Leviticus 14:47

Literal Standard Version

and he who is lying in the house washes his garments; and he who is eating in the house washes his garments.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

King James Version
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

Lexham English Bible
And the person who sleeps in the house must wash his garments, and the person who eats in the house shall wash his garments.

New Century Version
Anyone who eats in that house or lies down there must wash his clothes.

New English Translation
Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.

Amplified Bible
"And whoever lies down in the house [to rest] shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

New American Standard Bible
"Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hee also that sleepeth in the house shall wash his clothes: he likewise yt eateth in the house, shall wash his clothes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Contemporary English Version
And if you either slept or ate in the house, you must wash your clothes.

Complete Jewish Bible
Whoever lies down or eats in the house must wash his clothes.

Darby Translation
And he that sleepeth in the house shall wash his garments, and he that eateth in the house shall wash his garments.

Easy-to-Read Version
Anyone who eats in that house or lies down in there must wash their clothes.

English Standard Version
and whoever sleeps in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

George Lamsa Translation
And he who lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Good News Translation
Any who lie down or eat in the house must wash their clothes.

Christian Standard Bible®
Whoever lies down in the house is to wash his clothes, and whoever eats in it is to wash his clothes.

Literal Translation
And he who lies in the house shall wash his clothes and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he yt lyeth therin, or eateth therin, shal wash his clothes.

American Standard Version
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

Bible in Basic English
And anyone who has been sleeping in the house will have to have his clothing washed; and anyone who takes food in that house will have to have his clothing washed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He also that sleepeth in the house, shal washe his clothes: he lykewyse that eateth in ye house, shall washe his clothes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

King James Version (1611)
And hee that lieth in the house, shall wash his clothes: and hee that eateth in the house, shall wash his clothes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.

English Revised Version
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

Berean Standard Bible
And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he that slepith and etith ony thing therynne, schal waische hise clothis.

Young's Literal Translation
and he who is lying in the house doth wash his garments; and he who is eating in the house doth wash his garments.

Update Bible Version
And he that lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes: and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

World English Bible
He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

New King James Version
And he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

New Living Translation
and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.

New Life Bible
Whoever lies down in the house will wash his clothes. And whoever eats in the house will wash his clothes.

New Revised Standard
and all who sleep in the house shall wash their clothes; and all who eat in the house shall wash their clothes.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he that lieth in the house, shall wash his clothes, and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his clothes.

Revised Standard Version
and he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Contextual Overview

³³And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ³⁴"When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you for a possession, and I have put a plague of leprosy in a house [in] the land of your possession, ³⁵then he whose the house [is] has come in and declared [it] to the priest, saying, Some plague has appeared to me in the house; ³⁶and the priest has commanded, and they have prepared the house before the priest comes in to see the plague (that all which [is] in the house is not unclean), and afterward the priest comes in to see the house; ³⁷and he has seen the plague, and behold, the plague [is] in the walls of the house, hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and their appearance [is] lower than the wall, ³⁸and the priest has gone out of the house to the opening of the house, and has shut up the house [for] seven days. ³⁹And the priest has turned back on the seventh day, and has seen, and behold, the plague has spread in the walls of the house, ⁴⁰and the priest has commanded, and they have drawn out the stones in which the plague [is], and have cast them to the outside of the city, to an unclean place; ⁴¹and he causes the house to be scraped all around inside, and they have poured out the clay which they have scraped off, at the outside of the city, at an unclean place; ⁴²and they have taken other stones, and brought [them] to the place of the stones, and he takes other clay and has coated the house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wash his clothes: Leviticus 14:8, Leviticus 14:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:5 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes,.... Which is more than bare entrance into it, and might be supposed the more to be infected by it, and therefore obliged to the washing of himself, and his garments:

and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes; if he stayed no longer than while he ate half a piece of wheaten bread he was clean, but not if he stayed so long as to eat a like quantity of barley bread, and sat down and ate it with food r.

r Misn. Negaim, c. 13. sect. 8, 9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This section is separated from that on leprosy in clothing Leviticus 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 Isaiah 45:6-7; Jonah 4:7; Matthew 21:20.

Leviticus 14:37

Hollow strakes ... - Rather, depressed spots of dark green or dark red, appearing beneath (the surface of) the wall.

Leviticus 14:49

Cleanse the house - Strictly, “purge the house from sin.” The same word is used in Leviticus 14:52; and in Leviticus 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.