclean. It is a harmful skin disease.