Leviticus 13:52

52 He must burn the garment. Because of the persistent and contaminating fungus, the material must be burned.

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 spot and then confiscate the material for seven days.

51 On the seventh day he will reexamine the spot. If it has spread in the garment - the woven or knitted or leather material - it is the spot of a persistent serious fungus and the material is unclean.

52 He must burn the garment. Because of the persistent and contaminating fungus, the material must be burned.

53 But if when the priest examines it the spot has not spread in the garment,

54 the priest will command the owner to wash the material that has the spot, and he will confiscate it for another seven days.