If a nega broke out completely upon one who was unclean, he becomes clean; If the ends of his limbs reappeared, he becomes unclean until the bright spot is reduced to less than the size of a split bean. [If it broke out completely upon him] when he was clean, he becomes unclean; If the ends of his limbs reappeared, he remains unclean until his bright spot resumes its former size.
A bright spot the size of a split bean in which there was quick flesh the size of a lentil and then it broke out covering a person's entire skin and then the quick flesh disappeared, or if the quick flesh disappeared and then the bright spot broke out covering all his skin, he is clean. If quick flesh arose [subsequently], he is unclean. If white hair grew [subsequently]: Rabbi Joshua rules that he is unclean, But the sages rule that he is clean.
A bright spot in which there was white hair and then it broke out covering his entire skin, even though the white hair remained in its place, he is clean. A bright spot in which there was a spreading and then it broke out covering his entire skin, he is clean. But in all of these cases if [even] the ends of the his limbs reappeared [in their natural color], he is unclean. If it broke out covering a part of his skin he is unclean; If it broke out covering all his skin he is clean.
In all cases of breaking out and covering the ends of the limbs whereby the unclean have been pronounced clean, if they reappeared they become unclean again. In all cases of reappearance of the ends of the limbs whereby the clean have been pronounced unclean, if they were covered again these become clean again. If subsequently they become uncovered these are unclean, even if this occurs a hundred times.
Any part [of the body] that can be subject to the uncleanness of a bright spot nega can prevent the effectiveness of the breaking out [over the entire body], and any part that cannot be subject to the uncleanness of a bright spot nega does not prevent the effectiveness of the breaking out abroad. How so? If it broke out covering all of his skin, but not on the head or the beard, or on a festering boil, burn or blister, and then the head or the beard became bald, or the boil, burn or blister turned into a scar, he is clean. If it broke out covering all of his skin, except a spot of the size of half a lentil near the head or beard, or near a boil, burn or blister, and then the head or the beard became bald, or the boil, burn or blister turned into a scar, even though the place of the quick flesh became a bright spot, he is unclean unless it breaks out covering all his body.
If there were two bright spots, one unclean and the other clean, and they broke out from one to the other, and then [a nega] broke out covering all of his skin, he is clean. [If the bright spots] were on his upper lip and lower lip, or on two of his fingers, or on his two eyelids, even though they cleave together and appear as one, he is clean. If it broke out covering all his skin except white scurf, he is unclean. If the ends of his limbs reappeared in the color of white scurf, he is clean. If the ends of his limbs reappeared to the extent of less than a lentil: Rabbi Meir rules that he is unclean, But the sages rule that a piece of white scurf less in size than a lentil, is a sign of uncleanness in the beginning, but it is not a sign of uncleanness at the end.
One who came [in front of the priest] with all his body white is isolated. If white hair grew, he is certified unclean. If both hairs or one of them turned black, If both or one of them became short, If a boil adjoined both or one of them, If a boil surrounded both or one of them, Or if a boil, the quick flesh of a boil, a burn, the quick flesh of a burn, or white scurf divided them [he is pure]. If quick flesh or white hair arose, he is unclean; But if neither quick flesh nor white hair arose he is clean. In all these cases if the ends of his limbs reappeared he remains as he was before. If the nega broke out, covering a part of him, he is unclean. If it broke out covering all of them, he is clean.
If it broke out covering all of his skin all at once: If this originated in a condition of cleanness, he is unclean; But if it originated in a condition of uncleanness, he is clean. One who becomes clean after having been isolated is exempt from the uncovering his head and rending his clothes, from shaving his hair and from bringing the birds. If he becomes clean after he had been certified unclean, he is liable to all these. Both convey uncleanness by entering.
If one came with his whole body white, and on it there was quick flesh to the extent of a lentil, and then the nega spread out covering all his skin, and then the ends of his limbs reappeared: Rabbi Ishmael says: this is the same as when the ends of the limbs reappear in that of a large bright spot. Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah ruled: as when the ends of the limbs reappeared in a small bright spot.
