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
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