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However, if the inflamed flesh again turns white, he is to come to the cohen.
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The cohen will examine him, and if he sees that the sores have turned white, then the cohen is to declare clean the person with the sores; he is clean.
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"If a person has on his skin a boil that heals
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in such a way that in place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white bright spot, it is to be shown to the cohen.
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The cohen is to examine it; if he sees that it appears to be more than skin-deep, and its hair has turned white, then the cohen is to pronounce him unclean - the disease of tzara'at has broken out in the boil.
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But if the cohen looks at it and doesn't see any white hairs in it, and it isn't more than skin-deep but appears faded, the cohen is to isolate him for seven days.
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If it spreads on the skin, the cohen is to declare him unclean; it is the disease.
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But if the bright spot stays where it was and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the cohen is to declare him clean.
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"Or if someone has on his skin a burn caused by fire; and the inflamed flesh where it was burned has become a bright spot, reddish-white or white,
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then the cohen is to examine it; and if he sees that the hair in the bright spot has turned white and that it appears to be deeper than the skin around it, it is tzara'at; it has broken out in the burn, and the cohen is to declare him unclean; it is a sore from tzara'at.
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But if the cohen examines it and sees no white hair in the bright spot, and it is no lower than the skin around it but looks faded, then the cohen is to isolate him for seven days.