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If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he shall examine the disease. And if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague <i>be</i> in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight <i>are</i> lower than the wall;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he shall examine the plague; and indeed <i>if</i> the plague <i>is</i> on the walls of the house with ingrained streaks, greenish or reddish, which appear to be deep in the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he shall look at the spot, and if the spot on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions, and appears deeper than the surface;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the <i>surface of</i> the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He shall examine the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If the priest discovers greenish or reddish spots that go deeper than the surface of the walls, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will examine the mildew area on the walls. If it is green and red in sunken areas that are deeper than the rest of the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and examine the mildew. If there are greenish or reddish spots that appear to be eating into the wall, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He is to determine if the contagion is indeed on the walls of the house, with greenish or reddish streaks, and to determine if it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He is to examine the infection, and if the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He shall examine the plague; and look, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he shall look on the plague, and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house, with hollow streaks, greenish, or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he has seen the plague, and behold, the plague [is] in the walls of the house, hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and their appearance [is] lower than the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he hath seen the plague, and lo, the plague is in the walls of the house, hollow strakes, very green or very red, and their appearance is lower than the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he saw the stroke; and behold, the stroke in the walls of the house, the hollows greenish, or reddish and their sight low from the wall.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all the rest, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when he will have seen in its walls something like little hollows, deformed with paleness or redness, and lower than the remaining surface,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If the priest, upon inspection, finds that the infection on the walls of the house consists of greenish or reddish spots which seem to go deeper than the surface of the wall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He shall examine the disease; if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish scales, and appear to be deeper than the wall;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he shall look at the plague and behold, the plague is in the wall of the house, scales of green or of red, and he sees them deeper than the plaster wall;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague is in the walls of the house, <i>he will see</i> greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them <i>will be</i> beneath the surface of the walls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/14-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3754" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Signs of Home Contamination</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">36</span>The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house. <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">He is to examine</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: han·ne·ḡa‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">the house,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and if</a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: han·ne·ḡa‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">the mildew</a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: bə·qî·rōṯ (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">on the walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3422.htm" title="3422: yə·raq·raq·qōṯ (Adj-fp) -- Greenish, pale green. From the same as yereq; yellowishness.">consists of green</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/125.htm" title="125: ’ă·ḏam·dam·mōṯ (Adj-fp) -- Reddish. Reduplicated from 'adam; reddish.">red</a> <a href="/hebrew/8258.htm" title="8258: šə·qa·‘ă·rū·rōṯ (N-fp) -- Depression, hollow. From shaqa'; a depression.">depressions</a> <a href="/hebrew/4758.htm" title="4758: ū·mar·’ê·hen (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3fp) -- Sight, appearance, vision. From ra'ah; a view; also an appearance, whether a shape, or a vision.">that appear</a> <a href="/hebrew/8217.htm" title="8217: šā·p̄āl (Adj-ms) -- Low. From shaphel; depressed, literally or figuratively.">to be beneath</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: haq·qîr (Art:: N-ms) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">the surface of the wall,</a> </span><span class="reftext">38</span>the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm">Leviticus 13:2-3</a></span><br />“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest. / The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a></span><br />In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-14.htm">Numbers 19:14-15</a></span><br />This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days, / and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</a></span><br />While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-19</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a></span><br />For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22</a></span><br />let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a></span><br />Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-18</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” / And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26-27</a></span><br />to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Leviticus 13:3,19,20,42,49</a></b></br> And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and <i>when</i> the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight <i>be</i> deeper than the skin of his flesh, it <i>is</i> a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-57.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-57.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-34.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm">Face</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">Green</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">Greenish</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-26.htm">Hollow</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Hollows</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-6.htm">Red</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-35.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Streaks</a> <a href="/exodus/33-16.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/revelation/21-19.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/numbers/9-15.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Face</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm">Green</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">Greenish</a> <a href="/numbers/22-24.htm">Hollow</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Hollows</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-38.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-43.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-9.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-49.htm">Red</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-17.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Streaks</a> <a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-31.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-1.htm">The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-33.htm">The signs of leprosy in a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">48. