Leviticus 13:47

Leviticus 13:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
• New International Version (NIV)“As for any fabric that is spoiled with a defiling mold—any woolen or linen clothing,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"When there is a case of leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Also, if a garment has a leprous plague in it, whether it is a woolen garment or a linen garment,

Context of Leviticus 13:47

45And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 46All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be. The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48whether it be in warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; 49if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest.

Leviticus 13:47 word by word

וְהַבֶּ֕גֶד כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה ב֖וֹ נֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת בְּבֶ֣גֶד צֶ֔מֶר א֖וֹ בְּבֶ֥גֶד פִּשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · treacheryH899
• plagueנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
• isהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• linenפֵּ֫שֶׁתpishteh · flaxH6593

Cross-references for Leviticus 13:47

• Isaiah 3:16Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
• Isaiah 59:6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
• Isaiah 64:6For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
• Ezekiel 16:16And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
• Romans 13:12The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
• Ephesians 4:22that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
• Colossians 3:3For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
• Jude 1:23and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Commentaries on Leviticus 13:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47The garment also - The whole account here seems to intimate that the garment was fretted by this contagion; and hence it is likely that it was occasioned by a species of small animals, which we know to be the cause of the itch; these, by breeding in the garments, must necessarily multiply their kind, and fret the garments, i. e., corrode a, portion of the finer parts, after the manner of moths, for their nourishment. See Leviticus 13:52; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47The garment - Rather, The clothing, referring to the ordinary dress of the Israelites in the wilderness; namely,, a linen tunic with a fringe Numbers 15:38 and a woolen cloak or blanket thrown on in colder weather.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 47-59Verses 47-59 The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain upon all he has and all that he does. And those who make their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47mildew: This word refers to different types of molds or mildews that could spread on cloth or leather.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 47-5947-59. The garment ... that the ... leprosy is in--It is well known that infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever, measles, the plague, are latently imbibed and carried by the clothes. But the language of this passage clearly indicates a disease to which clothes themselves were subject, and which was followed by effects on them analogous to those which malignant leprosy produces on the human body--for similar regulations were made for the rigid…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 13:47

• Dress
• Sanitation
• Wool

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Accomplish
• Appear
• Clean
• Consider
• Dark
• Dress
• Leprosy
• Linen
• Purification

Commentaries on Leviticus 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings