50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
50 The priest is to examine the affected area and isolate the article for seven days.
50 And the priest shall examine the disease and shut up that which has the disease for seven days.
50 The priest will examine the spot and then confiscate the material for seven days.
50 The priest shall examine the plague and isolate that which has the plague seven days.
50 After examining the affected spot, the priest will put the article in quarantine for seven days.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 13:50
Commentary on Leviticus 13:47-59
(Read Leviticus 13:47-59)
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain upon all he has and all that he does. And those who make their clothes servants to their pride and lust, may see them thereby tainted with leprosy. But the robes of righteousness never fret, nor are moth-eaten.