Leviticus 14:55
in Leviticus 14for mildew in clothing or in a house,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And for the leprosy of a garment,.... Of which see Lev 13:47, and of an house; largely treated of in this chapter, Lev 14:34.
The words behind it
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְצָרַ֥עַת | uletzaraat | and to [the] serious disease of | H6883 → | 35 times |
| הַבֶּ֖גֶד | habeged | <the> clothing | H899 → | 217 times |
| וְלַבָּֽיִת׃ | velabayit | and to <the> house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וּלְצָרַ֥עַתand to [the] serious disease of
uletzaraatH6883 →35 times
הַבֶּ֖גֶד<the> clothing
habegedH899 →217 times
וְלַבָּֽיִת׃and to <the> house
velabayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).