'Patient' in the Bible

then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the scale; and the priest shall isolate the person with the scale for seven more days.

Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale; if the scale has not spread on the skin and appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

then the priest shall examine him, and if the scale has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for the yellowish hair; he is unclean.