Leviticus 13:56

56 "But if the priest examines, and the disease is dim after it is washed, he shall tear the spot out of the garment or the skin or the warp or woof;

Leviticus 13:56 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:56

And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague [be] somewhat
dark after the washing of it
Is become of a weaker colour, either not quite so green, or not quite so red as it was, or is "contracted", and does not spread itself, (See Gill on Leviticus 13:6); but is rather become less: then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out
of the warp, or out of the woof;
that is, that piece which has the plague in it, and burn it, as Jarchi says; that so the whole may not be lost, which is otherwise pure, and clean, and free from any infection. The manner of expression confirms what I have observed on ( Leviticus 13:48 ) ; that the warp and woof are considered as separate things, and as before they are wove together, or wrought into one garment. This rending out may denote the denying of ungodliness and worldly lusts, the parting with right eye and right hand sins, and having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.

Leviticus 13:56 In-Context

54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up seven days more;

55 and the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the diseased spot has not changed color, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether the leprous spot is on the back or on the front.

56 "But if the priest examines, and the disease is dim after it is washed, he shall tear the spot out of the garment or the skin or the warp or woof;

57 then if it appears again in the garment, in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading; you shall burn with fire that in which is the disease.

58 But the garment, warp or woof, or anything of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean."