Leviticus 14:38
in Leviticus 14the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
KJV
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
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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
He is to examine the house
on Leviticus 14:37-45
The vocabulary of the man's case is now applied to masonry. Spreading mildew means the stones are pulled out and the house scraped and replastered, a repair no man in chapter 13 was offered.
This site's exposition
close it up for seven days
The seven days of waiting match the isolation of a person in 13:4-5. John Gill explains that any change would show sooner in a house left empty.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house,.... Thereby signifying that it was not fit to be inhabited, and there standing to see it shut up, as follows: and shut up the house seven days: to observe what alteration would be made in that time, and which would sooner be discovered in a house uninhabited.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָצָ֧א | veyatza' | and he will go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פֶּ֣תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הַבָּ֑יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְהִסְגִּ֥יר | vehisgir | and he will shut up | H5462 → | 91 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֥ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִֽים׃ | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וְיָצָ֧אand he will go out
veyatza'H3318 →1067 times
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַבַּ֖יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פֶּ֣תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
הַבָּ֑יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וְהִסְגִּ֥ירand he will shut up
vehisgirH5462 →91 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֖יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
שִׁבְעַ֥תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִֽים׃days
yamimH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach 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
Leviticus 13:50And the priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the contaminated fabric for seven days.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:23
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
- Ezekiel 44:23
Where this verse is studied
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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.