“Vestis lanea sive linea, quæ lepram habuerit,”
“The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;”
“If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,”
““The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;”
“The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;”
Garment that shall have the leprosy. These prescriptions, with relation to garments and houses infected with the leprosy, are to teach us to fly all such company and places as are apt to be the occasion of sin.
Verses 47-59 The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain upon all he has and all that he does. And those who make their clothes servants to their pride and lust, may see them thereby tainted with leprosy. But the robes of righteousness never fret, nor are moth-eaten.