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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, &#8216I have seen something that looks like a defiling mold in my house.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘There seems to me to be some case of disease in my house.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me <i>there is</i> as it were a plague in the house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and he who owns the house comes and tells the priest, saying, ‘It seems to me that <i>there is</i> some plague in the house,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘<i>Something</i> like a spot <i>of leprosy</i> has become visible to me in the house.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, &#8216Something like a mark of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘<i>Something</i> like a mark <i>of leprosy</i> has become visible to me in the house.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘<i>Something</i> like a mark <i>of leprosy</i> has become visible to me in the house.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘I have seen <i>something that looks like</i> a mark <i>of leprosy</i> in my house.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the owner of the house is to come and tell the priest: Something like mildew contamination has appeared in my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the owner of the house is to come and tell the priest: Something like mildew contamination has appeared in my house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />First, you must say to a priest, "I think there is mildew on the wall of my house." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The owner of that house must come and tell the priest that there is something that looks like mildew in his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then the owner of the house is to approach the priest and tell him, 'There appears to be a contagion in the house.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ?Something like mildew has appeared in my house.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest, 'Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, it seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then he whose the house [is] has come in and declared [it] to the priest, saying, Some plague has appeared to me in the house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> then hath he whose the house is come in and declared to the priest, saying, As a plague hath appeared to me in the house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he to whom is the house, came and announced to the priest, saying, It was seen to me as a stroke in the house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He whose house it is, shall go and tell the priest, saying: It seemeth to me, that there is the plague of leprosy in my house, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />he whose house it is shall go and report to the priest, saying: “It seems to me that the mark of leprosy is in my house.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, “Something like an infection has appeared in my house.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, “There seems to me to be some sort of disease in my house.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seems to me that there is a plague of leprosy in the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The owner of the house will come and he will tell the Priest and will say to him, 'Something like a plague of leprosy has appeared to me in the house',<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying: 'There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, I have seen as it were a plague in the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/14-35.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=3734" 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">34</span>“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land, <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">the owner</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">shall come</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: wə·hig·gîḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be conspicuous. ">and tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: lak·kō·hên (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: kə·ne·ḡa‘ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">‘Something like mildew</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: nir·’āh (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">has appeared</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">in my</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bab·bā·yiṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house.’</a> </span><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.…<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="/numbers/19-14.htm">Numbers 19:14-22</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. / Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days. ...<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="/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_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3-10</a></span><br />Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/15-5.htm">2 Kings 15:5</a></span><br />And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.<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="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-45</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 5:12-16</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="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-9.htm">Acts 10:9-16</a></span><br />The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. / He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he that ownes the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seems to me there is as it were a plague in the house:</p><p class="hdg">a plague</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26</a></b></br> Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: <i>but</i> thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it <i>is</i> a cursed thing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-21.htm">Joshua 7:21</a></b></br> When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they <i>are</i> hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/3-12.htm">1 Samuel 3:12-14</a></b></br> In that day I will perform against Eli all <i>things</i> which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/9-23.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/exodus/13-8.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/exodus/22-15.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/acts/21-11.htm">Owneth</a> <a href="/exodus/22-3.htm">Owns</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-31.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/james/1-26.htm">Seemeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-3.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-19.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/john/19-42.htm">There</a> <a href="/genesis/8-5.htm">Visible</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-24.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/acts/21-11.htm">Owneth</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-28.htm">Owns</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-38.