Remains in one place: literally “stays in its place.” That is, if the problem remains confined to the area where it was first discovered. This has practically the same meaning as the phrase that follows: and does not spread. So in some languages the two may be translated by a single expression.

Shall pronounce him clean: see verse 6.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .