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.