Lev 13:55 | NET2full | STEP | The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out , and if the infection has not changed its appearance even though the infection has not spread , it is unclean . You must burn it up in the fire . It is a fungus , whether on the back side or front side of the article.

‏ Leviticus 13:55

55 The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if ^{▼▼tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).} the infection has not changed its appearance ^{▼▼tn Heb “the infection has not changed its eye.” Smr has “its/his eyes,” as in vv. 5 and 37, but here it refers to the appearance of the article of cloth or leather, unlike vv. 5 and 37 where there is a preposition attached and it refers to the eyes of the priest.} even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus, whether on the back side or front side of the article. ^{▼▼tn The terms “back side” and “front side” are the same as those used in v. 42 for the “back or front bald area” of a man’s head. The exact meaning of these terms when applied to articles of cloth or leather is uncertain. It could refer, for example, to the inside versus the outside of a garment, or the back versus the front side of an article of cloth or leather. See J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:814, for various possibilities.}