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.
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.