54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
54 he shall order that the spoiled article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days.
54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up for another seven days.
54 the priest will command the owner to wash the material that has the spot, and he will confiscate it for another seven days.
54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the plague; and he shall isolate it another seven days.
54 the priest will order the object to be washed and then quarantined for seven more days.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 13:54
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.