Leviticus 13:47-59
Lexham English Bible
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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- Leviticus 13:47 Literally “becomes”
- Leviticus 13:47 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
- Leviticus 13:47 Literally “a garment of wool”
- Leviticus 13:47 Literally “a garment of linen”
- Leviticus 13:48 Or “and”
- Leviticus 13:49 Literally “an object of leather”
- Leviticus 13:49 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
- Leviticus 13:51 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
- Leviticus 13:52 Literally “in/on the wool or in/on the linen”
- Leviticus 13:52 Literally “becomes on/in it”
- Leviticus 13:52 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
- Leviticus 13:53 Or “And”
- Leviticus 13:53 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Leviticus 13:53 Literally “look” or “behold”
- Leviticus 13:54 Or “and”
- Leviticus 13:54 Literally “he”
- Leviticus 13:55 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Leviticus 13:55 Literally “look” or “behold”
- Leviticus 13:56 Or “And”
- Leviticus 13:56 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Leviticus 13:56 Literally “look” or “behold”
- Leviticus 13:56 Or “and”
- Leviticus 13:57 Singular
- Leviticus 13:58 Or “and”
- Leviticus 13:59 Perhaps better translated “mold” rather than “skin disease”
- Leviticus 13:59 Hebrew “of”
Leviticus 13:47-59
International Standard Version
Infected Clothing
47 “When clothing becomes infected with a contagion—whether the clothing is wool or linen— 48 in woven or knitted material, in leather, or with any article containing leather, 49 if the contagion is greenish or reddish in the clothing, leather, woven material, knitted material, or with any article containing leather, it’s a fungal infection and is to be shown to the priest.
50 “The priest is to examine the contagion and isolate[a] the clothing[b] for seven days. 51 The priest is to examine the contagion on the seventh day. If the infection has spread on the clothing, in the woven material, the knitted material, or in the leather, no matter the purpose for which the leather material had been manufactured, the contagion is a chronic fungal infection. It’s unclean.
52 “Incinerate the clothing, the woven material, the knitted material (whether wool or linen), or any of the leather articles on which the contagion is found, because it’s a chronic fungal infection. It is to be incinerated.
53 “But if the priest examines it and the infection did not spread on the clothing, either in the woven or knitted material or on anything made of leather, 54 then the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the contagion and then isolate[c] it for seven days a second time. 55 Then the priest is to examine it after the contagion has been washed. If the contagion hasn’t changed in appearance,[d] even though the contagion hasn’t spread, it’s unclean. Incinerate it. It’s a fungal infection, especially if the infection is on its exposed side.
56 “If the priest examines the item and determines that the contagion has become dull after it has been washed, tear it away from the garment, leather, woven material, or knitted material. 57 But if it recurs on the clothing (whether woven or knitted material) or on any article made of leather, it’s a breakout, so incinerate it with fire wherever the contagion is found. 58 Then the clothing (whether it is woven or knitted material) or any article made of leather that you’ve washed, if the contagion has been removed from it and it’s washed a second time, then it’s clean.
59 “This is the law concerning fungal contagions on clothing of wool or linen (whether woven or knitted material) or in any of the articles made of leather, for determining whether it is clean or unclean.”
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- Leviticus 13:50 I.e. in medical confinement
- Leviticus 13:50 Lit. isolate it
- Leviticus 13:54 I.e. in medical confinement
- Leviticus 13:55 Lit. eye
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