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But if he sees that the itch is unchanged and black hair has begun to grow in it, the itch is healed. The person is clean and the priest will pronounce him clean.
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"When a man or woman gets shiny or white shiny spots on the skin,
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the priest is to make an examination; if the shiny spots are dull white, it is only a rash that has broken out: The person is clean.
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"When a man loses his hair and goes bald, he is clean.
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If he loses his hair from his forehead, he is bald and he is clean.
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But if he has a reddish-white sore on scalp or forehead, it means a serious skin disease is breaking out.
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The priest is to examine it; if the swollen sore on his scalp or forehead is reddish-white like the appearance of the sore of a serious skin disease,
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he has a serious skin disease and is unclean. The priest has to pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.
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"Any person with a serious skin disease must wear torn clothes, leave his hair loose and unbrushed, cover his upper lip, and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
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As long as anyone has the sores, that one continues to be ritually unclean. That person must live alone; he or she must live outside the camp.
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"If clothing - woolen or linen clothing,
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woven or knitted cloth of linen or wool, leather or leatherwork - is infected with a patch of serious fungus
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and if the spot in the clothing or the leather or the woven or the knitted material or anything made of leather is greenish or rusty, that is a sign of serious fungus. Show it to the priest.
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The priest will examine the spot and then confiscate the material for seven days.
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On the seventh day he will reexamine the spot. If it has spread in the garment - the woven or knitted or leather material - it is the spot of a persistent serious fungus and the material is unclean.
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He must burn the garment. Because of the persistent and contaminating fungus, the material must be burned.
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But if when the priest examines it the spot has not spread in the garment,
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the priest will command the owner to wash the material that has the spot, and he will confiscate it for another seven days.
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He'll then make another examination after it has been washed; if the spot hasn't changed in appearance, even though it hasn't spread, it is still unclean. Burn it up, whether the fungus has affected the back or the front.
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If, when the priest makes his examination, the spot has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear the spot from the garment.
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But if it reappears, it is a fresh outbreak - throw whatever has the spot in the fire.
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If the garment is washed and the spot has gone away, then wash it a second time; it is clean.
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"These are the instructions regarding a spot of serious fungus in clothing of wool or linen, woven or knitted material, or any article of leather, for pronouncing them clean or unclean."