Leviticus 13:53
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 any thing of skin;
Leviticus 13:53 in other translations
| BSB | But when the priest reexamines it, if the mildew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather article, |
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| WEB | “If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; |
| ASV | 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; |
| YLT | ‘And if the priest see, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, |
| DARBY | But if the priest look, and behold, the sore hath not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, |
| BBE | And if the priest sees that the mark is not increased in the clothing or in any part of the material or in the leather, |
| Webster | And if the priest shall look, and behold, the plague is not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; |
What does Leviticus 13:53 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:47-59
47-59. The garment ... that the ... leprosy is in--It is well known that infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever, measles, the plague, are latently imbibed and carried by the clothes. But the language of this passage clearly indicates a disease to which clothes themselves were subject, and which was followed by effects on them analogous to those which malignant leprosy produces on the human body--for similar…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 13:47-59
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain upon all he has and all that he does…
Leviticus 13:53 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Leviticus 13:52
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
- Leviticus 13:53
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 any thing of skin;
- Leviticus 13:54
Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
Leviticus 13:53 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si el sacerdote mirare, y no pareciere que la plaga se haya extendido en el vestido, ó estambre, ó en la trama, ó en cualquiera obra de pieles; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si le sacrificateur regarde, et voici, la plaie ne s’est pas étendue dans le vêtement, ou dans la chaîne, ou dans la trame, ou dans quelque objet fait de peau, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn der Priester es besieht, und siehe, das Übel hat nicht um sich gegriffen am Kleide, oder an der Kette oder am Einschlag, oder an irgend einem Gerät von Fell, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod si eam viderit non crevisse, |