Leviticus 13:52

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.”

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BSBPD

“He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And he hath burnt the garment, or the warp, or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any vessel of skin in which the plague is; for it <FI>is<Fi> a fretting leprosy; with fire it is burnt.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 13:52 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 11:33If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
  2. Leviticus 11:35Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
  3. Leviticus 14:44the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.
  4. Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
  5. Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
  6. Acts 19:19And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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