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Seemeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/judges/17-7.htm">There</a> <a href="/daniel/4-11.htm">Visible</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest</b><br>In ancient Israel, the responsibility of maintaining ritual purity extended to one's dwelling. The owner of the house, recognizing a potential impurity, was required to report it to the priest. This reflects the communal and religious responsibility of individuals to uphold the holiness of the community. The priest acted as a mediator between God and the people, emphasizing the importance of spiritual leadership. This process underscores the seriousness with which the Israelites approached issues of cleanliness and purity, as seen in other parts of Leviticus. The priest's involvement also foreshadows the role of Christ as the ultimate High Priest, who intercedes on behalf of humanity.<p><b>‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’</b><br>The mention of mildew, or mold, indicates a concern for both physical and spiritual contamination. In the ancient Near East, mildew could symbolize decay and corruption, which were antithetical to the holiness required by God. The phrase "something like mildew" suggests uncertainty, requiring priestly discernment to determine the nature of the impurity. This reflects the broader biblical theme of distinguishing between clean and unclean, a recurring motif in Leviticus. The presence of mildew in a house could also be seen as a metaphor for sin, which can spread and corrupt if not addressed. This aligns with the New Testament teachings on sin and the need for purification through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_inhabitant.htm">The Inhabitant</a></b><br>The person who lives in the house and discovers a potential issue with mold or mildew. This individual is responsible for reporting the problem to the priest.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>A religious leader in ancient Israel responsible for inspecting the house and determining the presence of a defiling mold. The priest acts as a mediator between God and the people, ensuring the community's purity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house.htm">The House</a></b><br>Represents the dwelling place of the Israelite, which can become unclean due to mold or mildew. The house is a symbol of one's personal life and spiritual condition.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_canaan.htm">The Land of Canaan</a></b><br>The promised land given to the Israelites by God, where these laws are to be observed. It signifies God's provision and the need for holiness in the land He has given.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_reporting.htm">The Event of Reporting</a></b><br>The act of the inhabitant informing the priest about the potential defilement in the house. This event underscores the importance of vigilance and responsibility in maintaining purity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_for_purity.htm">Responsibility for Purity</a></b><br>Just as the inhabitant must report mold, believers are responsible for identifying and addressing sin in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>The priest's role in inspecting and cleansing the house parallels the role of church leaders in guiding and helping believers maintain spiritual purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_god's_provision.htm">Holiness in God's Provision</a></b><br>The land of Canaan represents God's provision, and maintaining purity within it reflects our call to holiness in the blessings God provides.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/vigilance_against_spiritual_decay.htm">Vigilance Against Spiritual Decay</a></b><br>Mold in the house symbolizes sin or spiritual decay. Believers must be vigilant and proactive in addressing issues before they spread.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>The process involves community leaders, highlighting the importance of accountability and support within the body of 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/how_to_explain_leviticus_14_on_mold_today.htm">How can one explain the instruction for dealing with mold or 'leprous' houses (Leviticus 14:33-53) given the differences in understanding mold remediation today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_leviticus_21_1-4_historically_accurate.htm">How historically accurate is the claim in Leviticus 21:1-4 that any contact with the dead (apart from immediate family) defiled a priest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_rituals_align_with_modern_disease_views.htm">How do we reconcile the elaborate purification rituals (Leviticus 14:1-32) with modern understanding of infection and disease transmission?</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>(35) <span class= "bld">He that owneth the house.</span>--As in the case of the suspicious symptoms in human beings, the suspected house is forthwith to be examined by the priest.<p><span class= "bld">Saying, It seemeth to me . . . --</span>According to the authorities in the time of Christ, this prescribes the formula which the owner of the house is to use when he communicates the fact to the priest. Hence they enacted that though he be himself an expert in these matters, and know certainly that it is leprosy, he is not to say positively to the priest, "The plague has appeared in my house," but "It seemeth to me . . . as it were," &c, because it was the office of the priest to pronounce a positive sentence on the subject.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 35-44.</span> - The examination of the suspected house by the priest. First, the house is to be emptied of its furniture, lest the latter should contract a ceremonial uncleanness in case the house were found to be leprous, but not, it will be noted, lest it should convey contagion or infection. Then the priest is to examine the discolouration, and if it bear a suspicious appearance, the house is to be shut up for seven days. It at the end of that time the spot has spread, he is to have the part of the wall in which it shows itself taken down and carried away, and built up again with new stones and mortar and plaster, the parts adjoining to the infected place having been first well scraped. If this treatment does not succeed in getting rid of the mischief, the priest is to determine that <span class="cmt_word">it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/14-35.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">the owner</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the house</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֔יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall come</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָא֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and tell</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִגִּ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hig·gîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the priest,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַכֹּהֵ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(lak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Something like mildew</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנֶ֕גַע</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | 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">has appeared</span><br /><span class="heb">נִרְאָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(nir·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - 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">in my</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">house.’</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּבָּֽיִת׃</span> <span class="translit">(bab·bā·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/14-35.htm">Leviticus 14:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/14-35.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 14:35 Then he who owns the house shall (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 14:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:36" /></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>