Leviticus 13:47-59
New American Standard Bible
47 “When a garment has [a]a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment, 48 whether in [b]warp or [c]woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather, 49 if the [d]mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, whether in the [e]warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous [f]mark and it shall be shown to the priest. 50 Then (A)the priest shall look at the mark and shall [g]quarantine the article with the mark for seven days. 51 He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the [h]warp or in the woof, or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a [i]leprous malignancy, it is unclean. 52 So he shall burn the garment, whether it is the [j]warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather, in which the mark occurs; for it is a [k]leprous malignancy. It shall be burned in the fire.
53 “But if the priest looks, and indeed the mark has not spread in the garment, either in the [l]warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, 54 then the priest shall order them to wash the thing in which the mark occurs, and he shall [m]quarantine it for seven more days. 55 After the article with the mark has been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even if the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the back or on the front of it.
56 “But if the priest looks, and indeed the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or out of the leather, whether from the [n]warp or from the woof; 57 yet if it appears again in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire. 58 But the garment, whether the warp or the woof, or any article of leather from which the mark has disappeared when you washed it, shall then be washed a second time and will be clean.”
59 This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.
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- Leviticus 13:47 Lit an infection, and so throughout the ch
- Leviticus 13:48 I.e., lengthwise material in weaving
- Leviticus 13:48 I.e., material woven crosswise
- Leviticus 13:49 Lit infestation; possibly material already contaminated prior to weaving
- Leviticus 13:49 See notes v 48
- Leviticus 13:49 Lit infestation; possibly material already contaminated prior to weaving
- Leviticus 13:50 Lit separate
- Leviticus 13:51 See notes v 48
- Leviticus 13:51 Lit malignant leprosy
- Leviticus 13:52 See notes v 48
- Leviticus 13:52 Lit malignant leprosy
- Leviticus 13:53 See notes v 48
- Leviticus 13:54 Lit separate
- Leviticus 13:56 See notes v 48
Leviticus 13:47-59
New English Translation
Infections in Garments, Cloth, or Leather
47 “When a garment has a diseased infection in it,[a] whether a wool or linen garment,[b] 48 or in the warp or woof[c] of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather,[d] 49 if the infection[e] in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest. 50 The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days.[f] 51 He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather—whatever the article into which the leather was made[g]—the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean. 52 He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire. 53 But if the priest examines it and[h] the infection has not spread in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, 54 the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for another seven days.[i] 55 The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if[j] the infection has not changed its appearance[k] even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus, whether on the back side or front side of the article.[l] 56 But if the priest has examined it and[m] the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of[n] the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. 57 Then if[o] it still appears again in the garment or the warp or the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak. Whatever has the infection in it you must burn up in the fire. 58 But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it[p] is to be washed a second time and it will be clean.”
Summary of Infection Regulations
59 This is the law[q] of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.[r]
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- Leviticus 13:47 tn Heb “And the garment, if there is in it a mark of disease.”
- Leviticus 13:47 tn Heb “in a wool garment or in a linen garment.”
- Leviticus 13:48 sn The warp (vertical) and woof (horizontal) thread may be two different sets of thread not yet woven together, or they may refer to two different kinds of thread already woven, in which case one might have the disease in it while the other does not. See the explanation in J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:809-10.
- Leviticus 13:48 tn Heb “in any handiwork of skin” (cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV); most other modern English versions have “leather.”
- Leviticus 13:49 tn Heb “and the infection is.” This clause is conditional in force, and is translated as such by almost all English versions.
- Leviticus 13:50 tn Heb “And the priest shall see the infection and he shall shut up the infection seven days.”
- Leviticus 13:51 tn Heb “to all which the leather was made into a handiwork.”
- Leviticus 13:53 tn Heb “And if the priest sees and behold”; NASB “and indeed.”
- Leviticus 13:54 tn Heb “a second seven days.”
- Leviticus 13:55 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).
- Leviticus 13:55 tn Heb “the infection has not changed its eye.” Smr has “its/his eyes,” as in vv. 5 and 37, but here it refers to the appearance of the article of cloth or leather, unlike vv. 5 and 37 where there is a preposition attached and it refers to the eyes of the priest.
- Leviticus 13:55 tn The terms “back side” and “front side” are the same as those used in v. 42 for the “back or front bald area” of a man’s head. The exact meaning of these terms when applied to articles of cloth or leather is uncertain. It could refer, for example, to the inside versus the outside of a garment, or the back versus the front side of an article of cloth or leather. See J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:814, for various possibilities.
- Leviticus 13:56 tn Heb “And if the priest saw and behold….”
- Leviticus 13:56 tn Heb “and he shall tear it from.”
- Leviticus 13:57 tn Heb “And if”; NIV, NCV “But if”; NAB “If, however.”
- Leviticus 13:58 tn Heb “and the infection turns aside from them.”
- Leviticus 13:59 sn The Hebrew term translated “law” (תּוֹרָה, torah) introduces here a summary or colophon for all of Lev 13. Similar summaries are found in Lev 7:37-38; 11:46-47; 14:54-57; and 15:32-33.
- Leviticus 13:59 tn These are declarative Piel forms of the verbs טָהֵר (taher) and טָמֵא (tameʾ) respectively (cf. the notes on vv. 3 and 6 above).
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