John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 13:57

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, etc.] After the piece has been rent out, in another part of the garment, etc. where before it was not seen: it [is] a spreading [plague]; or leprosy; a flourishing one, as the word signifies, a growing and increasing one: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague [is] with fire; according to Aben Ezra, only that part in which the plague was; but Jarchi says the whole garment; with whom Ben Gersom seems to agree, who reads the words, thou shall burn it, with that in which the plague is; the whole garment, skin, warp, or woof, along with the part in which the leprosy is.

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