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He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woolen or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
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Irreversible Contamination
Commentators explain that the command to burn the garment was absolute because this type of contamination was considered permanent and could never be fully eradicated from the fabric. This drastic measure underscores the seriousness of the defilement and the necessity of its complete and final removal from the community.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
He shall therefore burn. —As this contamination could never be eradicated from fabrics, garments that had once become leprous had …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He shall therefore burn that garment That there may be no more use of it, nor profit from it; and this was done with…
Presbyterian
The garment suspected of being tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon inspection, a leprous spot was found, it must be bur…
