列王纪下 5:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以利沙差派一個使者去見他說：“你去在約旦河中沐浴七次，你的身體就會復原，得著潔淨。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 利 沙 打 发 一 个 使 者 ， 对 乃 缦 说 ： 你 去 在 约 但 河 中 沐 浴 七 回 ， 你 的 肉 就 必 复 原 ， 而 得 洁 净 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ So Naaman went with his horses and chariots to Elisha's house and stood outside the door. ¹⁰ Elisha sent Naaman a messenger who said, "Go and wash in the Jordan River seven times. Then your skin will be healed, and you will be clean." ¹¹ Naaman became angry and left. He said, "I thought Elisha would surely come out and stand before me and call on the name of the Lord his God. I thought he would wave his hand over the place and heal the disease. ¹² The Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, are better than all the waters of Israel. Why can't I wash in them and become clean?" So Naaman went away very angry. ¹³ Naaman's servants came near and said to him, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? Doesn't it make more sense just to do it? After all, he only told you, ‘Wash, and you will be clean.'" ¹⁴ So Naaman went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, just as Elisha had said. Then his skin became new again, like the skin of a child. And he was clean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sent a messenger: Matthew 15:23-26

wash: 2 Kings 2:21, 2 Kings 3:16, 2 Kings 4:41, John 9:7, 1 Corinthians 6:11

seven times: Leviticus 14:7, Leviticus 14:16, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 16:14, Leviticus 16:19, Numbers 19:4, Numbers 19:19, Joshua 6:4, Joshua 6:13-16

thy flesh: 2 Kings 5:14, Exodus 4:6, Exodus 4:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - clean Leviticus 13:58 - be washed 2 Kings 4:16 - do not lie 2 Kings 5:13 - Wash 2 Kings 13:17 - Open 1 Chronicles 21:19 - went up Luke 5:5 - nevertheless Luke 5:13 - I will John 2:7 - Fill John 5:4 - was made John 13:5 - to wash

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him,.... Or returned an answer by Naaman's messenger; he did not go out to him, choosing to be retired, as he commonly did; and being perhaps employed in prayer for the cure; and it may be also to show his contempt of or little regard he had to worldly grandeur and honour, as well as to mortify the pride of Naaman:

saying, go and wash in Jordan seven times; so, according to the law of the cleansing the leper, he was to be sprinkled seven times, and on the seventh day his flesh was to be bathed or dipped all over in water, which is meant by washing here, Leviticus 14:7

and thy flesh shall come again to thee; which was eaten and consumed by the disease on him:

and thou shalt be clean; freed from this pollution, or filthy disease, with which he was defiled; for a leper was reckoned unclean, Leviticus 13:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Elisha was not deterred from personally meeting Naaman because he was a leper. He sent a messenger because Naaman had over-estimated his own importance 2 Kings 5:11), and needed rebuke.

And wash in Jordan - Compare the marginal references. A command is given which tests the faith of the recipient, and the miracle is not performed until such faith is openly evidenced.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 5:10. Sent a messenger — Did not come out to speak with him: he had got his orders from God, and he transmitted them to Naaman by his servant.

Wash in Jordan seven times — The waters of Jordan had no tendency to remove this disorder but God chose to make them the means by which he would convey his healing power. He who is the author of life, health, and salvation, has a right to dispense, convey, and maintain them, by whatsoever means he pleases.