Bible Commentary

And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, And for the leprosy of a garment,…. Of which see Le 13:47; and of an house; largely treated of in this chapter, Le 14:34. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible (Lev 14:54-57) (“r”, p. 136). The recapitulation of the law, corresponding with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:55”

This [is] the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scurf, 54 57. A summary of the cases dealt with in chs. 13, 14. Special sections have also their closing verses, see Lev 13:59, Lev 14:32. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges This [is] the law for all manner of plague … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:54”

But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. Verse 53. He shall let go the living bird] This might as well be called the scape-bird; as the goat, in Le 16:5-10, is called the scape-goat. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:53”

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird,…. [See comments on Le 14:4]. Fuente: John Gill’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:52”

And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird,…. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:51”

And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. [See comments on Le 14:5]. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Reciprocal: Lev 14:5 – earthen vessel Fuente: The Treasury of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:50”

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 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 Le 14:49, an account is given of the manner … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:49”

And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it], and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 48-57. the priest shall pronouncethe house clean, because the plague is healedThe precautionshere described show that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:48”

And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes,…. Which is more than bare entrance into it, and might be supposed the more to be infected by it, and therefore obliged … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:47”

Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. Moreover, he that goeth into the house all the while it is shut up,…. The utmost of which were three weeks, as Jarchi observes; during the time a house was shut up, no man … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:46”