Leviticus 14:41

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

domum autem ipsam radi intrinsecus per circuitum, et spargi pulverem rasuræ extra urbem in locum immundum,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
domum autem ipsam radi intrinsecus per circuitum, et spargi pulverem rasur� extra urbem in locum immundum,

Nova Vulgata (1979)
domum autem ipsam radi intrinsecus per circuitum et spargi pulverem rasurae extra urbem in locum immundum

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

into an unclean place: Job 36:13, Job 36:14, Isaiah 65:4, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 24:51, 1 Timothy 1:20, Revelation 22:15

Reciprocal: Leviticus 6:11 - without Leviticus 14:45 - into an unclean place Ezekiel 26:4 - I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about,.... All the walls on each side, and at each end, and every stone in them; which, though they had no appearance on them, yet should there be any infection in them, which as yet was not seen, it might be removed, and a spread prevented:

and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city, into an unclean place; the scrapings they were to put into some vessel, and carry them thither and pour them out, or into a cart, and there throw them, that they might lie with other rubbish, and not be made use of any more.

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.