1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest, 3and the priest shall go out of the camp; and when the priest looketh, and behold, the sore of leprosy is healed in the leper, 4then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two clean living birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 5And the priest shall command that one bird be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 6as to the living bird - he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water; 7and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. 8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his garments, and shave all his hair, and bathe in water, and he shall be clean; and afterwards shall he come into the camp, and shall abide outside his tent seven days. 9And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave, and he shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in water, and he is clean. 10And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish, and three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, for an oblation, and one log of oil. 11And the priest that cleanseth him shall present the man that is to be cleansed and those things before Jehovah, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 12And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and present it for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah. 13And he shall slaughter the he-lamb at the place where the sin-offering and the burnt-offering are slaughtered, in a holy place; for as the sin-offering, so the trespass-offering is the priest’s: it is most holy. 14And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 15And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into his, the priest’s, left hand; 16and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah. 17And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering. 18And the remainder of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah. 19And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterwards shall he slaughter the burnt-offering. 20And the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the oblation upon the altar; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21But if he be poor, and his hand be not able to get it, then he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him; and one tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; and a log of oil, 22and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, as his hand may be able to get: the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. 23And he shall bring them on the eighth day of his cleansing unto the priest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah. 24And the priest shall take the he-lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah. 25And he shall slaughter the he-lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 26And the priest shall pour of the oil into his, the priest’s, left hand, 27and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah. 28And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering. 29And the remainder of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah. 30And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, of what his hand was able to get; 31of what his hand was able to get shall the one be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering, with the oblation; and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah. 32This is the law for him in whom is the sore of leprosy, whose hand cannot get what is regularly prescribed in his cleansing. 33And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 34When ye come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a leprous plague in a house of the land of your possession, 35then he whose house it is shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me like a plague in the house; 36and the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to see the house. 37And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall, 38then the priest shall go out of the house to the entrance of the house, and shut up the house seven days. 39And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath spread in the walls of the house, 40then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them out of the city, in an unclean place. 41And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they have scraped off, out of the city in an unclean place. 42And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and they shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. 43And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered, 44then the priest shall come, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath spread in the house, it is a corroding leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45And they shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house, and shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place. 46And he that goeth into the house as long as it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. 47And he that sleepeth in the house shall wash his garments, and he that eateth in the house shall wash his garments. 48But if the priest shall come in and look, and behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house hath been plastered, the priest shall pronounce the house clean; for the plague is healed. 49And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop; 50and he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water; 51and he shall take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times; 52and he shall purge the house from the defilement with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; 53and he shall let the living bird loose out of the city into the open field; and he shall make atonement for the house, and it is clean. 54This is the law for every sore of leprosy, and for the scall, 55and for the leprosy of garments, and of houses, 56and for the rising, and for the scab, and for the bright spot, 57to teach when there is uncleanness, and when it is purified: this is the law of leprosy.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 1 Lev 14:1 The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper.
Lev 14:33 The signs of leprosy in a house.
Lev 14:48 The cleansing of that house.
Lev 14:1 2 the law.
Lev 14:54 -
Lev 14:57 Lev 13:59in the day.
Num 6:9He shall.
Matt 8:2 -
Matt 8:4 Mark 1:40 -
Mark 1:44 Luke 5:12 -
Luke 5:14 Luke 17:14 3 go forth. Lepers were obliged to live in a detached situation, separate from other people, and to keep themselves actually at a distance from them. They were distinguished by a peculiar dress; and if any person approached, they were bound to give him warning, by crying out, Unclean! unclean!
out of.
Lev 13:46be healed.
