# after the item where there was leprosy was washed "after they washed the item where there was leprosy" # leprosy Here this probably refers to mildew. See how you translated this word in Leviticus 13:47. # it is unclean Something that God has declared to be unfit for people to touch is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. # You must burn the item Here "you" does not refer to the priest specifically. It just means someone must burn the object.