Leviticus 13:48

any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God delivers this inspection protocol to Moses and Aaron for the priestly community. The instruction occurs mid-discourse on identifying and managing ritual impurity in textiles and leather goods.

The words — שְׁתִי (sheti, warp) and עֵרֶב (ereb, woof) name the longitudinal and transverse threads of a woven textile. The verse literally enumerates these components alongside linen, wool, and hide as materials requiring priestly examination.

The thread — The same materials reappear in Leviticus 13:51 during the seventh-day reexamination for spreading mildew. Jude 1:23 later uses defiled clothing as a metaphor for spiritual contamination.

Why it lands — The text demands precise, physical inspection of everyday materials to determine their ritual status. It requires readers to treat material boundaries and contamination with deliberate, rule-bound vigilance.

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The Hebrew words

א֤וֹ'oor בִֽשְׁתִי֙vi/sh.Tiin/ warp א֣וֹ'oor בְעֵ֔רֶבve./'E.revin/ woof לַפִּשְׁתִּ֖יםla./pish.Timof the/ linen<s>וְלַצָּ֑מֶרve./la./Tza.merand/ of the/ wool א֣וֹ'oor בְע֔וֹרve./'orin/ a hide א֖וֹ'oor בְּכָל־be./kholin/ every מְלֶ֥אכֶתme.Le.khetwork of עֽוֹר׃orhide

King James Version

Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

Cross-references

Leviticus 13:51 On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean.
Deuteronomy 8:11 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Jude 1:23 save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
Revelation 3:4 But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.