¹⁰ The priest must look them over carefully. Suppose there is a white swelling in the skin. Suppose it has turned the hair white. And suppose there are open sores in the swelling. ¹¹ Then the person has a skin disease that will never go away. The priest must announce that they are ‘unclean.’ The priest must not make them stay away from everyone else. They are already ‘unclean.’

¹² “Suppose the disease breaks out all over their skin. And suppose it covers them from head to foot, as far as the priest can tell.