then hath the priest seen the plague, and lo, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and in it a thin shining hair, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it is a scall--it is a leprosy of the head or of the beard.
and if in his eyes the scall hath stayed, and black hair hath sprung up in it, the scall hath been healed--he is clean--and the priest hath pronounced him clean.