Bible Strands
Leviticus 13:57
But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord instructs Moses and the priests on the protocol for inspecting contaminated textiles and leather goods during the Mosaic covenant era.
The words — תֵּרָאֶה (te.ra.'Eh) means "it will appear," and עוֹד (od) means "again," marking the recurrence of the contamination.
The thread — The procedural sequence of washing, inspecting, and discarding contaminated material runs through Leviticus 13:56 and 13:58, while the command to burn defiled items echoes the consuming fire motif in Isaiah 33:14 and Matthew 3:12.
Why it lands — The text states that recurring mildew on fabric or leather must be destroyed by fire rather than repaired, requiring the reader to follow the prescribed removal of corruption instead of attempting restoration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Matthew 22:7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
- Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.