Exod 15:26 2Kgs 5:3 2Kgs 5:7 2Kgs 5:8 2Kgs 5:14 Job 5:18 Matt 10:8 Matt 11:5 Luke 4:27 Luke 7:22 Luke 17:15 Luke 17:16 -
Luke 17:19 1Cor 6:9 -
1Cor 6:11 4 two birds. or, sparrows. The word
tzippor, from the Arabic
zaphara, to fly, is used in the Scriptures to denote birds of every species, particularly small birds. But it is often used in a more restricted sense, as the Hebrew writers assert, to signify the sparrow. Aquinas says the same; and Jerome renders it here the sparrow. So the Greek [strouthia,] in Matthew and Luke, which signifies a sparrow, is rendered by the Syriac translator
tzipparin, the same as the Hebrew
tzipporim. Nor is it peculiar to the Hebrews to give the same name to the sparrow and to fowls of the largest size; for Nicander calls the hen [strouthos katoikados,] the domestic sparrow, and both Plautus and Ausonius call the ostrich,
passer marinus, "the marine sparrow." It is evident, however, that the word in this passage signifies birds in general; for if the sparrow was a clean bird, there was no necessity for commanding a clean one to be taken, since every one of the species was ceremonially clean; but if it was unclean, then it could not be called clean.
Lev 1:14 Lev 5:7 Lev 12:8cedar.
Lev 14:6 Lev 14:49 -
Lev 14:52 Num 19:6scarlet.
Heb 9:19hyssop.
Exod 12:22 Num 19:18 Ps 51:7 5 earthen vessel.
Lev 14:50 Num 5:17 2Cor 4:7 2Cor 5:1 2Cor 13:4 Heb 2:14 6 the living bird.
John 14:19 Rom 4:25 Rom 5:10 Phil 2:9 -
Phil 2:11 Heb 1:3 Rev 1:18dip them.
Lev 14:51 -
Lev 14:53 Zech 13:1 Rev 1:5 7 sprinkle.
Num 19:18 Num 19:19 Isa 52:15 Ezek 36:25 John 19:34 Heb 9:13 Heb 9:19 Heb 9:21 Heb 10:22 Heb 12:24 1Pet 1:2 1John 5:6seven times.
Lev 14:51 Lev 4:6 Lev 4:17 Lev 8:11 Lev 16:14 Lev 16:19 2Kgs 5:10 2Kgs 5:14 Ps 51:2 Ps 51:7 Eph 5:26 Eph 5:27pronounce.
Lev 13:13 Lev 13:17let.
Lev 16:22 Dan 9:24 Mic 7:19 Heb 9:26into the open field. Heb. upon the face of the field.
8 wash his.
Lev 11:25 Lev 13:6 Lev 15:5 -
Lev 15:8 Exod 19:10 Exod 19:14 Num 8:7 Rev 7:14wash himself.
Lev 8:6 1Pet 3:21 Rev 1:5 Rev 1:6and shall.
Num 12:15seven days.
Lev 8:33 -
Lev 8:35 Lev 13:5 9 shave all.
Num 6:9 Num 8:7wash his flesh. Lictenstein states that "among the Koossas, (a nation of South Africa,) there are certain prevailing notions respecting moral [ceremonial] uncleanness. All children are unclean till they are admitted among grown-up persons (which happens with the males through the various ceremonies attending circumcision); all lying-in women are unclean for the first month; all men who have lost their wives, for a fortnight, and all widows for a month; a mother who has lost a child, for two days; all persons who have been present at a death, the men returning from a battle, etc. No one may have intercourse with such an unclean person, till he has washed himself, rubbed his body with fresh paint, and rinsed his mouth with milk. But he must not do this till after the lapse of a certain time, fixed by general consent for each particular case, and during this time he must wholly refrain from washing, painting, or drinking milk."
10 eighth day.
Lev 14:23 Lev 9:1 Lev 15:13 Lev 15:14take.
Matt 8:4 Mark 1:44 Luke 5:14he lambs.
Lev 1:10 John 1:29 1Pet 1:19ewe lamb.
Lev 4:32 Num 6:14of the first year. Heb. the daughter of her year. threetenth.
Lev 23:13 Exod 29:40 Num 15:9 Num 28:20a meat offering.
Lev 2:1 Num 15:4 -
Num 15:15 John 6:33 John 6:51log of oil.
Lev 14:12 Lev 14:15 Lev 14:21 Lev 14:24 11 Lev 8:3 Exod 29:1 -
Exod 29:4 Num 8:6 -
Num 8:11 Num 8:21 Eph 5:26 Eph 5:27 Jude 1:24 12 trespass.
