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Selected Verse: Leviticus 14:33 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 14:33 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], saying [0559], |
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King James |
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This section is separated from that on leprosy in clothing Lev 13:47-59 with which it would seem to be naturally connected, and is placed last of all the laws concerning leprosy, probably on account of its being wholly prospective. While the Israelites were in the wilderness, the materials of their dwellings were of nearly the same nature as those of their clothing, and would be liable to the same sort of decay. They were therefore included under the same law.
I put the plague - Yahweh here speaks as the Lord of all created things, determining their decay and destruction as well as their production. Compare Isa 45:6-7; Jon 4:7; Mat 21:20.
Lev 14:37
Hollow strakes ... - Rather, depressed spots of dark green or dark red, appearing beneath (the surface of) the wall.
Lev 14:49
Cleanse the house - Strictly, "purge the house from sin." The same word is used in Lev 14:52; and in Lev 14:53 it is said, "and make an atonement for it." Such language is used figuratively when it is applied to things, not to persons. The leprosy in houses, the leprosy in clothing, and the terrible disease in the human body, were representative forms of decay which taught the lesson that all created things, in their own nature, are passing away, and are only maintained for their destined uses during an appointed period, by the power of Yahweh. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The law concerning the leprosy of houses was made known to Moses and Aaron, as intended for the time when Israel should have taken possession of Canaan and dwell in houses. As it was Jehovah who gave His people the land for a possession, so "putting the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of their possession" is also ascribed to Him (Lev 14:34), inasmuch as He held it over them, to remind the inhabitants of the house that they owed not only their bodies but also their dwelling-places to the Lord, and that they were to sanctify these to Him. By this expression, "I put," the view which Knobel still regards as probable, viz., that the house-leprosy was only the transmission of human leprosy to the walls of the houses, is completely overthrown; not to mention the fact, that throughout the whole description there is not the slightest hint of any such transmission, but the inhabitants, on the contrary, are spoken of as clean, i.e., free from leprosy, and only those who went into the house, or slept in the house after it had been shut up as suspicious, are pronounced unclean (Lev 14:46, Lev 14:47), though even they are not said to have been affected with leprosy. The only thing that can be gathered from the signs mentioned in Lev 14:37 is, that the house-leprosy was an evil which calls to mind "the vegetable formations and braid-like structures that are found on mouldering walls and decaying walls, and which eat into them so as to produce a slight depression in the surface."
(Note: Cf. Sommer (p. 220), who says, "The crust of many of these lichens is so marvellously thin, that they simply appear as coloured spots, for the most part circular, which gradually spread in a concentric form, and can be rubbed off like dust. Some species have a striking resemblance to eruptions upon the skin. There is one genus called spiloma (spots); and another very numerous genus bears the name of lepraria.") |
53 But he shall let go [07971] the living [02416] bird [06833] out [02351] of the city [05892] into the open [06440] fields [07704], and make an atonement [03722] for the house [01004]: and it shall be clean [02891].
52 And he shall cleanse [02398] the house [01004] with the blood [01818] of the bird [06833], and with the running [02416] water [04325], and with the living [02416] bird [06833], and with the cedar [0730] wood [06086], and with the hyssop [0231], and with the scarlet [08144] [08438]:
49 And he shall take [03947] to cleanse [02398] the house [01004] two [08147] birds [06833], and cedar [0730] wood [06086], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and hyssop [0231]:
37 And he shall look [07200] on the plague [05061], and, behold, if the plague [05061] be in the walls [07023] of the house [01004] with hollow strakes [08258], greenish [03422] or reddish [0125], which in sight [04758] are lower [08217] than [04480] the wall [07023];
20 And [2532] when the disciples [3101] saw [1492] it, they marvelled [2296], saying [3004], How [4459] soon [3916] is the fig tree [4808] withered away [3583] !
7 But God [0430] prepared [04487] a worm [08438] when the morning [07837] rose [05927] the next day [04283], and it smote [05221] the gourd [07021] that it withered [03001].
6 That they may know [03045] from the rising [04217] of the sun [08121], and from the west [04628], that there is none [0657] beside [01107] me. I am the LORD [03068], and there is none else.
