Warp or woof: yet another repetition that may be considered unnatural and unnecessary. It may be left implicit.

From which the disease departs: New Jerusalem Bible restructures the first part of this verse slightly and begins “If, however, the affection disappears….” This may serve as a good model for other languages.

When you have washed it: Good News Translation again takes the second person singular pronoun to refer to the owner of the object. But here the pronoun “he” is substituted.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .