E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 14:36
before, &c. This law was most benign in its intention. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 14:37
hollow strakes = sunken places. than the wall = Figure of speech Ellipsis, App-6 . = "deeper than [the surface of] the wall". read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 14:34
Leviticus 14:34. When ye be come into the land of Canaan, &c.— After having spoken of the leprosy of persons and of garments, the sacred writer proceeds to that of houses, concerning which we have already said something in the first note on the last chapter, especially with respect to the opinion derived from the words, I put the plague into a house, &c. that this was a punishment inflicted by the hand of God. "Though it is more difficult to account for the infection of houses," says... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 14:34
34-48. leprosy in a house—This law was prospective, not to come into operation till the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan. The words, "I put the leprosy," has led many to think that this plague was a judicial infliction from heaven for the sins of the owner; while others do not regard it in this light, it being common in Scripture to represent God as doing that which He only permits in His providence to be done. Assuming it to have been a natural disease, a new difficulty arises as to... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 14:33-53
The ritual cleansing of abnormalities in houses 14:33-53The fact that certain abnormal conditions afflicted houses as well as persons reminded the Israelites that their dwelling places as well as their bodies needed to be holy. This law anticipated life in Canaan when the Israelites would live in houses rather than tents. God would "put" the abnormal condition on a house as He did on a person. It did not just pass from person to dwelling by contagion (Leviticus 14:34). God prescribed the same... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:1-57
The Purification of the Leper. The Leprosy of HousesWhen a leper has been cured of his plague, and has satisfied the priest that his cure is complete, he is required to go through a ceremonial purification before being readmitted to his place in society. The ritual of purification consists of three parts. (1) Two living birds are brought, with a rod of cedar wood, a piece of scarlet wool, and a bunch of hyssop, to the priest, who kills one of the birds over water. The living bird and the cedar... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 14:34
(34) When ye be come into the land of Canaan.—We have here the first of four instances in Leviticus of a law being given prospectively, having no immediate bearing on the condition of the people of Israel (see Leviticus 19:23; Leviticus 23:10; Leviticus 25:2). This may be the reason why it is separated from the law of leprous men and garments, which we should naturally expect it would follow, instead of being preceded by the law of cleansing, and why it occupies the position of an appendix.... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 14:35
(35) He that owneth the house.—As in the case of the suspicious symptoms in human beings, the suspected house is forthwith to be examined by the priest.Saying, It seemeth to me . . . —According to the authorities in the time of Christ, this prescribes the formula which the owner of the house is to use when he communicates the fact to the priest. Hence they enacted that though he be himself an expert in these matters, and know certainly that it is leprosy, he is not to say positively to the... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 14:36
(36) That they empty the house.—If the examination was made before the removal of the objects in it, and the priest pronounced the house leprous, all the furniture, &c, found therein would be defiled. Hence the benign law that everything should be removed previous to the priest’s inspection, to save the household stuff. This assuredly shows that the law did not regard leprosy as infectious. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 14:34
When ye be come, &c. Here we have the first of four prospective laws, having no immediate hearing. See Leviticus 19:23 ; Leviticus 23:10 ; Leviticus 25:2 . Hence it is separated from the law for leprous men and garments, in the form of an appendix. plague. House leprosy is here represented as being supernatural. This was peculiar to Palestine and to houses of Israelites. The Targum of Jonathan renders this: "And if there be a man who buildeth his house with stolen goods, then I will put",... read more