Leviticus 14:42

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

lapidesque alios reponi pro his qui ablati fuerint, et luto alio liniri domum.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
lapidesque alios reponi pro his qui ablati fuerint, et luto alio liniri domum.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
lapidesque alios reponi pro his, qui ablati fuerint, et luto alio liniri domum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 18:19, Joshua 24:15, 2 Chronicles 17:7-9, 2 Chronicles 19:5-7, 2 Chronicles 29:4, 2 Chronicles 29:5, Psalms 101:6, Acts 1:20-26, 1 Timothy 5:9, 1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:21, 1 Timothy 5:22, 2 Timothy 2:2, Titus 1:5-9

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they shall take other stones,.... From elsewhere, such as are sound and whole:

and put [them] in the place of these stones; such as will exactly answer them, as to number and size, and so fill up the space vacant by the removal of the other, and support the building:

and he shall take other mortar, and plaster the house; the master of the house was to do this, or take care that it was done; but others by the order of the priest, as they took away the tainted stones, put others in their place.

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.