7 I form [03335] the light [0216], and create [01254] darkness [02822]: I make [06213] peace [07965], and create [01254] evil [07451]: I the LORD [03068] do [06213] all these things.
47 The garment [0899] also that the plague [05061] of leprosy [06883] is in, whether it be a woollen [06785] garment [0899], or a linen [06593] garment [0899];
48 Whether it be in the warp [08359], or woof [06154]; of linen [06593], or of woollen [06785]; whether in a skin [05785], or in any thing made [04399] of skin [05785];
49 And if the plague [05061] be greenish [03422] or reddish [0125] in the garment [0899], or in the skin [05785], either [0176] in the warp [08359], or in the woof [06154], or in any thing [03627] of skin [05785]; it is a plague [05061] of leprosy [06883], and shall be shewed [07200] unto the priest [03548]:
50 And the priest [03548] shall look [07200] upon the plague [05061], and shut [05462] up it that hath the plague [05061] seven [07651] days [03117]:
51 And he shall look [07200] on the plague [05061] on the seventh [07637] day [03117]: if the plague [05061] be spread [06581] in the garment [0899], either in the warp [08359], or in the woof [06154], or in a skin [05785], or in any work [04399] that is made [06213] of skin [05785]; the plague [05061] is a fretting [03992] leprosy [06883]; it is unclean [02931].
52 He shall therefore burn [08313] that garment [0899], whether warp [08359] or woof [06154], in woollen [06785] or in linen [06593], or any thing [03627] of skin [05785], wherein the plague [05061] is: for it is a fretting [03992] leprosy [06883]; it shall be burnt [08313] in the fire [0784].
53 And if the priest [03548] shall look [07200], and, behold, the plague [05061] be not spread [06581] in the garment [0899], either [0176] in the warp [08359], or [0176] in the woof [06154], or [0176] in any thing [03627] of skin [05785];
54 Then the priest [03548] shall command [06680] that they wash [03526] the thing wherein the plague [05061] is, and he shall shut [05462] it up seven [07651] days [03117] more [08145]:
55 And the priest [03548] shall look [07200] on the plague [05061], after [0310] that it is washed [03526]: and, behold, if the plague [05061] have not changed [02015] his colour [05869], and the plague [05061] be not spread [06581]; it is unclean [02931]; thou shalt burn [08313] it in the fire [0784]; it is fret [06356] inward, whether it be bare within [07146] or without [01372].
56 And if the priest [03548] look [07200], and, behold, the plague [05061] be somewhat dark [03544] after [0310] the washing [03526] of it; then he shall rend [07167] it out of the garment [0899], or out of the skin [05785], or out of the warp [08359], or out of the woof [06154]:
57 And if it appear [07200] still [05750] in the garment [0899], either in the warp [08359], or in the woof [06154], or in any thing [03627] of skin [05785]; it is a spreading [06524] plague: thou shalt burn [08313] that wherein the plague [05061] is with fire [0784].
58 And the garment [0899], either warp [08359], or woof [06154], or whatsoever thing [03627] of skin [05785] it be, which thou shalt wash [03526], if the plague [05061] be departed [05493] from them, then it shall be washed [03526] the second [08145] time, and shall be clean [02891].
59 This is the law [08451] of the plague [05061] of leprosy [06883] in a garment [0899] of woollen [06785] or linen [06593], either in the warp [08359], or woof [06154], or any thing [03627] of skins [05785], to pronounce it clean [02891], or to pronounce it unclean [02930].
37 And he shall look [07200] on the plague [05061], and, behold, if the plague [05061] be in the walls [07023] of the house [01004] with hollow strakes [08258], greenish [03422] or reddish [0125], which in sight [04758] are lower [08217] than [04480] the wall [07023];
47 And he that lieth [07901] in the house [01004] shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899]; and he that eateth [0398] in the house [01004] shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899].
46 Moreover he that goeth [0935] into the house [01004] all the while [03117] that it is shut [05462] up shall be unclean [02930] until the even [06153].
34 When ye be come [0935] into the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which I give [05414] to you for a possession [0272], and I put [05414] the plague [05061] of leprosy [06883] in a house [01004] of the land [0776] of your possession [0272];