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Leviticus 13:49 and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.
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it <i>is</i> a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in anything made of leather, it <i>is</i> a leprous plague and shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and it shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather or in the warp or woof or in any article made of leather, it is an infestation of leprosy and shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if the contamination is green or red in the fabric, the leather, the warp, the weft, or any leather article, it is a mildew contamination and is to be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if the contamination is green or red in the fabric, the leather, the warp, the woof, or any leather article, it is a mildew contamination and is to be shown to the priest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />if 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />it is mildew. It must be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />if it is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />if the contagion is greenish or reddish in the clothing, leather, woven material, knitted material, or with any article containing leather, it's a fungal infection and is to be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />if the infection in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin: it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the leather, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of leather; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the plague has been greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, it [is] a plague of leprosy, and it has been shown [to] the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the plague hath been very green or very red in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and it hath been shewn the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the stroke was greenish, or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; it is the stroke of leprosy, and it was seen to the priest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shewn to the priest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />if it has been infected with a white or red spot, it shall be considered to be leprosy, and it shall be shown to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />if the infection on the garment or hide, or on the warp or woof, or on any leather article is greenish or reddish, the thing is indeed a fungal infection and must be examined by the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />if the disease shows greenish or reddish in the garment, whether in warp or woof or in skin or in anything made of skin, it is a leprous disease and shall be shown to the priest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the skin, either in the warp or in the woof or in anything of skin, it is a plague of leprosy and shall be shown to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And there shall be a green plague or red in a cloak or in hide or in warp or in woof or in any garment of leather, it is a plague of leprosy and they shall show it to the Priest:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown unto the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-49.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3295" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Laws about Mildew</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">48</span>any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather— <span class="reftext">49</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: han·ne·ḡa‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">and if the mark</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: bab·be·ḡeḏ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">in the fabric,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ḇā·‘ō·wr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">leather,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8359.htm" title="8359: ḇaš·šə·ṯî (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Warp. From shiyth; a fixture, i.e. The warp in weaving.">weave,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6154.htm" title="6154: ḇā·‘ê·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Arabia -- mixture, mixed company. Or mereb,; from arab; the web; also a mixture.">knit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḇə·ḵāl- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·wr (N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">leather</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lî- (N-msc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">article</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">is</a> <a href="/hebrew/3422.htm" title="3422: yə·raq·raq (Adj-ms) -- Greenish, pale green. From the same as yereq; yellowishness.">green</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/125.htm" title="125: ’ă·ḏam·dām (Adj-ms) -- Reddish. Reduplicated from 'adam; reddish.">red,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">then it is</a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: ne·ḡa‘ (N-msc) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">contaminated</a> <a href="/hebrew/6883.htm" title="6883: ṣā·ra·‘aṯ (N-fs) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">with mildew</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·hā·rə·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Hofal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and must be shown</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">to the priest.</a> </span><span class="reftext">50</span>And the priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the contaminated fabric for seven days.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Numbers 12:10</a></span><br />As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm">2 Kings 5:27</a></span><br />Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Jeremiah 13:23</a></span><br />Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-3</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-42</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-13</a></span><br />While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a></span><br />When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Acts 10:15</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed to the priest:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm">Leviticus 13:2</a></b></br> When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh <i>like</i> the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Article</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-52.htm">Contamination</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Either</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-27.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Green</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Greenish</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Knitted</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Red</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/james/2-13.htm">Shows</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-34.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Warp</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Woof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Woven</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Article</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-52.htm">Contamination</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Either</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Green</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Greenish</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Knitted</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-54.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Red</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/numbers/8-4.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-12.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-12.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/numbers/23-3.htm">Shows</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-57.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-53.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Warp</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Woof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Woven</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm">The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The inclusion of various materials such as fabric, leather, weave, and knit indicates the thoroughness with which the Israelites were to inspect their belongings. In ancient Israel, these materials were common in everyday life, used for clothing, tents, and other essential items. The meticulous attention to detail reflects the broader biblical principle of holiness and purity, as seen in other parts of Leviticus, where God calls His people to be set apart (<a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a>).