Leviticus 13:52

52 He must burn the piece of clothing or the leather article because the mildew is growing.

Leviticus 13:52 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:52

He shall therefore burn that garment
That there may be no more use of it, nor profit from it; and this was done without the city, as Ben Gersom asserts:

whether in warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin,
wherein the plague is;
all and either of them were to be burnt:

for it [is] a fretting leprosy; (See Gill on Leviticus 13:51):

it shall be burnt in the fire;
which may teach both to hate the garment spotted with the flesh, and to put no trust in and have no dependence on a man's own righteousness, which is as filthy rags, and both are such as shall be burnt, and the loss of them suffered, even when a man himself is saved, yet so as by fire, ( 1 Corinthians 3:15 ) .

Leviticus 13:52 In-Context

50 The priest will examine the mildew and will put the clothing in a separate place for seven days.

51 On the seventh day he will examine the area again. If the spot is spreading, it is unclean.

52 He must burn the piece of clothing or the leather article because the mildew is growing.

53 But if the priest sees that the area has not spread,

54 he must order the area to be washed and put the clothing in a separate place for seven more days.