Either - in these verses, should be or. See Leviticus 13:47, Leviticus 13:49.It should be noticed that no religious or symbolic rite is prescribed for leprosy in clothing. The priest had only to decide whether the process of decay was at work in the article presented to him and to pronounce accordingly. Compare the leprosy in houses, Leviticus 14:33-53. read more
Leviticus 13:47. Leprosy in garments and houses is unknown in these times and places, which is not strange, there being some diseases peculiar to some ages and countries. And that such a thing was among the Jews, cannot reasonably be doubted; for, if Moses had been a deceiver, a man of his wisdom would not have exposed himself to the contempt of his people, by giving laws about that which their experience showed to be but a fiction. read more
Leviticus 13:48. In the warp or woof A learned man renders it, in the outside, or in the inside of it. If the signification of these words be doubtful now, as some of those concerning the living creatures and precious stones are confessed to be, it is not material to us, this law being abolished; it sufficeth that the Jews understood these things by frequent experience. read more
Leviticus 13:55. If it have not changed its colour If washing doth not take away that vicious colour, and restore it to its own native colour. read more
Detection of leprosy (13:1-59)Biblical scholars and medical scientists alike have shown that the leprosy the Old Testament speaks of was not always the disease that we know as leprosy today. The word had a broad meaning that covered a number of infectious skin diseases, some of which were curable. It applied even to fungus or mildew on clothes and buildings.Laws laid down in these chapters concerned two main things. Firstly, because such disease was symbolic of sin, it made people ceremonially... read more
garment. Type of habits and ways seen by others. Compare Jude 1:23 . read more
warp. A. S. wearpen, to cast or throw = the longitudinal lines in the loom, through which the shuttle passes. Hebrew. shathah, to drink in. So called because of its drinking in the thread thrown by the shuttle. woof. A. S. to weave in. Heb 'drab, to intermingle. Hence used of what is mingled or woven in by the shuttle. read more
fretting = rankling, only of what is malignant: occurs only here, Leviticus 13:52 ; Leviticus 14:14 , and Ezekiel 28:24 . read more
burnt. Hebrew. saraph. App-43 . read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:56
Somewhat dark - Rather, somewhat faint. Compare Leviticus 13:6. read more