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
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