18. “When the body has a boil on its skin and it has healed,
19. but in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a bright reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the kohen.
20. The kohen is to examine it, and behold, if its appearance is lower than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the kohen is to pronounce him unclean. It is a plague of tza'arat that has broken out within the boil.
21. But if the kohen examines it and sees there are no white hairs within, and if it is not deeper than the skin but is faded, then the kohen is to isolate him seven days.
22. If it spreads in the skin, then the kohen is to pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
23. But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil—the kohen is to pronounce him clean.
24. “Or suppose the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white.
25. Then the kohen is to examine it, and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is tza'arat. It has broken out in the burning, and the kohen is to pronounce him unclean—it is the plague of tza'arat.