Leviticus 14:55 BSB

Leviticus 14:55

for mildew in clothing or in a house,

BSB

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ASV

and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house,

KJV

And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As a house could not contract any impurity in the sight of God, the "atonement" which the priest was to make for it must either have a reference to the sins of its occupants or to the ceremonial process appointed for its purification, the very same as that observed for a leprous person.

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3 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְצָרַ֥עַת	u.le.tza.Ra.'at	and to [the] serious disease of	H6883 →
הַבֶּ֖גֶד	ha.Be.ged	<the> clothing	H899 →
וְלַבָּֽיִת׃	ve.la.Ba.yit	and to <the> house	H1004 →

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