Leviticus 13:53

53 "But if the priest examines [it] and {if} the infection has not spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object,

Leviticus 13:53 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:53

And if the priest shall look
On the seventh day as before, after shutting up:

and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the
warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;
but is at an entire stay, that it may be hoped it is not a fretting leprosy: so when men do not proceed to more ungodliness, as wicked men commonly do, but there is a stop put to their vicious life and conversation, it is an hopeful sign of future good.

Leviticus 13:53 In-Context

51 And he shall examine the infection on the seventh day; if the infection has spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on the leather, for any work for which the leather is used, the infection [is] a destructive skin disease--it [is] unclean.

52 And he shall burn the garment or the woven material or the fabric, {whether wool or linen}, or any leather object that {has} the infection, because it [is] an infectious skin disease, [which is] destructive--it must be burned in the fire.

53 "But if the priest examines [it] and {if} the infection has not spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object,

54 then the priest shall command, and {someone} shall wash that on which the infection [is], and he shall confine it [a] second [time] [for] seven days.

55 And the priest shall examine [it] after the infection has been washed off, and {if} the infection has not changed its outward appearance and the infection has not spread, it [is] unclean; he must burn it in the fire; it [is] a fungus on its back or on its front.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "And"
• [b] The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [c] Literally "look" or "behold"