レビ記 14:34-38 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 14:33-53

This is the law concerning the leprosy in a house. Now that they were in the wilderness they dwelt in tents, and had no houses, and therefore the law is made only an appendix to the former laws concerning the leprosy, because it related, not to their present state, but to their future settlement. The leprosy in a house is as unaccountable as the leprosy in a garment; but, if we see not what natural causes of it can be assigned, we may resolve it into the power of the God of nature, who here... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:34

When ye be come into the land of Canaan ,.... Which as yet they were not come to, being in the wilderness, and so the following law concerning the leprosy in houses could not yet take place, they now dwelling in tents, and not in houses: which I give to you for a possession ; the Lord had given it to Abraham, and his seed, long ago, to be their inheritance, and now he was about to put them into the possession of it, which they were to hold as their own under God, their sovereign Lord and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:35

And he that owneth the house shall come, and tell the priest ,.... As soon as he observes any sign of leprosy in it, or which gives him a suspicion of it: saying, it seemeth unto me there is as it were a plague in the house ; he must not say expressly there is one, how certain soever he may be of it, because the matter must be determined by a priest: so runs the Jewish canon F9 Misn. Negaim, c. 12. sect. 5. Jarchi in loc. , he whose the house is comes and declares to the priest,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:36

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 F11 Misn. Nagaim,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:37

And he shall look on the plague ,.... That which is taken or suspected to be one, being pointed unto by the owner of the house: and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house ; for there it chiefly was, if not solely; and from hence Gersom infers that it must be a walled house, and that it must have four walls, neither more nor fewer; and with this agrees the Misnah F12 Misn. Nagaim, c. 12. sect. 1,2. , according to which it must be four square; the signs of which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:38

Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house ,.... Thereby signifying that it was not fit to be inhabited, and there standing to see it shut up, as follows: and shut up the house seven days : to observe what alteration would be made in that time, and which would sooner be discovered in a house uninhabited. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:34

When ye be come into the land - and I put the plague of leprosy - It was probably from this text that the leprosy has been generally considered to be a disease inflicted immediately by God himself; but it is well known that in Scripture God is frequently represented as doing what, in the course of his providence, he only permits or suffers to be done. It is supposed that the infection of the house, as well as of the person and the garments, proceeded from animalcula . See Clarke's note on ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:34

Verse 34 34.When ye be come into the land. Another sort of leprosy is here treated of, as to which we may not unreasonably rejoice that it is now unknown to us. But, as God had honored that people with extraordinary privileges, so it was consistent that their ingratitude should be punished by more severe penalties, if they defiled the gifts in which they excelled. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that punishments were inflicted upon them, which it fills us with surprise and horror to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-57

The cleansing of sin as illustrated in the cleansing of the leper. cf. 2 Kings 5:1-27 ; Matthew 8:1-4 ; Luke 5:12-15 . We have seen the possibility of a cure of leprosy in the directions for its diagnosis given to the priests. The cured leper had also to be cleansed before admitted to the society of the faithful. In this chapter we have the cleansing of the leper detailed. In this we are to discern the cleansing of sin. Naaman's case is instructive upon this point. He was cured by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:33-53

On uncleanness in houses. There are two metaphors commonly used in Holy Scripture for designating God's covenant people. They are I. GOD 'S HOUSEHOLD . As the household of God the Father," of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named" ( Ephesians 3:15 ), they are the members of that august brotherhood gathered together in Christ, of which God himself is the spiritual Father, into which all that are adopted in Christ are incorporated, ceasing to be "strangers and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 14:33-53

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-57

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:33-53

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