Leviticus 13:52
in Leviticus 13He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe shall therefore burn that garment - There being scarcely any means of radically curing the infection. It is well known that the garments infected by the psora, or itch animal, have been known to communicate the disease even six or seven years after the first infection. This has been also experienced by the sorters of rags at some paper mills.
This site's exposition
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in
on Leviticus 13:47-52
The same word is then used of a garment, which has no skin and cannot fall ill. Wool, linen, warp, woof and anything made of skin are shut up seven days and looked at again on the same schedule as a man. A spreading plague in cloth is burnt whole, and Leviticus 14:33-53 will run the procedure again on the stones of a house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He shall therefore burn that garment,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
2Ki 5:27) was a natural disease, which is known in Eastern countries still; while the rules prescribed by the Hebrew legislator for distinguishing the true character and varieties of the disease and which are far superior to the method of treatment now followed in those regions, show the divine wisdom by which he was guided.
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The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׂרַ֨ף | vesaraf | and he will burn | H8313 → | 117 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבֶּ֜גֶד | habeged | the garment | H899 → | 217 times |
| א֥וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשְּׁתִ֣י׀ | hasheti | the warp | H8359 → | 9 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעֵ֗רֶב | haerev | the woof | H6154 → | 15 times |
| בַּצֶּ֙מֶר֙ | batzemer | in the wool | H6785 → | 16 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בַפִּשְׁתִּ֔ים | vapishtim | in the linen<s> | H6593 → | 16 times |
| א֚וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלִ֣י | keli | <the> article of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הָע֔וֹר | haor | <the> hide | H5785 → | 99 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ב֖וֹ | vo | in <the> it | ||
| הַנָּ֑גַע | hanaga' | the plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| צָרַ֤עַת | tzaraat | [is] a serious disease | H6883 → | 35 times |
| מַמְאֶ֙רֶת֙ | mameret | malignant | H3992 → | 4 times |
| הִ֔וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בָּאֵ֖שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ | tisaref | it will be burned | H8313 → | 117 times |
וְשָׂרַ֨ףand he will burn
vesarafH8313 →117 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבֶּ֜גֶדthe garment
habegedH899 →217 times
א֥וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשְּׁתִ֣י׀the warp
hashetiH8359 →9 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעֵ֗רֶבthe woof
haerevH6154 →15 times
בַּצֶּ֙מֶר֙in the wool
batzemerH6785 →16 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
בַפִּשְׁתִּ֔יםin the linen<s>
vapishtimH6593 →16 times
א֚וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כְּלִ֣י<the> article of
keliH3627 →325 times
הָע֔וֹר<the> hide
haorH5785 →99 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
ב֖וֹin <the> it
vo
הַנָּ֑גַעthe plague
hanaga'H5061 →78 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
צָרַ֤עַת[is] a serious disease
tzaraatH6883 →35 times
מַמְאֶ֙רֶת֙malignant
mameretH3992 →4 times
הִ֔ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
בָּאֵ֖שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃it will be burned
tisarefH8313 →117 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
it leads to
- Isaiah 31:7
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
- Judges 17:3–4
And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and…
- Isaiah 46:6
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
- Zechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and…
- Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
- Isaiah 31:7
Through
Leviticus 11:35Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:1–7
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- Leviticus 11:33
If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
- Leviticus 6:28
The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1–7
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.