Leviticus 13:57
in Leviticus 13But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
KJV
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Either - in these verses, should be or. See Lev 13:47, Lev 13:49. It should be noticed that no religious or symbolic rite is prescribed for leprosy in clothing. The priest had only to decide whether the process of decay was at work in the article presented to him and to pronounce accordingly. Compare the leprosy in houses, Lev. 14:33-53.
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 Church Fathers1 voice
Sometimes we know we have done something poorly and avoid including it in our work. But the guilt of it insinuates itself into other acts of ours. For there are some who are subject to carnal uncleanness but reflect on it and return to themselves; …
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
PateriusEXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, LEVITICUS 11 · Written before 606.
proposed
Sometimes we know we have done something poorly and avoid including it in our work. But the guilt of it insinuates itself into other acts of ours. For there are some who are subject to carnal uncleanness but reflect on it and return to themselves; …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin,....
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
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| תֵּרָאֶ֨ה | teraeh | it will appear | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| ע֜וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| בַּ֠בֶּגֶד | babeged | in the garment | H899 → | 217 times |
| אֽוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בַשְּׁתִ֤י | vasheti | in the warp | H8359 → | 9 times |
| אֽוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בָעֵ֙רֶב֙ | vaerev | in the woof | H6154 → | 15 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בְכָל־ | vekhol- | in every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלִי־ | keli- | article of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| ע֔וֹר | or | hide | H5785 → | 99 times |
| פֹּרַ֖חַת | porachat | [is] breaking out | H6524 → | 36 times |
| הִ֑וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בָּאֵ֣שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| תִּשְׂרְפֶ֔נּוּ | tisrefenu | you will burn it | H8313 → | 117 times |
| אֵ֥ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | [is] in <the> it | ||
| הַנָּֽגַע׃ | hanaga' | the plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
תֵּרָאֶ֨הit will appear
teraehH7200 →1300 times
ע֜וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
בַּ֠בֶּגֶדin the garment
babegedH899 →217 times
אֽוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
בַשְּׁתִ֤יin the warp
vashetiH8359 →9 times
אֽוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
בָעֵ֙רֶב֙in the woof
vaerevH6154 →15 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
בְכָל־in every
vekhol-H3605 →5413 times
כְּלִי־article of
keli-H3627 →325 times
ע֔וֹרhide
orH5785 →99 times
פֹּרַ֖חַת[is] breaking out
porachatH6524 →36 times
הִ֑ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
בָּאֵ֣שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
תִּשְׂרְפֶ֔נּוּyou will burn it
tisrefenuH8313 →117 times
אֵ֥ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בּ֖וֹ[is] in <the> it
bo
הַנָּֽגַע׃the plague
hanaga'H5061 →78 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
Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
- Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Ephesians 5:5–6
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Revelation 20:14–15
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
Through
Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
it leads to
- Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…
- Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- Malachi 4:1
Through
Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:4
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About Leviticus

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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Pacian of Barcelona, Commentary (church-history corpus) and Paterius, EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, LEVITICUS 11.
