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49 and if the contamination[a] 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. 51 On the seventh day he shall examine the contaminated article. If the contamination has spread on the cloth, or in the warp or the woof, or on the leather, or on any article that is made of leather, the contamination is a persistent[b] mold. It is unclean.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 13:49 People do not usually speak of things having an infection or a sickness, so here the translation uses contamination.
  2. Leviticus 13:51 Or malignant