<p><b>is green or red</b><br>The specific mention of green or red marks suggests a visible sign of contamination. In the ancient Near East, these colors could indicate mold or mildew, which were considered unclean and potentially harmful. The use of color as an indicator of impurity is consistent with other biblical passages where physical signs often represent spiritual truths. For example, in <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>, sin is described as scarlet, contrasting with the purity of being made white as snow.<p><b>then it is contaminated with mildew</b><br>The identification of mildew as a contaminant underscores the importance of maintaining cleanliness and health within the community. Mildew, a type of fungus, could spread and cause damage to materials, making them unusable. This reflects the broader biblical theme of sin as a contaminant that can spread and corrupt if not addressed. The need for purification and cleansing is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, pointing to the ultimate cleansing from sin through Jesus Christ (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>).<p><b>and must be shown to the priest</b><br>The role of the priest as the one to inspect and declare items clean or unclean highlights the priestly function as a mediator between God and the people. The priest's involvement signifies the seriousness of maintaining purity and the need for divine guidance in matters of health and holiness. This foreshadows the role of Jesus Christ as our High Priest, who intercedes on our behalf and provides the ultimate purification from sin (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>). The priest's authority in these matters also emphasizes the importance of community and accountability in the spiritual life of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, priests were responsible for maintaining the holiness of the community, including diagnosing and managing cases of leprosy and mildew as described in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a>.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus were given to the Israelites as part of their covenant with God, emphasizing purity and holiness in their daily lives.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mildew.htm">Mildew</a></b><br>A type of mold or fungus that could appear on fabrics or leather, considered unclean and requiring priestly inspection.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/fabric_and_leather.htm">Fabric and Leather</a></b><br>Everyday materials used by the Israelites, which could become contaminated and thus needed to be inspected for purity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where the priests served and where the laws of purity were particularly important.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The laws concerning mildew remind us of the importance of holiness and purity in our lives. Just as the Israelites were called to maintain physical cleanliness, we are called to spiritual purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>The priest's role in diagnosing and managing mildew reflects the responsibility of spiritual leaders to guide and maintain the spiritual health of their communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/attention_to_detail.htm">Attention to Detail</a></b><br>The detailed instructions for dealing with mildew teach us the importance of being attentive to the small things in our lives that can lead to spiritual impurity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_cleansing.htm">Symbolism of Cleansing</a></b><br>The process of cleansing from mildew symbolizes the need for spiritual cleansing from sin, pointing to the ultimate cleansing through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The communal aspect of these laws highlights the responsibility we have to help maintain the spiritual health of our community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_priests_diagnose_skin_diseases.htm">How could priests with no formal medical training accurately diagnose skin diseases (Leviticus 13:1-8)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_treat_garments_drastically_if_tests_vary.htm">Why are potentially contaminated garments treated with such drastic measures if later inspections could contradict an initial diagnosis (Leviticus 13:47-52)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_levi's_inheritance_contradict_god's_plan.htm">Joshua 13:33 - Does the unique inheritance of Levi (no land portion) imply internal contradictions with God's earlier covenant commands regarding tribal allocations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_sabbatarianism.htm">What does the Bible say about mildew?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(49) <span class= "bld">And if the plague be greenish.</span>--<span class= "bld">If one of</span><p>these symptoms manifests itself in a woollen or linen garment, or in a leathern vessel, it must forthwith be shown to the priest. The Jewish canons define the colour of the green symptom to be like that of herbs, and that of the red to be like fair crimson.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 49-59.</span> - The priest is to deal with the texture as nearly as may be in the same way that lie dealt with the human subject, in order to discriminate between a tempo-rare discoloration and a real leprosy. He <span class="cmt_word">shall shut up</span> it that hath <span class="cmt_word">the plague seven days</span> (verse 50), may, as before, mean, <span class="accented">he shall bind up the place affected seven days.</span> If the priest judges that it is leprosy, he is to burn the garment, if not, to tear out the piece affected, whether it be in the warp, or in the woof, that is, in whatever part it appears, and to wash the remainder twice. The expression, whether it be bare within or without, literally, <span class="accented">whether it be bald in the head thereof or in the forehead thereof</span>, means, "whether the fault appear in the front or in the back of the texture." <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-49.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and if the mark</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֜גַע</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5061.htm">Strong's 5061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mark -- a blow, a spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the fabric,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּבֶּגֶד֩</span> <span class="translit">(bab·be·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">leather,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָע֜וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">weave,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַשְּׁתִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaš·šə·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8359.htm">Strong's 8359: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fixture, the warp in weaving</span><br /><br /><span class="word">knit,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָעֵ֙רֶב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·‘ê·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6154.htm">Strong's 6154: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arabia -- mixture, mixed company</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֨וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">leather</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">article</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלִי־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">green</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרַקְרַ֣ק ׀</span> <span class="translit">(yə·raq·raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3422.htm">Strong's 3422: </a> </span><span class="str2">Greenish, pale green</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">red,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדַמְדָּ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏam·dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_125.htm">Strong's 125: </a> </span><span class="str2">Reddish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then it is</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֑וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">contaminated</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֥גַע</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5061.htm">Strong's 5061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mark -- a blow, a spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with mildew</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרַ֖עַת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·ra·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leprosy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and must be shown</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָרְאָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·rə·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the priest.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-49.htm">Leviticus 13:49 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:49 If the plague is greenish or reddish (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:48"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:48" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:50"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:50" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>