Leviticus 14:39

The NET Bible®

The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the walls of the house,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

King James Version
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

Lexham English Bible
And the priest shall return on the seventh day, and he shall examine the infection, and if the infection has spread on the house's wall,

New Century Version
On the seventh day the priest must come back and check the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls of the house,

Amplified Bible
"The priest shall return on the seventh day and look; and if the mark has spread on the walls of the house,

New American Standard Bible
"Then the priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the spot has indeed spread on the walls of the house,

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the Priest shall come againe ye seuenth day: and if he see that the plague bee increased in the walles of the house,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the priest shall return on the seventh day and look again. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,

Contemporary English Version
Then he will return and check to see if the mildew has spread.

Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen will come again on the seventh day and examine the house; if he sees that the infection has spread over its walls,

Darby Translation
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath spread in the walls of the house,

Easy-to-Read Version
"On the seventh day the priest must come back and check the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls of the house,

English Standard Version
And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

George Lamsa Translation
And the priest shall come back again on the seventh day and shall see if the plague has spread in the walls of the house;

Good News Translation
On the seventh day he shall return and examine it again. If the mildew has spread,

Christian Standard Bible®
The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house,

Literal Translation
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague has spread in the walls of the house;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And vpon the seuenth daye whan he commeth, and seyth that the plage hath fretten farther in the walles of the house,

American Standard Version
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

Bible in Basic English
And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the priest shall come agayne the seuenth day, & yf he see that the plague be increased in the walles of the house,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

King James Version (1611)
And the Priest shall come againe the seuenth day, and shall looke: and behold, if the plague bee spread in the walls of the house;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, if the plague is spread in the walls of the house,

English Revised Version
and the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

Berean Standard Bible
On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he schal turne ayen in the seuenthe day, and schal se it; if he fyndith that the lepre encreesside,

Young's Literal Translation
`And the priest hath turned back on the seventh day, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the walls of the house,

Update Bible Version
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and see if the plague has spread in the walls of the house;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and behold, [if] the plague is spread in the walls of the house;

World English Bible
The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

New King James Version
And the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look; and indeed if the plague has spread on the walls of the house,

New Living Translation
On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,

New Life Bible
He will come again on the seventh day and look. If the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

New Revised Standard
The priest shall come again on the seventh day and make an inspection; if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the priest shall return on the seventh day, - and take a view, and lo! if the mark hath spread in the walls of the house,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread,

Revised Standard Version
And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look; and if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,

Contextual Overview

³³ The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: ³⁴ "When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give to you for a possession, and I put a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, ³⁵ then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.' ³⁶ Then the priest will command that the house be cleared before the priest enters to examine the infection so that everything in the house does not become unclean, and afterward the priest will enter to examine the house. ³⁷ He is to examine the infection, and if the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, ³⁸ then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. ³⁹ The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the walls of the house, ⁴⁰ then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown outside the city into an unclean place. ⁴¹ Then he is to have the house scraped all around on the inside, and the plaster which is scraped off must be dumped outside the city into an unclean place. ⁴² They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 13:7, Leviticus 13:8, Leviticus 13:22, Leviticus 13:27, Leviticus 13:36, Leviticus 13:51, The consideration of the circumstances will exhibit the importance and the propriety of the Mosaic ordinance on the subject of the house leprosy.

1. Moses ordained that the owner of a house, when any suspicious spots appeared on the walls, should be bound to give notice of it, in order that the house might be inspected; and that person, as in the case of the human leprosy, was to be the priest, whose duty it was. Now this would serve to check the mischief at its very origin, and make every one attentive to observe it.

2. On notice being given, the priest was to inspect the house, but the occupant had liberty to remove everything previously out of it; and that this might be done, the priest was empowered to order it ex officio; for whatever was found within a house declared unclean, became unclean along with it.

3. If, on the first inspection, the complaint did not appear wholly without foundation, but suspicious spots or dimples were actually to be seen, the house was to be shut up for seven days and then to be inspected anew. If, in this interval, the evil did not spread, it was considered as have been a circumstance merely accidental, and the house was not polluted; but if it had spread, it was not considered a harmless accident, but the real house leprosy; and the stones affected with it were to be broken out of the wall, and carried to an unclean place without the city, and the walls of the whole house here scraped and plastered anew.

4. If, after this, the leprosy broke out afresh, the whole house was to be pulled down, and the materials carried without the city. Moses therefore, never suffered a leprous house to stand.

5. If, on the other hand, the house being inspected a second time, was found clean, it was solemnly so declared, and offering made on the occasion; in order that every one might know for certain that it was not infected, and the public be freed from all fears on that score. By this law many evils were actually prevented - it would check the mischief in its very origin, and make every one attentive to observe it: the people would also guard against those impurities whence it arose, and thus the health be preserved and not suffer in an infected house. These Mosaic statues were intended to prevent infection by the sacred obligations of religion. Ceremonial laws many keep more conscientiously and sacredly than moral precepts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look,.... On the seventh day from his shutting of it up, he shall open it again, go into it, and observe in what condition it is:

and, behold, [if] the plague be spread in the walls of the house: the hollow strakes are become deeper, or the coloured spots are become larger: spreading was always a sign of leprosy, both in the bodies of men, and in garments.

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.