Leviticus 13:47-59

Evangelical Heritage Version

Contamination of Clothing

⁴⁷ When an outbreak of mold^[a] occurs on any piece of clothing, on woolen or linen cloth, ⁴⁸ on the warp or the woof^[b] of linen or wool, on leather or anything made of leather, ⁴⁹ and if the contamination^[c] on the cloth or the leather, or in the warp or the woof, or on any article made of leather is bright yellow-green or bright red, it is an outbreak of mold. It shall be shown to the priest. ⁵⁰ The priest shall examine the contaminated area and shall quarantine the contaminated article for seven days. ⁵¹ On the seventh day he shall examine the contaminated article. If the contamination has spread on the cloth, or in the warp or the woof, or on the leather, or on any article that is made of leather, the contamination is a persistent^[d] mold. It is unclean. ⁵² He must burn the clothing and the warp or the woof, whether it is made of wool or of linen, or whether it is any article made of leather that has the contamination on it. Because it has a persistent mold, it must be burned in fire. ⁵³ But if the priest examines it and discovers that the contamination has not spread on the clothing, or in the warp or the woof, or on any leather article, ⁵⁴ the priest shall command that the material with the contamination on it is to be washed, and he shall quarantine it for seven days a second time. ⁵⁵ Then after the contaminated material has been laundered, and the priest examines it, even if he discovers that the contamination has not changed its appearance and the contamination has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it in fire, whether the rot is on its front or its back. ⁵⁶ But if the priest examines it and discovers that the contamination has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the clothing or the leather or the warp or the woof. ⁵⁷ If it reappears in the clothing or the warp or the woof or any leather article, it is a new outbreak. You must burn the material with the contamination on it with fire. ⁵⁸ If, however, the contamination vanishes from the clothing, or the warp or the woof, or any leather article that you wash, it shall be washed a second time; then, it will be clean.

⁵⁹ These are the laws about a contamination of mold in woolen or linen clothing, in the warp or the woof, or on any leather article, in order to determine whether it is clean or unclean.