Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:48
Whether [it be] in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
48. whether it be in warp, or woof ] The LXX. and other versions translate thus; another suggestion is that different ways of working up the material are meant (so R.V. mg.).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Rather, And the clothing in which there is a stroke of leprosy, whether the stroke is in clothing of wool or in clothing of linen; or in yarn for warp or in yarn for woof, either for linen clothing or for woolen clothing; or in a skin of leather or in any article made of leather.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
In the warp, or woof; a learned man renders it, in the outside, or in the inside of it. If the signification of these words be doubtful or unknown now, as some of those of the living creatures and precious stones are confessed to be, it is not material to us, this law being abolished; it sufficeth that the Jews understood these things by frequent experience.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Whether [it be] in the warp, or woof, of linen, or of woollen,…. When these are woven and mixed together, it seems difficult, if not impossible, to judge whether the plague of leprosy was in the one or in the other; one would think it should be unavoidably in both; wherefore Castalio renders the words, whether “in the outer part of it, or in the inner”; in the outside or inside, or what we call the right side or the wrong side of the cloth: but to me it seems that the warp and woof, whether of linen or woollen, are here distinguished not only from garments made of them, but from the cloth itself, of which they are made, and even to be considered before they are wrought together in the loom; and, according to the Jews, when upon the spindle m:
whether in a skin, or anything made of skin; that is, whether in unwrought skin, which is not made up in anything, or in anything that is made of skins, as tents, bottles, c. but skins of fishes, according to the Jewish traditions, are excepted for so they say n, sea skins, i.e. skins of fishes, are not defiled by plagues (of leprosy); for which the commentators o give this reason, that as wool and linen are of things which grow out of the earth, so must the skins be; that is, of such animals as live by grass, that springs out of the earth; but if anything was joined unto them, which grew out of the earth, though but a thread, that received uncleanness, it was defiled.
m Misn. Negaim, c. 11. sect. 8. n Misn. Negaim, c. 11. sect. 1. o Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Edait, c. 7. sect. 8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Lev 13:48. Whetherin the warp, or woof The warp is that range of threads which are set or fixed lengthwise in the loom, and through which the weaver shoots the cross threads called the woof; and I apprehend that the expression in the sacred writer means no more than the general texture of the linen or woollen garment, as much as to say, whether it be in the texture of linen or of woollen: and so, in the 59th verse, it is used again to express its being woven. Should it however be supposed, that a real distinction between warp and woof is intended, there seems no impropriety in supposing, that the infection might be originally in either the thread which composed the warp, or in that which composed the woof; and from thence communicated to the whole garment.
Note; The leprosy of sin cleaves, in some sense, to the very garments which cover us when abused to the service of pride and lust; and not the garments, but they that wear them, must suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
warp. A. S. wearpen, to cast or throw = the longitudinal lines in the loom, through which the shuttle passes. Hebrew. shathah, to drink in. So called because of its drinking in the thread thrown by the shuttle.
woof. A. S. to weave in. Heb ‘drab, to intermingle. Hence used of what is mingled or woven in by the shuttle.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
thing made of: Heb. work of, Lev 13:51, Deu 8:11, Jud 1:23, Rev 3:4
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 13:48. In the warp or woof A learned man renders it, in the outside, or in the inside of it. If the signification of these words be doubtful now, as some of those concerning the living creatures and precious stones are confessed to be, it is not material to us, this law being abolished; it sufficeth that the Jews understood these things by frequent experience.