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A woollen or linen garment that shall have the leprosy
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In the warp, and the woof: or skin, or whatsoever is made of a skin:
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If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shewn to the priest.
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And he shall look upon it and shall shut it up seven days.
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And on the seventh day when he looketh on it again, if he find that it is grown, it is a fixed leprosy. He shall judge the garment unclean, and every thing wherein it shall be found.
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And therefore it shall be burnt with fire.
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But if he see that it is not grown,
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He shall give orders, and they shall wash that part wherein the leprosy is: and he shall shut it up other seven days.
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And when he shall see that the former colour is not returned, nor yet the leprosy spread, he shall judge it unclean: and shall burn it with fire, for the leprosy has taken hold of the outside of the garment, or through the whole.
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But if the place of the leprosy be somewhat dark, after the garment is washed, he shall tear it off, and divide it from that which is sound.
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And if after this there appear in those places that before were without spot, a flying and wandering leprosy: it must be burnt with fire.
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If it cease, he shall wash with water the parts that are pure, the second time: and they shall be clean.
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This is the law touching the leprosy of any woollen or linen garment, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skins: how it ought to be cleaned, or pronounced unclean.