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Leviticus 13:56

in Leviticus 13

If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

KJV

And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

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This verse in Leviticus 13

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread

on Leviticus 13:53-59

A garment that does not spread is washed and shut up again, and only the part that keeps the mark is torn out. Where the washing works the thing is washed a second time and is clean, so cloth is given a remedy that no man in this chapter was offered. Verse 59 closes the passage as the law of the plague of leprosy, and states its purpose as pronouncing a thing clean, or pronouncing it unclean.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens

Somewhat dark - Rather, somewhat faint. Compare Lev 13:6.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאִם֮and if

    veimH518 →1069 times

  • רָאָ֣הhe has seen

    raahH7200 →1300 times

  • הַכֹּהֵן֒the priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְהִנֵּה֙and there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • כֵּהָ֣הit has become dull

    kehahH3543 →

  • הַנֶּ֔גַעthe plague

    hanega'H5061 →78 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֖יafter

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • הֻכַּבֵּ֣סwas washed out

    hukabesH3526 →51 times

  • אֹת֑וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • וְקָרַ֣עand he will tear

    vekara'H7167 →

  • אֹת֗וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַבֶּ֙גֶד֙the clothing

    habegedH899 →217 times

  • א֣וֹor

    ʾoH176 →321 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָע֔וֹרthe hide

    haorH5785 →99 times

  • א֥וֹor

    ʾoH176 →321 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַשְּׁתִ֖יthe warp

    hashetiH8359 →9 times

  • א֥וֹor

    ʾoH176 →321 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָעֵֽרֶב׃the woof

    haerevH6154 →15 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 13 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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