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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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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 13:52
19th Century
Bishop
He shall therefore burn. —As this contamination could never be eradicated from fabrics, garments that had once become leprous had …
John Gill
On Leviticus 13:52
17th Century
Pastor
He shall therefore burn that garment
That there may be no more use of it, nor profit from it; and this was done with…
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 13:47–59
17th Century
Minister
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…