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Leviticus 13:47

45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

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

49 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:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If any fabric is contaminated with mildew —any wool or linen garment,
KJV
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
WEB
“The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
ASV
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
DARBY
And if a sore of leprosy is in a garment, in a woollen garment, or a linen garment,
BLB
And if [there is] a garment that has a plague of leprosy in it—in a garment of wool or in a garment of linen—
ÅB
Når det kommer spedalskhet på et klæsplagg av ull eller av lin,
OTB
"Når et plagg har et merke av spedalskhet, enten det er et ull- eller lintøy,
B1930
Når det kommer spedalskhet på et klæsplagg av ull eller av lin,

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Cross references

  • Jude 1:23

    And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

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  • Romans 13:12

    The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

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  • Colossians 3:3

    For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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  • Ezekiel 16:16

    And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

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  • Ephesians 4:22

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

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  • Isaiah 59:6

    Their 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.

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  • Isaiah 3:16–24

    Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

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  • Isaiah 64:6

    But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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