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47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48 whether it be in [a]warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; 49 if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest. 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days: 51 and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; 54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: 55 and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its color, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire: it is a fret, [b]whether the bareness be within or without.

56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 57 and if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.

59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:48 Or, woven or knitted stuff (and in verse 49, etc.)
  2. Leviticus 13:55 Hebrew whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the forehead thereof

Regulations About Contaminated Fabrics

47 “And when the garment has[a] an infectious skin disease[b] on it, on a wool garment[c] or on a linen garment,[d] 48 or on woven material or on a linen fabric, or[e] on wool or on leather or on any work of leather, 49 and if the infection is yellowish green or reddish on the garment or on the leather or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object,[f] it is an infectious skin disease[g] and it shall be shown to the priest. 50 And the priest shall examine the infection, and he shall confine the infected article for seven days. 51 And he shall examine the infection on the seventh day; if the infection has spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on the leather, for any work for which the leather is used, the infection is a destructive skin disease[h]—it is unclean. 52 And he shall burn the garment or the woven material or the fabric, whether wool or linen,[i] or any leather object that has[j] the infection, because it is an infectious skin disease,[k] which is destructive—it must be burned in the fire.

53 “But[l] if the priest examines it[m] and if[n] the infection has not spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object, 54 then[o] the priest shall command, and someone[p] shall wash that on which the infection is, and he shall confine it a second time for seven days. 55 And the priest shall examine it[q] after the infection has been washed off, and if[r] the infection has not changed its outward appearance and the infection has not spread, it is unclean; he must burn it in the fire; it is a fungus on its back or on its front. 56 But[s] if the priest examines it[t] and if[u] the infection is faded after it has been washed off, then[v] he shall tear it from the garment or from the leather or from the woven material or from the fabric. 57 And if it appears again on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object, it is spreading; you[w] must burn in the fire that which has the infection in it. 58 And the garment or the woven material or the fabric or any leather object that he might wash and the infection is removed from them then[x] shall be washed a second time, and it shall be clean.”

59 This is the regulation of the infectious skin disease[y] in[z] the wool garment or the linen or the woven material or the fabric or any leather object to declare it clean or to declare it unclean.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:47 Literally “becomes”
  2. Leviticus 13:47 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
  3. Leviticus 13:47 Literally “a garment of wool”
  4. Leviticus 13:47 Literally “a garment of linen”
  5. Leviticus 13:48 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 13:49 Literally “an object of leather”
  7. Leviticus 13:49 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
  8. Leviticus 13:51 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
  9. Leviticus 13:52 Literally “in/on the wool or in/on the linen”
  10. Leviticus 13:52 Literally “becomes on/in it”
  11. Leviticus 13:52 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
  12. Leviticus 13:53 Or “And”
  13. Leviticus 13:53 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  14. Leviticus 13:53 Literally “look” or “behold”
  15. Leviticus 13:54 Or “and”
  16. Leviticus 13:54 Literally “he”
  17. Leviticus 13:55 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  18. Leviticus 13:55 Literally “look” or “behold”
  19. Leviticus 13:56 Or “And”
  20. Leviticus 13:56 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  21. Leviticus 13:56 Literally “look” or “behold”
  22. Leviticus 13:56 Or “and”
  23. Leviticus 13:57 Singular
  24. Leviticus 13:58 Or “and”
  25. Leviticus 13:59 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
  26. Leviticus 13:59 Hebrew “of”