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.
44. Then that person has a skin disease. He is unclean. And the priest must announce that the person is unclean because of the sore on his head.
45. “If a person has a skin disease that spreads, he must warn other people. He must shout, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ His clothes must be torn at the seams. He must let his hair stay uncombed. And he must cover his mouth.
46. That person will be unclean the whole time he has the disease. He is unclean. He must live alone outside the camp.
47. “Some clothing might have mildew on it. The cloth might be linen or wool.
48. It might be woven or knitted. The mildew might be on a piece of leather or on something made from leather.
49. The mildew might be in the clothing, leather or woven or knitted material. If the mildew is green or red, it is a spreading mildew. Then it must be shown to the priest.
50. The priest must look at the mildew. And he must put that thing in a separate place for seven days.
51. On the seventh day he must look at the mildew. It doesn’t matter if the mildew is on leather or cloth. It doesn’t matter if the cloth is woven or knitted. It doesn’t matter what it was used for. If the mildew has spread, it is a mildew that destroys.
52. The priest must burn it. It does not matter if it is woven or knitted, wool or linen or a leather article. The mildew is spreading. The thing must be burned.
53. “If the priest sees that the mildew has not spread, the cloth or leather must be washed. It does not matter if it is leather or cloth, knitted or woven. It must be washed.