John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:53
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields ,.... See Gill on Leviticus 14:7 . read more
Leviticus 14:33-53 Nlt,niv,esv
John Gill
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
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:45
He shall break down the house - "On the suspicion of a house being infected, the priest examined it, and ordered it to be shut up seven days; if he found the plague, or signs of the plague, (hollow streaks, greenish or reddish), were not spread, he commanded it to be shut up seven days more. On the thirteenth day he revisited it; and if he found the infected place dim, or gone away, he took out that part of the wall, carried it out to an unclean place, mended the wall, and caused the whole... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:53
He shall let go the living bird - This might as well be called the scape-bird; as the goat, in Leviticus 16, is called the scape-goat. The rites are similar in both cases, and probably had nearly the same meaning. We have already taken occasion to observe (see the end of the preceding chapter at Leviticus 13:58 ; (note)) that the leprosy was strongly emblematical of sin; to which we may add here: - That the leprosy was a disease generally acknowledged to be incurable by any human means;... 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
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:33-53
Cleansing the corrupt house. That the Divine Lawgiver should, in this tabernacle period of Israel's history, anticipate a time when their future houses would be affected by some disorder similar to leprosy in the human skin, and that he should direct a treatment of such houses closely corresponding with that of the human leper, is exceedingly remarkable. Nothing could possibly impress the Hebrew mine[ more powerfully with the idea that "the face of the Lord was against' that spiritual... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:52
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird ,.... See Gill on Leviticus 14:4 . read more