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48 on the warp or the woof[a] of linen or wool, on leather or anything made of leather, 49 and if the contamination[b] on the cloth or the leather, or in the warp or the woof, or on any article made of leather is bright yellow-green or bright red, it is an outbreak of mold. It shall be shown to the priest. 50 The priest shall examine the contaminated area and shall quarantine the contaminated article for seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:48 Warp and woof are the two directions of the threads in cloth. It is, however, not clear what the two Hebrew terms mean.
  2. Leviticus 13:49 People do not usually speak of things having an infection or a sickness, so here the translation uses contamination.