Leviticus 14:36 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean. Afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

BSB

The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

KJV

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

ASV

And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

BBE

And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;

Original Hebrew

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וְצִוָּה ve·tzi·vah and he will command H6680 הַכֹּהֵן ha·ko·hen the priest H3548 וּפִנּוּ u·fi·nu and people will make clear H6437 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַבַּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004 בְּטֶרֶם be·te·rem (in) before H2962 יָבֹא ya·vo' he will go H935 הַכֹּהֵן ha·ko·hen the priest H3548 לִרְאוֹת lir·'ot to see H7200 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַנֶּגַע ha·ne·ga' the plague H5061 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 יִטְמָא yit·ma' it will be unclean H2930 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher that H834 בַּבָּיִת ba·ba·yit [is] in the house H1004 וְאַחַר ve·'a·char and after H310 כֵּן ken thus H3651 יָבֹא ya·vo' he will go H935 הַכֹּהֵן ha·ko·hen the priest H3548 לִרְאוֹת lir·'ot to see H7200 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַבָּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 33–53

The leprosy in a house is unaccountable to us, as well as the leprosy in a garment; but now sin, where that reigns in a house, is a plague there, as it is in a heart. Masters of families should be aware, and afraid of the first appearance of sin in their families, and put it away, whatever it is. If the leprosy is got into the house, the infected part must be taken out. If it remain in the house, the whole must be pulled down. The owner had better be without a dwelling, than live in one that was infected. The leprosy of sin ruins families and churches. Thus sin is so interwoven with the human body, that it must be taken down by death.

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