Leviticus 14:44
in Leviticus 14the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
KJV
Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBut if [in a case of leprosy] after its rehabilitation and transformation, the priest again observes in that same house any of the old pocks or stains, may he pronounce it unclean and order its timbers and its stones and its whole structure to be torn down and cast forth into an unclean place. This is a type of the man, body and soul, who is transformed after baptism, that is to say, after the entrance of the priest, and then takes up once more the scabrous contaminations of the flesh.
This site's exposition
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on Leviticus 14:37-45
The vocabulary of the man's case is now applied to masonry, shut up seven days, spread, unclean. If the plague has spread the infected stones are pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city, the walls are scraped, the dust is carried out, and new stones and fresh morter go in. A house is given a repair that no man in chapter 13 was offered. If the plague breaks out again after all of that, the text calls it a fretting leprosy and the whole house is broken down and carried out of the city.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then the priest shall come and look,....
The remainders of sin and corruption in our mortal bodies are like this leprosy in the house; after all our pains in scraping and plastering, we shall never be quite clear of it, till the earthly house of this tabernacle be dissolved and taken down; when we are dead we shall be free from sin, and not till then, Rom. vi.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A 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.
The words behind it
13 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 |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְרָאָ֕ה | veraah | and he will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֛ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| פָּשָׂ֥ה | pasah | it has spread | H6581 → | 22 times |
| הַנֶּ֖גַע | hanega' | the plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| בַּבָּ֑יִת | babayit | in the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| צָרַ֨עַת | tzaraat | [is] a serious disease | H6883 → | 35 times |
| מַמְאֶ֥רֶת | mameret | malignant | H3992 → | 4 times |
| הִ֛וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בַּבַּ֖יִת | babayit | in the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| טָמֵ֥א | tame' | [is] unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וּבָא֙and he will come
uva'H935 →2568 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וְרָאָ֕הand he will see
veraahH7200 →1300 times
וְהִנֵּ֛הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
פָּשָׂ֥הit has spread
pasahH6581 →22 times
הַנֶּ֖גַעthe plague
hanega'H5061 →78 times
בַּבָּ֑יִתin the house
babayitH1004 →2046 times
צָרַ֨עַת[is] a serious disease
tzaraatH6883 →35 times
מַמְאֶ֥רֶתmalignant
mameretH3992 →4 times
הִ֛ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
בַּבַּ֖יִתin the house
babayitH1004 →2046 times
טָמֵ֥א[is] unclean
tame'H2931 →88 times
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Zechariah 5:4I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside…
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
- Habakkuk 2:9–11
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
- Leviticus 14:34–45
“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
- James 5:2–3
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
- Proverbs 3:33
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Tertullian, ON PURITY 20.11.12.