37. But the priest might think the sore has stopped spreading. And black hair may be growing in it. Then the sore has healed. The person is clean. And the priest must announce that he is clean.
38. “When a person has white spots on his skin,
39. a priest must look at them. If the spots on his skin are dull white, the disease is only a harmless rash. That person is clean.
40. “A man might lose hair from his head and be bald. He is clean.
41. He might lose hair from the front of his head and have a bald forehead. He is clean.
42. But if there is a red-white sore on his scalp, it is a skin disease.
43. A priest must look at that person. The swelling of the sore might be red-white. It might look like a skin disease that spreads.