Lev 5:2 Lev 5:3 Lev 5:6 Lev 5:7 Lev 5:18 Lev 5:19 Lev 6:6 Lev 6:7 Isa 53:10wave them.
Lev 8:27 -
Lev 8:29 Exod 29:24 13 in the place.
Lev 1:5 Lev 1:11 Lev 4:4 Lev 4:24 Exod 29:11as the sin.
Lev 7:7 Lev 10:17it is most holy.
Lev 2:3 Lev 7:6 Lev 21:22 14 Lev 8:23 Lev 8:24 Exod 29:20 Isa 1:5 Rom 6:13 Rom 6:19 Rom 12:1 1Cor 6:20 2Cor 7:1 Phil 1:20 1Pet 1:14 1Pet 1:15 1Pet 2:5 1Pet 2:9 1Pet 2:10 Rev 1:5 Rev 1:6 15 Ps 45:7 John 3:34 1John 2:20 16 Lev 4:6 Lev 4:17 Luke 17:18 1Cor 10:31 17 Lev 14:14 Lev 8:30 Exod 29:20 Exod 29:21 Ezek 36:27 John 1:16 Titus 3:3 -
Titus 3:6 1Pet 1:2 18 the remnant.
Lev 8:12 Exod 29:7 2Cor 1:21 2Cor 1:22 Eph 1:17 Eph 1:18make an atonement.
Lev 4:26 Lev 4:31 Lev 5:16 19 Lev 14:12 Lev 5:1 Lev 5:6 Lev 12:6 -
Lev 12:8 Rom 8:3 2Cor 5:21 20 Lev 14:10 Eph 5:2 21 poor.
Lev 1:14 Lev 5:7 Lev 12:8 1Sam 2:8 Job 34:19 Pro 17:5 Pro 22:2 Luke 6:20 Luke 21:2 -
Luke 21:4 2Cor 8:9 2Cor 8:12 Jas 2:5 Jas 2:6cannot. Heb. his hand reach not. one lamb.
Lev 14:10to be waved. Heb. for a waving.
22 two turtle doves.
Tor, the turtle or ring-dove, so called by an onomatopoeia from its cooing, as in Greek [trugon], Latin,
turtur and English, turtle. It is a species of the dove or pigeon, here called
yonah, and in the Syriac
yauno, from the verb to oppress, afflict, because of its being particularly defenceless, and exposed to rapine and violence. The dove is a genus of birds too well known to need a particular description; and of which there are several species besides the turtle-dove; as the wood pigeon, tame pigeon, and others. The dove is universally allowed to be one of the most beautiful objects in nature. The brilliancy of her plumage, the splendour of her eye, the innocence of her look, the excellence of her dispositions, and the purity of her manners, have been the theme of admiration and praise in every age. To the snowy whiteness of her wings, and the rich golden hues that adorn her neck, the inspired Psalmist alludes in most elegant strains. (
Ps 68:13.) The voice of the dove is particularly tender and plaintive, and bears a striking resemblance to the groan of a person in distress; to which the inspired bards frequently allude. (
Isa 38:14;
Isa 59:11;
Ezek 7:16.) Her native dwelling is in the caves or hollows of the rock; allusions to which fact also occur in the Sacred Writings, (
Song 2:14;
Jer 48:28.) Her manners are as engaging as her form is elegant, and her plumage rich and beautiful. She is the chosen emblem of simplicity, gentleness, chastity, and feminine timidity, and for this reason, as well as from their abounding in the East, they were probably chosen as offerings by Jehovah.
Ps 68:13 Song 2:14 Isa 38:14 Isa 59:11 Jer 48:28 Ezek 7:16 23 Lev 14:11 24 Lev 14:10 -
Lev 14:13 25 Lev 14:14 -
Lev 14:20 Ps 40:6 Eccl 5:1 26 Lev 14:26 27 Lev 14:27 28 Lev 14:28 29 Lev 14:18 Lev 14:20 Exod 30:15 Exod 30:16 John 17:19 1John 2:1 1John 2:2 1John 5:6 30 Lev 14:22 Lev 12:8 Lev 15:14 Lev 15:15 Luke 2:24 Rom 8:3 31 Lev 14:31 32 Lev 14:2 Lev 14:54 -
Lev 14:57 Lev 13:59whose hand.
