Leviticus 13:51

13:51 He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather – whatever the article into which the leather was made ¹  – the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean.

Deuteronomy 8:11

Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God

8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

Jude 1:23

1:23 save ²  others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy ³  on others, coupled with a fear of God, ⁴  hating even the clothes stained ⁵  by the flesh. ⁶ 

Revelation 3:4

3:4 But you have a few individuals ⁷  in Sardis who have not stained ⁸  their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed ⁹  in white, because they are worthy.

¹ tn Heb “to all which the leather was made into a handiwork.”

² tn Grk “and save.”

³ tn Grk “and have mercy.”

⁴ tn Grk “with fear.” But as this contrasts with ἀφόβως (afobw") in v. 12 (without reverence), the posture of the false teachers, it most likely refers to reverence for God.

⁵ sn The imagery here suggests that the things close to the sinners are contaminated by them, presumably during the process of sinning.

⁶ tn Grk “hating even the tunic spotted by the flesh.” The “flesh” in this instance could refer to the body or to the sin nature. It makes little difference in one sense: Jude is thinking primarily of sexual sins, which are borne of the sin nature and manifest themselves in inappropriate deeds done with the body. At the same time, he is not saying that the body is intrinsically bad, a view held by the opponents of Christianity. Hence, it is best to see “flesh” as referring to the sin nature here and the language as metaphorical.

⁷ tn Grk “a few names”; here ὄνομα (onoma) is used by figurative extension to mean “person” or “people”; according to L&N 9.19 there is “the possible implication of existence or relevance as individuals.”

⁸ tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.”

⁹ tn The word “dressed” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.