“And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.”
On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever the article's use, it is a persistent defiling mildew; the article is unclean. The spreading criterion for fabric mildew parallels the spreading criterion for skin disease: spreading confirms the defiling condition. The spreading fabric mildew is a persistent defiling mildew — an active, growing contamination that cannot remain within the community. The fabric that is defiled and spreading must be burned.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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