In the case of severe chronic skin disease, the priest looked for two specific symptoms. Firstly, if there was a white swelling and the hair on the sore had turned white. Secondly, if the flesh on the sore was raw.
The term raw flesh
is literally living flesh,
that is, flesh that is seething or bleeding.
10 Le sacrificateur l'examinera. S'il y a sur la peau une tumeur blanche, si cette tumeur a fait blanchir le poil, et qu'il y ait une trace de chair vive dans la tumeur,