“And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.”
On the seventh day the priest is to examine them again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a rash. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean. If the condition has faded after the second seven days and has not spread, the priest declares the person clean: it is only a rash. The cloth-washing requirement before the declaration of cleanness is the final purification step. The person who was isolated for fourteen days and whose condition resolved is restored to full participation in the community through the priestly declaration. The clean declaration ends the isolation and the restriction.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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