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If the mold has spread on the walls,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the disease has spread in the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague be spread in the walls of 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 the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look; and indeed <i>if</i> the plague has spread on the walls of 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 priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the spot has indeed spread on the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the priest shall return on the seventh day and look <i>again</i>. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall return on the seventh day and look; and if the mark has spread on the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then he will return and check to see if the mildew has spread. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On the seventh day the priest will go back and examine it again. If the mildew in the walls of the house has spread,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On the seventh day he shall return and examine it again. If the mildew has spread, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He is to return after seven days to examine it. If the contagion has spread to the walls of the house, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of 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 the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and behold, if the plague is spread in the walls of the house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of 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 />And the priest has turned back on the seventh day, and has seen, and behold, the plague has spread in the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And the priest hath turned back on the seventh day, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the walls of 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 the priest turned back in the seventh day, and saw, and behold, the stroke spread in the walls of 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 />And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And returning on the seventh day, he shall examine it. If he finds that the leprosy has spread,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On the seventh day the priest shall return. If, upon inspection, he finds that the infection has spread on the walls,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest shall come again on the seventh day and make an inspection; if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the priest shall come back again on the seventh day and shall see if the plague has spread in the walls of the house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Priest shall return in the seventh day and he shall see if the plague has changed in the wall of 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 />And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague is spread in the walls of the house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/14-39.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=3769" 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">38</span>the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days. <span class="reftext">39</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">On the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">is to return</a> <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.">and inspect the house.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">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/6581.htm" title="6581: pā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To spread. A primitive root; to spread.">has spread</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·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> </span><span class="reftext">40</span>he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.…<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 19:14-19</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/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10-14</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">2 Kings 20:5</a></span><br />“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.<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/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-6.htm">Jeremiah 33:6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-27</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.<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 1:40-44</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="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a></span><br />When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Acts 10:15</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Leviticus 13:7,8,22,27,36,51</a></b></br> But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-38.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-53.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-53.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Inspect</a> <a href="/luke/19-44.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Size</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-41.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-17.htm">Inspect</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-43.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm">Size</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-41.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'; </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>On the seventh day</b><br>The seventh day holds significant meaning throughout Scripture, often symbolizing completion and rest, as seen in <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a> with God's rest after creation. In the context of Leviticus, the seventh day is part of a purification process, emphasizing the importance of thoroughness and divine timing in addressing impurity. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's perfect timing and order.<p><b>the priest is to return and inspect the house.</b><br>The role of the priest in ancient Israel extended beyond spiritual duties to include health and community welfare. Priests acted as mediators between God and the people, and their involvement in inspecting houses for mildew underscores their role in maintaining holiness and purity within the community. This inspection process can be seen as a type of Christ, who is our ultimate High Priest, inspecting and purifying His church (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>).<p><b>If the mildew has spread on the walls,</b><br>Mildew, or mold, in biblical times was considered a serious issue, not only for health reasons but also because it rendered a place ceremonially unclean. The spread of mildew symbolizes the pervasive nature of sin and impurity, which can corrupt and defile if not addressed. This imagery is echoed in the New Testament, where sin is often described as leaven that spreads (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-7</a>). The need for cleansing and purification is a recurring theme, pointing to the ultimate cleansing from sin through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>The priest acts as a mediator and inspector, representing God's authority and holiness. In this context, the priest is responsible for examining the house for signs of impurity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/house.htm">House</a></b><br>The house represents the dwelling place of the Israelites, which can become unclean due to mildew or mold. It symbolizes the need for purity in one's living environment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mildew.htm">Mildew</a></b><br>A physical manifestation of impurity or uncleanness that can affect a house. It serves as a metaphor for sin or spiritual corruption that can spread if not addressed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/seventh_day.htm">Seventh Day</a></b><br>A significant time frame in biblical terms, often associated with completion and rest. Here, it marks the time for re-evaluation and potential cleansing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/inspection.htm">Inspection</a></b><br>The act of examining the house for mildew, symbolizing the need for self-examination and spiritual vigilance in one's life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">The Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>Just as the priest inspects the house, spiritual leaders today are called to guide and help others maintain spiritual purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_regular_self-examination.htm">The Importance of Regular Self-Examination</a></b><br>The inspection on the seventh day highlights the need for regular self-examination to identify and address areas of spiritual impurity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dealing_with_sin_before_it_spreads.htm">Dealing with Sin Before It Spreads</a></b><br>Mildew represents sin, which can spread if not dealt with promptly. We must be vigilant in identifying and eradicating sin in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_rest_and_reflection.htm">The Significance of Rest and Reflection</a></b><br>The seventh day is a time for rest and reflection, reminding us to take time to evaluate our spiritual condition and seek God's cleansing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_our_homes.htm">Holiness in Our Homes</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were to keep their homes free from mildew, we are called to maintain holiness in our personal and family lives.<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_does_amos_teach_about_justice.htm">What does 'ceremonially unclean' mean?</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/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/what_are_anointing_spices_used_for.htm">What are anointing spices used for?</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>(39, 40) <span class= "bld">And the priest shall come again.</span>--If on inspecting it again at the end of the first week's quarantine, the priest finds that the depression or discolouring has spread in the walls, thus indicating the progress of the disease, just as in the case of leprous men and garments (see <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm" title="And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:">Leviticus 13:5</a>), he is to order the affected stones which exhibit these symptoms to be pulled out of the walls, and to be cast into the unclean receptacle which was prepared outside every city for carcases and filth of every kind, just as there was outside the city a clean place for the deposition of the ashes of the sanctuary. (See <a href="/leviticus/4-11.htm" title="And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,">Leviticus 4:11</a>.) It will be seen that out of the eight verbs used in <a href="/context/leviticus/14-40.htm" title="Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:">Leviticus 14:40-42</a> in connection with the removing of the affected stones and the constitution of new ones, the scraping, and the plaistering, six are in the plural: viz., they shall take, they shall cast (<a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm" title="Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:">Leviticus 14:40</a>); they shall pour out, they shall scrape off (<a href="/leviticus/14-41.htm" title="And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:">Leviticus 14:41</a>); they shall take, they shall put them (<a href="/leviticus/14-42.htm" title="And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.">Leviticus 14:42</a>); and two are in the singular: viz., he shall take other mortar, he shall plaister (<a href="/leviticus/14-42.htm" title="And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.">Leviticus 14:42</a>). From this the authorities during the second Temple concluded, and hence enacted, that if the affected stones are in a partition wall which divides two houses occupied by two different owners, both alike must take part in the first six acts, whilst the new mortaring and the plaistering must be done by the owner of the affected house alone. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/14-39.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">On the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">is to return</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and inspect [the house].</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאָ֕ה</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">If</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֛ה</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">הַנֶּ֖גַע</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">has spread</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּשָׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(pā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6581.htm">Strong's 6581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spread</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the walls,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקִירֹ֥ת</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/14-39.htm">Leviticus 14:39 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 14:39 The priest shall come again (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/14-38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14:38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 14:40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:40" /></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>