“And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.”
After the affected article has been washed, the priest is to examine it again, and if it has not changed its appearance, even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it, whether the defiling mildew has affected the front or back of the article. The washed fabric that retains its mildew appearance after washing — even without spreading — must be burned. The unchanged appearance after washing communicates that the contamination is deeper than the surface washing can address: when the mildew persists through washing, it must be removed through burning. The persistence despite washing is the equivalent of the persistence of a skin disease through the observation period.
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