38"If a man or a woman has white irritated areas of skin,
39the priest will make an examination. If the irritated areas on the skin are pale white, a rash has developed on the skin. The person is clean.
40"If a man loses his hair, he is clean, even though he is bald. 41If he loses the hair on the front of his head, he is clean, even though he is bald on the forehead. 42But if there is a pink patch on the bald places in back or in front, a skin disease is developing in those places. 43The priest will examine him. If the sore from the disease in the bald places in back or in front is pink like a skin disease somewhere else on the body, 44the man has come down with an infectious skin disease. He is unclean. The priest must declare him unclean because of the skin disease on his head.
45"People who come down with a skin disease must wear torn clothes and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their upper lips and call out, 'Unclean, unclean!' 46As long as they have the skin disease, they are unclean. They must live outside the camp.
47"Now about clothing-if there is a green or red area on a piece of clothing 48that is woven or knitted from linen or wool or on any leather article, 49it is mildew. It must be shown to the priest. 50The priest will examine the mildew and will put the clothing in a separate place for seven days. 51On the seventh day he will examine the area again. If the spot is spreading, it is unclean. 52He must burn the piece of clothing or the leather article because the mildew is growing.
53But if the priest sees that the area has not spread, 54he must order the area to be washed and put the clothing in a separate place for seven more days. 55The priest will examine the area again after it is washed. If it doesn't look any different and the mildew has not spread, it is still unclean. It must be burned, whether the area is on the outside or the inside.
56If the priest sees that the area is pale after washing, he will tear it out of the clothing or the leather. 57However, if it shows up again, you must burn the clothing or the leather article. 58But if the area disappears from the woven or knitted clothing or any leather article when it is washed, wash it again, and it will be clean.
59"These are the instructions for deciding whether mildew in clothing that is woven or knitted from linen or wool or in any leather article is clean or unclean."