There is one who shows his nega [to the priest] and thereby gains advantage, while there is one who shows and loses. How so? If one was certified unclean and the signs of his uncleanness disappeared, and before he could show it to the priest the nega broke out covering all his skin, he is clean; whereas if he had shown it to the priest he would have been unclean. If he had a bright spot in which there was nothing else, and before he could show it to the priest it broke out covering all his skin, he is unclean; whereas if he had shown it to the priest he would have been clean.
הַפּוֹרֵחַ מִן הַטָּמֵא, טָהוֹר. חָזְרוּ בוֹ רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים, טָמֵא, עַד שֶׁתִּתְמַעֵט בַּהַרְתּוֹ מִכַּגְּרִיס. מִן הַטָּהוֹר, טָמֵא. חָזְרוּ בוֹ רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים, טָמֵא, עַד שֶׁתַּחֲזֹר בַּהַרְתּוֹ לִכְמוֹת שֶׁהָיְתָה:
If a nega broke out completely upon one who was unclean, he becomes clean; If the ends of his limbs reappeared, he becomes unclean until the bright spot is reduced to less than the size of a split bean. [If it broke out completely upon him] when he was clean, he becomes unclean; If the ends of his limbs reappeared, he remains unclean until his bright spot resumes its former size.
בַּהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וּבָהּ מִחְיָה כָעֲדָשָׁה, פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ הָלְכָה לָהּ הַמִּחְיָה, אוֹ שֶׁהָלְכָה לָהּ הַמִּחְיָה וְאַחַר כָּךְ פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, טָהוֹר. נוֹלְדָה לוֹ מִחְיָה, טָמֵא. נוֹלַד לוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין:
A bright spot the size of a split bean in which there was quick flesh the size of a lentil and then it broke out covering a person's entire skin and then the quick flesh disappeared, or if the quick flesh disappeared and then the bright spot broke out covering all his skin, he is clean. If quick flesh arose [subsequently], he is unclean. If white hair grew [subsequently]: Rabbi Joshua rules that he is unclean, But the sages rule that he is clean.
בַּהֶרֶת וּבָהּ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁשֵּׂעָר לָבָן בִּמְקוֹמוֹ, טָהוֹר. בַּהֶרֶת וּבָהּ פִּשְׂיוֹן, פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, טָהוֹר. וְכֻלָּן שֶׁחָזְרוּ בָהֶן רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְמֵאִין. פָּרְחָה בְמִקְצָתוֹ, טָמֵא. פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, טָהוֹר:
A bright spot in which there was white hair and then it broke out covering his entire skin, even though the white hair remained in its place, he is clean. A bright spot in which there was a spreading and then it broke out covering his entire skin, he is clean. But in all of these cases if [even] the ends of the his limbs reappeared [in their natural color], he is unclean. If it broke out covering a part of his skin he is unclean; If it broke out covering all his skin he is clean.
כָּל פְּרִיחַת רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים שֶׁבִּפְרִיחָתָן טִהֲרוּ טָמֵא, כְּשֶׁיַּחְזְרוּ טְמֵאִים. כָּל חֲזִירַת רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים שֶׁבַּחֲזִירָתָם טִמְּאוּ טָהוֹר, נִתְכַּסּוּ, טָהוֹר. נִתְגַּלּוּ, טָמֵא, אֲפִלּוּ מֵאָה פְעָמִים:
In all cases of breaking out and covering the ends of the limbs whereby the unclean have been pronounced clean, if they reappeared they become unclean again. In all cases of reappearance of the ends of the limbs whereby the clean have been pronounced unclean, if they were covered again these become clean again. If subsequently they become uncovered these are unclean, even if this occurs a hundred times.
כֹּל הָרָאוּי לִטַּמֵּא בְנֶגַע הַבַּהֶרֶת, מְעַכֵּב אֶת הַפְּרִיחָה. כֹּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוּי לִטַּמֵּא בְנֶגַע הַבַּהֶרֶת, אֵינוֹ מְעַכֵּב אֶת הַפְּרִיחָה. כֵּיצַד. פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, אֲבָל לֹא בָרֹאשׁ וּבַזָּקָן, בַּשְּׁחִין, בַּמִּכְוָה וּבַקֶּדַח הַמּוֹרְדִין, חָזַר הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן וְנִקְרְחוּ, הַשְּׁחִין וְהַמִּכְוָה וְהַקֶּדַח וְנַעֲשׂוּ צָרֶבֶת, טְהוֹרִים. פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, אֲבָל לֹא בְכַחֲצִי עֲדָשָׁה הַסָּמוּךְ לָרֹאשׁ וְלַזָּקָן, לַשְּׁחִין, לַמִּכְוָה, וְלַקֶּדַח, חָזַר הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן וְנִקְרְחוּ, הַשְּׁחִין וְהַמִּכְוָה וְהַקֶּדַח וְנַעֲשׂוּ צָרֶבֶת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה מְקוֹם הַמִּחְיָה בַּהֶרֶת, טָמֵא, עַד שֶׁתִּפְרַח בְּכֻלּוֹ:
Any part [of the body] that can be subject to the uncleanness of a bright spot nega can prevent the effectiveness of the breaking out [over the entire body], and any part that cannot be subject to the uncleanness of a bright spot nega does not prevent the effectiveness of the breaking out abroad. How so? If it broke out covering all of his skin, but not on the head or the beard, or on a festering boil, burn or blister, and then the head or the beard became bald, or the boil, burn or blister turned into a scar, he is clean. If it broke out covering all of his skin, except a spot of the size of half a lentil near the head or beard, or near a boil, burn or blister, and then the head or the beard became bald, or the boil, burn or blister turned into a scar, even though the place of the quick flesh became a bright spot, he is unclean unless it breaks out covering all his body.
שְׁתֵּי בֶהָרוֹת, אַחַת טְמֵאָה וְאַחַת טְהוֹרָה, פָּרְחָה מִזּוֹ לָזוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, טָהוֹר. בִּשְׂפָתוֹ הָעֶלְיוֹנָה, בִּשְׂפָתוֹ הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה, בִּשְׁתֵּי אֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו, בִּשְׁנֵי רִיסֵי עֵינָיו, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמְּדֻבָּקִים זֶה לָזֶה וְהֵם נִרְאִים כְּאֶחָד, טָהוֹר. פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, אֲבָל לֹא בַבֹּהַק, טָמֵא. חָזְרוּ בוֹ רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים כְּמִין בֹּהַק, טָהוֹר. חָזְרוּ בוֹ רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים פָּחוֹת מִכָּעֲדָשָׁה, רַבִּי מֵאִיר מְטַמֵּא. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, בֹּהַק פָּחוֹת מִכָּעֲדָשָׁה, סִימַן טֻמְאָה בַתְּחִלָּה, וְאֵין סִימַן טֻמְאָה בַסּוֹף:
If there were two bright spots, one unclean and the other clean, and they broke out from one to the other, and then [a nega] broke out covering all of his skin, he is clean. [If the bright spots] were on his upper lip and lower lip, or on two of his fingers, or on his two eyelids, even though they cleave together and appear as one, he is clean. If it broke out covering all his skin except white scurf, he is unclean. If the ends of his limbs reappeared in the color of white scurf, he is clean. If the ends of his limbs reappeared to the extent of less than a lentil: Rabbi Meir rules that he is unclean, But the sages rule that a piece of white scurf less in size than a lentil, is a sign of uncleanness in the beginning, but it is not a sign of uncleanness at the end.
הַבָּא כֻלּוֹ לָבָן, יַסְגִּיר. נוֹלַד לוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, יַחְלִיט. הִשְׁחִירוּ שְׁתֵּיהֶם אוֹ אַחַת מֵהֶן, הִקְצִירוּ שְׁתֵּיהֶן אוֹ אַחַת מֵהֶן, נִסְמַךְ הַשְּׁחִין לִשְׁתֵּיהֶן אוֹ לְאַחַת מֵהֶן, הִקִּיף הַשְּׁחִין אֶת שְׁתֵּיהֶן אוֹ אֶת אַחַת מֵהֶן, אוֹ חִלְּקָן הַשְּׁחִין וּמִחְיַת הַשְּׁחִין הַמִּכְוָה וּמִחְיַת הַמִּכְוָה וְהַבֹּהַק. נוֹלַד לוֹ מִחְיָה אוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, טָמֵא. לֹא נוֹלַד לוֹ לֹא מִחְיָה וְלֹא שֵׂעָר לָבָן, טָהוֹר. וְכֻלָּן שֶׁחָזְרוּ בָהֶן רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כְמוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ. פָּרְחָה בְמִקְצָתוֹ, טָמֵא. פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, הֲרֵי הוּא טָהוֹר:
One who came [in front of the priest] with all his body white is isolated. If white hair grew, he is certified unclean. If both hairs or one of them turned black, If both or one of them became short, If a boil adjoined both or one of them, If a boil surrounded both or one of them, Or if a boil, the quick flesh of a boil, a burn, the quick flesh of a burn, or white scurf divided them [he is pure]. If quick flesh or white hair arose, he is unclean; But if neither quick flesh nor white hair arose he is clean. In all these cases if the ends of his limbs reappeared he remains as he was before. If the nega broke out, covering a part of him, he is unclean. If it broke out covering all of them, he is clean.
אִם בְּכֻלּוֹ פָרְחָה כְאַחַת, מִתּוֹךְ הַטָּהֳרָה, טָמֵא. וּמִתּוֹךְ הַטֻּמְאָה, טָהוֹר. הַטָּהוֹר מִתּוֹךְ הֶסְגֵּר, פָּטוּר מִן הַפְּרִיעָה וּמִן הַפְּרִימָה וּמִן הַתִּגְלַחַת וּמִן הַצִּפֳּרִים. מִתּוֹךְ הֶחְלֵט, חַיָּב בְּכֻלָּן. זֶה וָזֶה מְטַמְּאִים בְּבִיאָה:
If it broke out covering all of his skin all at once: If this originated in a condition of cleanness, he is unclean; But if it originated in a condition of uncleanness, he is clean. One who becomes clean after having been isolated is exempt from the uncovering his head and rending his clothes, from shaving his hair and from bringing the birds. If he becomes clean after he had been certified unclean, he is liable to all these. Both convey uncleanness by entering.
הַבָּא כֻלּוֹ לָבָן וּבוֹ מִחְיָה כָעֲדָשָׁה, פָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ חָזְרוּ בוֹ רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים, רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, כַּחֲזִירַת רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים בְּבַהֶרֶת גְּדוֹלָה. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, כַּחֲזִירַת רָאשֵׁי אֵבָרִים בְּבַהֶרֶת קְטַנָּה:
If one came with his whole body white, and on it there was quick flesh to the extent of a lentil, and then the nega spread out covering all his skin, and then the ends of his limbs reappeared: Rabbi Ishmael says: this is the same as when the ends of the limbs reappear in that of a large bright spot. Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah ruled: as when the ends of the limbs reappeared in a small bright spot.
יֵשׁ מַרְאֶה נִגְעוֹ לַכֹּהֵן וְנִשְׂכָּר, וְיֵשׁ מַרְאֶה וּמַפְסִיד. כֵּיצַד. מִי שֶׁהָיָה מֻחְלָט, וְהָלְכוּ לָהֶן סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה, לֹא הִסְפִּיק לְהַרְאוֹתָהּ לַכֹּהֵן עַד שֶׁפָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, טָהוֹר. שֶׁאִלּוּ הֶרְאָה לַכֹּהֵן, הָיָה טָמֵא. בַּהֶרֶת וְאֵין בָּהּ כְּלוּם, לֹא הִסְפִּיק לְהַרְאוֹתָהּ לַכֹּהֵן עַד שֶׁפָּרְחָה בְכֻלּוֹ, טָמֵא. שֶׁאִלּוּ הֶרְאָה לַכֹּהֵן, הָיָה טָהוֹר:
There is one who shows his nega [to the priest] and thereby gains advantage, while there is one who shows and loses. How so? If one was certified unclean and the signs of his uncleanness disappeared, and before he could show it to the priest the nega broke out covering all his skin, he is clean; whereas if he had shown it to the priest he would have been unclean. If he had a bright spot in which there was nothing else, and before he could show it to the priest it broke out covering all his skin, he is unclean; whereas if he had shown it to the priest he would have been clean.