“This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.”
These are the regulations concerning defiling molds in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean. The closing formula for the fabric mildew regulations: these are the regulations for declaring clean or unclean. The dual purpose of the regulations — both declaring clean and declaring unclean — is stated in the summary. The examination process exists not only to identify and remove the defiling but also to restore the clean. The priest's role is as much the restoration of cleanness as it is the identification of defilement. The system serves the community's life, not only its restrictions.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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