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">The cleansing of that house</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The priest acts as a mediator between God and the people, emphasizing the importance of holiness and purity in all aspects of life, including one's dwelling. This inspection process underscores the thoroughness required in maintaining ritual cleanliness, a theme prevalent throughout Leviticus.<p><b>and if the mildew on the walls</b><br>The mention of mildew indicates a concern for health and cleanliness, as mold can be harmful. In ancient Israel, maintaining a clean living environment was not only a physical necessity but also a spiritual one. The presence of mildew could render a house ceremonially unclean, affecting the inhabitants' ability to participate in religious activities.<p><b>consists of green or red depressions</b><br>The specific colors mentioned—green or red—suggest a detailed examination to determine the severity and nature of the mildew. These colors may indicate different types of mold or stages of growth, requiring careful assessment. The use of color as a diagnostic tool reflects the practical wisdom embedded in the Levitical laws, which often have parallels in modern health practices.<p><b>that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall</b><br>This detail highlights the need for a thorough investigation, as surface-level cleaning would not suffice if the problem is deeper. It suggests a deeper spiritual metaphor: sin and impurity may not always be visible on the surface but can be deeply embedded, requiring more than superficial remedies. This concept is echoed in the teachings of Jesus, who emphasized the importance of inner purity (<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>).<br><br>In summary, this verse illustrates the meticulous nature of the Levitical laws concerning cleanliness and the priest's role in maintaining the community's holiness. It also serves as a metaphor for the deeper spiritual examination required to address sin and impurity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>The priest is the central figure responsible for examining the house for mildew. This role underscores the priest's duty in maintaining both spiritual and physical cleanliness among the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/house.htm">House</a></b><br>The house in question is a dwelling place that may be afflicted with mildew, symbolizing impurity or sin that needs to be addressed.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mildew.htm">Mildew</a></b><br>This refers to a physical affliction on the walls of a house, representing spiritual corruption or sin that can permeate a community or individual.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a></b><br>The broader context involves the community of Israel, who are called to live in holiness and purity, both physically and spiritually.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The setting is within the Promised Land, where God’s people are to maintain purity in their living spaces as a reflection of their covenant relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were to maintain their homes free from mildew, Christians are called to keep their lives free from sin. This involves regular self-examination and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>The priest’s role in examining the house highlights the importance of spiritual leaders in guiding and maintaining the purity of the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_mildew.htm">Symbolism of Mildew</a></b><br>Mildew represents sin that can infiltrate and corrupt. Believers must be vigilant in identifying and addressing sin in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The health of the community is interconnected. Just as mildew in one house can affect others, sin in one part of the community can impact the whole.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_cleansing.htm">God’s Provision for Cleansing</a></b><br>The detailed instructions for dealing with mildew reflect God’s provision for cleansing and restoration, pointing to the ultimate cleansing through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_sabbatarianism.htm">What does the Bible say about mildew?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_law.htm">What is the Bible's stance on Christians and the law?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_bird_blood_cure_skin_disease.htm">How could sprinkling bird blood and water (Leviticus 14:1-7) realistically cure or cleanse a contagious skin disease by any scientific or medical standard?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_eat_all_foods.htm">Can Christians eat anything? (Romans 14:2 vs. Leviticus 11:4-12)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">With hollow strakes, greenish or reddish.</span>--If the house is really leprous, the priest on inspecting it will find in the walls the same three symptoms which are visible in the skin of leprous human beings: (1) hollow strakes, or, rather, <span class= "ital">deep cavities </span>or <span class= "ital">depressions, </span>which the ancient canons define as a depression deeper than the rest of the wall, being the same symptom as in man (see <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm" title="And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.">Leviticus 13:3</a>); (2) a <span class= "ital">greenish </span>or (3) a <span class= "ital">reddish </span>spot, which were the second and third symptoms of leprosy in men and garments. (Comp. <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm" title="And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed to the priest:">Leviticus 13:49</a>.) According to the canons which obtained during the second Temple, the size of this discoloured spot on the wall had to be that of two beans.<span class= "bld"><p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/14-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He is to examine</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the house],</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֗גַע</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5061.htm">Strong's 5061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mark -- a blow, a spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mildew</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֙גַע֙</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5061.htm">Strong's 5061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mark -- a blow, a spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the walls</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקִירֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qî·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consists of green</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרַקְרַקֹּ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(yə·raq·raq·qōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3422.htm">Strong's 3422: </a> </span><span class="str2">Greenish, pale green</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">red</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדַמְדַּמֹּ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏam·dam·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_125.htm">Strong's 125: </a> </span><span class="str2">Reddish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">depressions</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁקַֽעֲרוּרֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·qa·‘ă·rū·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8258.htm">Strong's 8258: </a> </span><span class="str2">Depression, hollow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that appear</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mar·’ê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4758.htm">Strong's 4758: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sight, appearance, vision</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be beneath</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁפָ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(šā·p̄āl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8217.htm">Strong's 8217: </a> </span><span class="str2">Depressed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the surface of the wall,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקִּֽיר׃</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/14-37.htm">Leviticus 14:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 14:37 He shall examine the plague (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/14-38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 14:38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>