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Matthew Henry

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 14:48

And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it ,.... That is, on the seventh day of the second week of its being shut up: and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered ; See Gill on Leviticus 14:42 , then the priest shall pronounce the house clean ; fit to be inhabited, and so no more to be shut up, but free for use as before: because the plague is healed ; the infection being wholly removed by taking out the stones, scraping, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:49

And he shall take to cleanse the house ,.... The priest, or by his fellow priest, as Aben Ezra, though some interpret it of the master of the house; in Leviticus 14:49 , an account is given of the manner of cleansing a leprous house, which is the same with that of cleansing a leprous man, see notes on Leviticus 14:4-7 , Two birds . The birds here indeed are not described as "alive and clean", Leviticus 14:4 ; but both are plainly implied and the house is said to be cleansed with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:50

And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. See Gill on Leviticus 14:5 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:51

And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird ,.... See Gill on Leviticus 14:6 . and sprinkle the house seven times . See Gill on Leviticus 14:7 . read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

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

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

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