TT #237 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 44
English: He is a man afflicted with tzaraas; he is impure. The priest shall surely declare him impure; his affliction is on his head.
Torah Temimah cites Sotah 23b for extending the priest’s declaration to all categories of afflicted people.
English: Scripture says, “Impure he shall declare him impure,” to include all the afflicted categories.
Textual derivation
The phrase “impure he shall declare him impure” extends the priestly declaration to all the afflicted categories, not only netakim.