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Clementine Latin Vulgate

Leviticus 14:52

purificabitque eam tam in sanguine passeris quam in aquis viventibus, et in passere vivo, lignoque cedrino et hyssopo atque vermiculo.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blood;   Cedar;   Colors;   Defilement;   Hyssop;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cedar, the;   Houses;   Leprosy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Leper;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hyssop;   Leprosy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Atonement;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hyssop;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Living (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cedar;   Hyssop;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Leper;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hyssop;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Blood;   Cleanse;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Demonology;   Washing;  

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
purificabitque eam tam in sanguine passeris quam in aquis viventibus, et in passere vivo, lignoque cedrino et hyssopo atque vermiculo.
Nova Vulgata (1979)
purificabitque eam tam in sanguine avis quam in aquis viventibus et in avi viva lignoque cedrino et hyssopo atque vermiculo;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Hebrews 9:22 - almost

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird,.... :-.

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.


 
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