Leviticus 14:35
in Leviticus 14the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.
KJV
And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The words, "I put the leprosy," has led many to think that this plague was a judicial infliction from heaven for the sins of the owner; while others do not regard it in this light, it being common in Scripture to represent God as doing that which He only permits in His providence to be done.
This site's exposition
spake unto Moses and unto Aaron
on Leviticus 14:33-36
This law is dated forward to a country Israel has not entered, since tents in the wilderness have no stone walls to hold a plague. The LORD says I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession, and it is the one place in these two chapters where the affliction is claimed in the first person. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown record that some readers take that as a judgment sent on the owner while others read it as the ordinary way Scripture speaks of what God permits, and Adam Clarke takes the second reading. The house is emptied before the priest walks in, so its contents are spared, and nothing inside counts unclean until he has looked and spoken.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he that owneth the house shall come, and tell the priest,....
Sin, where that reigns in a house, is a plague there, as it is in a heart. And masters of families should be aware and afraid of the first appearance of gross sin in their families, and put away the iniquity, whatever it is, far from their tabernacles, Job xxii.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָא֙ | uva' | and he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [the one] whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | [belongs] to <the> him | ||
| הַבַּ֔יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְהִגִּ֥יד | vehigid | and he will tell | H5046 → | |
| לַכֹּהֵ֖ן | lakohen | to the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כְּנֶ֕גַע | kenega' | like a plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| נִרְאָ֥ה | nirah | it has appeared | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| לִ֖י | li | to <the> me | ||
| בַּבָּֽיִת׃ | babayit | in the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וּבָא֙and he will come
uva'H935 →2568 times
אֲשֶׁר־[the one] whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
ל֣וֹ[belongs] to <the> him
lo
הַבַּ֔יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וְהִגִּ֥ידand he will tell
vehigidH5046 →
לַכֹּהֵ֖ןto the priest
lakohenH3548 →750 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
כְּנֶ֕גַעlike a plague
kenega'H5061 →78 times
נִרְאָ֥הit has appeared
nirahH7200 →1300 times
לִ֖יto <the> me
li
בַּבָּֽיִת׃in the house
babayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 91:10no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
it leads to
- Proverbs 12:21
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
- Psalms 121:7
The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- Deuteronomy 7:15
And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
- Job 5:24
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
- Proverbs 12:21
Through
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:22
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- Leviticus 26:14–46
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
- Psalms 91:10
no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
- Psalms 37:22
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.