Leviticus 14:45
in Leviticus 14It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
KJV
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
5 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
with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish
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
And he shall break down the house,....
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
He shall break down the house - “On the suspicion of a house being infected, the priest examined it, and ordered it to be shut up seven days; if he found the plague, or signs of the plague, (hollow streaks, greenish or reddish), were not spread, he commanded it to be shut up seven days more.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַ֣ץ | venatatz | and he will pull down | H5422 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֗יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲבָנָיו֙ | ʾavanav | stones its | H68 → | 273 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵצָ֔יו | ʾetzav | wood<s> its | H6086 → | 328 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲפַ֣ר | ʾafar | [the] dust of | H6083 → | 110 times |
| הַבָּ֑יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְהוֹצִיא֙ | vehotzi' | and he will take [them] out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִח֣וּץ | michutz | from [the] outside | H2351 → | 164 times |
| לָעִ֔יר | lair | of the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מָק֖וֹם | makom | a place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| טָמֵֽא׃ | tame' | unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
וְנָתַ֣ץand he will pull down
venatatzH5422 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֗יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲבָנָיו֙stones its
ʾavanavH68 →273 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֵצָ֔יוwood<s> its
ʾetzavH6086 →328 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲפַ֣ר[the] dust of
ʾafarH6083 →110 times
הַבָּ֑יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וְהוֹצִיא֙and he will take [them] out
vehotzi'H3318 →1067 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מִח֣וּץfrom [the] outside
michutzH2351 →164 times
לָעִ֔ירof the city
lairH5892 →1090 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מָק֖וֹםa place
makomH4725 →401 times
טָמֵֽא׃unclean
tame'H2931 →88 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
Revelation 11:2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
it leads to
- Daniel 7:25
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
- Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
- Daniel 12:7
And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever,…
- Revelation 11:3
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
- Daniel 7:25
Through
Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
it leads to
- Psalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Psalms 79:1
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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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.