41. A man might lose hair from the sides of his head. He is clean. It is only another kind of baldness.
42. But if there is a red and white infection on his scalp, it is a skin disease.
43. A priest must look at him. If the swelling of the infection is red and white and looks like the leprosy on other parts of his body,
44. then he has leprosy on his scalp. The person is unclean. The priest must announce that he is unclean.
45. “People with leprosy must warn other people. They must shout, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ They must tear their clothes at the seams. They must let their hair grow wild, and they must cover their mouth.
46. They are unclean the whole time that they have the infection. They are unclean and must live outside the camp.
47-48. “Some clothing might have mildew on it. The cloth could be linen or wool, woven or knitted. Or the mildew might be on a piece of leather or on something made from leather.
49. If the mildew is green or red, it must be shown to the priest.
50. The priest must look at it and put it in a separate place for seven days.
51-52. On the seventh day, he must look at it again. It doesn’t matter if the mildew is on leather or cloth or if the cloth is woven or knitted. And it doesn’t matter what the leather was used for. If the mildew has spread, the object is unclean because of the infection. The priest must burn it.
53. “If the priest sees that the mildew did not spread on the object, it must be washed. It doesn’t matter if it is leather or cloth, or if the cloth is knitted or woven, it must be washed.
54. He must order the people to wash it. Then he must separate the clothing for seven more days.
55. After that time, the priest must look at it again. If the mildew still looks the same, the object is unclean. It doesn’t matter if the infection has not spread; you must burn that cloth or piece of leather.
56. “But if the priest looks at that piece of leather or cloth, and the mildew has faded, he must tear the infected spot out of the piece of leather or cloth. It doesn’t matter if the cloth is woven or knitted.