Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:36
Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go [into it] to see the plague, that all that [is] in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
That they empty the house, i.e. the possessors of the house. It is observable here, that neither the people nor the household stuff were polluted till the leprosy was discovered and declared by the priest, to show what great difference God makes between sins of ignorance, and sins against knowledge and conscience.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 k, before a priest comes to see the plague, not anything in the house is defiled; but after he is come to see it, even bundles of sticks, and of reeds, are defiled, which are not reckoned under the uncleanness to be removed: so that this was a kindness to the owner of the house, that his loss might not be so great as it otherwise would be, if he did not take care to get his goods out previous to the inspection of the priest:
and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house; to examine it, whether the signs of leprosy are in it.
k Misn. Nagaim, c. 12. sect. 5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(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 priests inspection, to save the household stuff. This assuredly shows that the law did not regard leprosy as infectious.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
36. Empty the house Literally, prepare the house for inspection, by the removal of its contents, as a safeguard against ceremonial defilement.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 14:36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go [into it] to see the plague, that all that [is] in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
Ver. 36. That all that is in the house be not made unclean. ] As it will be when once the priest hath been there and pronounced it unclean. Learn here, saith a good interpreter, to prevent God’s last judgment, by sequestering ourselves betimes, from the contagion of sinners.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
before, &c. This law was most benign in its intention.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
empty: or, prepare
be not made: 1Co 15:33, 2Ti 2:17, 2Ti 2:18, Heb 12:15, Rev 18:4
Reciprocal: Num 19:15 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 14:36. That all be not made unclean It is observable here, that neither the people nor the household stuff were polluted till the leprosy was discovered and declared by the priest, to show what great difference God makes between sins of ignorance, and sins against knowledge.