Leviticus 13:49

Verse

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Bible in Basic English

If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shewn to the priest.

Free Bible Version

If the spot is green or red on the material, whether it's leather, woven, or knitted or some other leather item, then it is infected with mold and must be shown to the priest.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if the sore be greene or somewhat reddish in the garment or in ye skin, or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing that is made of skin, it is a plague of leprosie and shalbe shewed vnto the Priest.

King James (Authorized) Version

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 shewed unto the priest:

One Unity Resource Bible

if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the linnen, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of tzara'at, and shall be shown to the priest.

Translation for Translators

If the contaminated/mildewed part is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew, and it must be shown to the priest.

Unlocked Literal Bible

if there is a greenish or reddish contamination in the garment, the leather, the woven or knitted material, or anything made of leather, then it is a mildew that spreads; it must be shown to the priest.

Noah Webster Bible

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:

World English Bible

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Context

Laws about Mildew

⁴⁸any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—⁴⁹and 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.⁵⁰And the priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the contaminated fabric for seven days.

Summary

Leviticus 13:49 discusses the diagnosis of a skin disease known as leprosy in clothing, specifically wool or linen fabric. If a green or red spot appears on the fabric, the priest is to examine it and isolate the item for seven days. If the spot spreads during this time, it is considered a defiling mildew, and the fabric is unclean. This verse highlights the meticulous care and attention to detail required in identifying and dealing with impurities in the Israelite community, emphasizing the importance of maintaining cleanliness and purity in all aspects of life.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day,.... To see whether there is any alteration in it in that space of time: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the green and red spot be spread more and more in either of them, whether the colour remains the same or not, be changed, the green into red, or the red into green, yet if there was a spreading, it was a sign of leprosy. According to the Jewish canon (s), if the plague was green and spread red, or red and spread green, it was unclean; that is, as Bartenora (t) explains it, if it was red in the size of a bean, and at the end of the week the red had spread itself to green; or if at the beginning it was green like a bean, and at the end of the week had spread itself to the size of a shekel, and the root or spread of it was become red: the plague is a fretting leprosy; according to Jarchi, a sharp and pricking one, like a thorn; which signification the word has in Eze 28:24. Ben Gersom explains it, which brings a curse, corruption, and oldness into the thing in which it is; an old "irritated, exasperated" leprosy, as Bochart (u), from the use of the word in the Arabic tongue, translates it: it is unclean; and the garment or thing in which it is. (s) Misn. Negaim, c. 11. sect. 3, 4. (t) In ib. (u) Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 45. col. 493.