Levítico 14:36

La Biblia Reina-Valera

Entonces mandará el sacerdote, y despejarán la casa antes que el sacerdote entre á mirar la plaga, por que no sea contaminado todo lo que estuviere en la casa: y después el sacerdote entrará á reconocer la casa:

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
El sacerdote entonces ordenará que desocupen la casa antes de que él entre para examinar la marca, a fin de que nada se contamine en la casa; y después el sacerdote entrará y examinará la casa.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Entonces el sacerdote mandar� desocupar la casa, antes que el sacerdote entre a mirar la plaga, para que no sea contaminado todo lo que estuviere en la casa: y despu�s el sacerdote entrar� a reconocer la casa:

Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Entonces mandar� el sacerdote, y limpiar�n la casa antes que el sacerdote entre a mirar la plaga, para que no sea contaminado todo lo que estuviere en la casa; y despu�s el sacerdote entrar� a reconocer la casa.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

empty: or, prepare

be not made: 1 Corinthians 15:33, 2 Timothy 2:17, 2 Timothy 2:18, Hebrews 12:15, Revelation 18:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 19:15 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house,.... Clear it of all persons and things; everybody was obliged to go out of it; and all the furniture of it, all the household goods in it, were to be removed from it:

before the priest go [into it] to see the plague, that all that [is] in the house be not made clean; as would be the case should the priest view it, and pronounce it unclean before the removal of them; agreeably to which is the Jewish tradition k, before a priest comes to see the plague, not anything in the house is defiled; but after he is come to see it, even bundles of sticks, and of reeds, are defiled, which are not reckoned under the uncleanness to be removed: so that this was a kindness to the owner of the house, that his loss might not be so great as it otherwise would be, if he did not take care to get his goods out previous to the inspection of the priest:

and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house; to examine it, whether the signs of leprosy are in it.

k Misn. Nagaim, c. 12. sect. 5.

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.