15. The priest shall examine him again, and if he sees an open sore, he shall pronounce him unclean. An open sore means a dreaded skin disease, and the person is unclean.
16. But when the sore heals and becomes white again, the person shall go to the priest,
17. who will examine him again. If the sore has turned white, he is ritually clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
18. If anyone has a boil that has healed
19. and if afterwards a white swelling or a reddish-white spot appears where the boil was, he shall go to the priest.
20. The priest shall examine him, and if the spot seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it have turned white, he shall pronounce him unclean. It is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the boil.
21. But if the priest examines it and finds that the hairs in it have not turned white and that it is not deeper than the surrounding skin, but is light in colour, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
22. If the spot spreads, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he is diseased.
23. But if it remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar left from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him ritually clean.
24. In the case of a person who has been burnt, if the raw flesh becomes white or reddish-white,
25. the priest shall examine him. If the hairs in the spot have turned white and it appears deeper than the surrounding skin, it is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
26. But if the hairs in it have not turned white and it is not deeper than the surrounding skin, but is light in colour, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
27. The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if it is spreading, it is a dreaded skin disease, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
28. But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread and is light in colour, it is not a dreaded skin disease. The priest shall pronounce him ritually clean, because it is only a scar from the burn.
29. When a man or a woman has a sore on the head or the chin,
30. the priest shall examine it. If it seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it are yellowish and thin, it is a dreaded skin disease, and he shall pronounce the person unclean.
31. If, when the priest examines him, the sore does not appear to be deeper than the surrounding skin, but there are still no healthy hairs in it, he shall isolate him for seven days.
32. The priest shall examine the sore again on the seventh day, and if it has not spread and there are no yellowish hairs in it and it does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin,