Commentary for Negaim 5:1

כָּל סְפֵק נְגָעִים טָהוֹר, חוּץ מִזֶּה, וְעוֹד אַחֵר. וְאֵיזֶה, זֶה מִי שֶׁהָיְתָה בוֹ בַּהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וְהִסְגִּירָהּ, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ וַהֲרֵי הִיא כַּסֶּלַע, סָפֵק שֶׁהִיא הִיא, סָפֵק שֶׁאַחֶרֶת בָּאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, טָמֵא:

Any doubt regarding <i>Negaim</i> [diseased patches on skin, clothes, or houses that create impurity] is considered pure except for this [the following case] and another. And which is [this case]? Someone who had upon him a <i>Baheret</i> [type of diseased patch that creates impurity] like [the size of] a bean, and quarantined it, and behold at the end of the week it was the size of a Sela [coin bigger than a bean, but] it is doubtful whether it was it [the original <i>Nega</i>] or whether another [<i>Nega</i>] had come in place of it, [this case is ruled] impure.

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