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3 Mose 14:48
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Wenn aber der Priester beim Betreten des Hauses sieht, daß das Mal nicht weitergefressen hat am Hause, nachdem das Haus [neu] beworfen ist, so soll er es für rein erklären; denn das Mal ist heil geworden.
Wenn aber der Priester hineingeht und es besieht, und siehe, das Übel hat nicht um sich gegriffen am Hause nach dem Bewerfen des Hauses, so soll der Priester das Haus für rein erklären; denn das Übel ist heil geworden.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
shall come in: Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc. because. Leviticus 14:3, Job 5:18, Hosea 6:1, Mark 5:29, Mark 5:34, Luke 7:21, 1 Corinthians 6:11
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it],.... That is, on the seventh day of the second week of its being shut up:
and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; :-:
then the priest shall pronounce the house clean; fit to be inhabited, and so no more to be shut up, but free for use as before:
because the plague is healed; the infection being wholly removed by taking out the stones, scraping, and plastering the house, and so an entire stop put to the spread of it.
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.