Mishnah for Negaim 4:11

בַּהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וְאֵין בָּהּ כְּלוּם, נוֹלְדָה בַהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וּבָהּ שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, הֲרֵי זוֹ לְהַחְלִיט, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאָמְרוּ, אִם בַּהֶרֶת קָדְמָה לְשֵׂעָר לָבָן, טָמֵא. וְאִם שֵׂעָר לָבָן קָדַם לְבַהֶרֶת, טָהוֹר. וְאִם סָפֵק, טָמֵא. וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ קִהָה:

A <i>Baheret</i> like [the size of] half a bean with nothing in it, [if another] <i>Baheret</i> [the size of] half a bean develops with two [white] hairs in it, it is decided [that he is impure] because they [the Sages] said: If the <i>Baheret</i> preceded the white hairs, it is impure. But if the white hair preceded the <i>Baheret</i>, it is [still] pure. If [a case is] unclear, it is impure. But Rabbi Yehoshua declared [the matter] unsolvable.

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