Lev 14:10 Lev 14:21 Ps 72:12 -
Ps 72:14 Ps 136:23 Matt 11:5 1Cor 1:27 1Cor 1:28 33 Lev 14:33 34 When.
Lev 23:10 Lev 25:2 Num 35:10 Deut 7:2 Deut 12:1 Deut 12:8 Deut 19:1 Deut 26:1 Deut 27:3which I.
Gen 12:7 Gen 13:17 Gen 17:8 Num 32:32 Deut 12:9 Deut 12:10 Deut 32:49 Josh 13:1I put the plague of leprosy. It was probably from this text, that the leprosy has been in general considered to be a supernatural disease, inflicted immediately by God himself; but it cannot be inferred from this expression, as it is well known, that in Scripture, God is frequently represented as doing what, in the course of his providence, he only permits to be done.
Exod 15:26 Deut 7:15 1Sam 2:6 Pro 3:33 Isa 45:7 Amos 3:6 Amos 6:11 Mic 6:9 35 a plague.
Deut 7:26 Josh 7:21 1Sam 3:12 -
1Sam 3:14 1Kgs 13:34 Ps 91:10 Pro 3:33 Zech 5:4 36 empty. or, prepare. be not made.
1Cor 15:33 2Tim 2:17 2Tim 2:18 Heb 12:15 Rev 18:4 37 Lev 13:3 Lev 13:19 Lev 13:20 Lev 13:42 Lev 13:49 38 Lev 13:50 39 Lev 13:7 Lev 13:8 Lev 13:22 Lev 13:27 Lev 13:36 Lev 13:51The consideration of the circumstances will exhibit the importance and the propriety of the Mosaic ordinance on the subject of the house leprosy.
1. Moses ordained that the owner of a house, when any suspicious spots appeared on the walls, should be bound to give notice of it, in order that the house might be inspected; and that person, as in the case of the human leprosy, was to be the priest, whose duty it was. Now this would serve to check the mischief at its very origin, and make every one attentive to observe it.
2. On notice being given, the priest was to inspect the house, but the occupant had liberty to remove everything previously out of it; and that this might be done, the priest was empowered to order it ex officio; for whatever was found within a house declared unclean, became unclean along with it.
3. If, on the first inspection, the complaint did not appear wholly without foundation, but suspicious spots or dimples were actually to be seen, the house was to be shut up for seven days and then to be inspected anew. If, in this interval, the evil did not spread, it was considered as have been a circumstance merely accidental, and the house was not polluted; but if it had spread, it was not considered a harmless accident, but the real house leprosy; and the stones affected with it were to be broken out of the wall, and carried to an unclean place without the city, and the walls of the whole house here scraped and plastered anew.
4. If, after this, the leprosy broke out afresh, the whole house was to be pulled down, and the materials carried without the city. Moses therefore, never suffered a leprous house to stand.
5. If, on the other hand, the house being inspected a second time, was found clean, it was solemnly so declared, and offering made on the occasion; in order that every one might know for certain that it was not infected, and the public be freed from all fears on that score. By this law many evils were actually prevented--it would check the mischief in its very origin, and make every one attentive to observe it: the people would also guard against those impurities whence it arose, and thus the health be preserved and not suffer in an infected house. These Mosaic statues were intended to prevent infection by the sacred obligations of religion. Ceremonial laws many keep more conscientiously and sacredly than moral precepts.
40 take away.
Ps 101:5 Ps 101:7 Ps 101:8 Pro 22:10 Pro 25:4 Pro 25:5 Isa 1:25 Isa 1:26 Matt 18:17 John 15:2 1Cor 5:5 1Cor 5:6 1Cor 5:13 Titus 3:10 2John 1:10 2John 1:11 Rev 2:2 Rev 2:6 Rev 2:14 -
Rev 2:16 Rev 2:20without the city.
Rev 22:15 41 into an unclean place.
Job 36:13 Job 36:14 Isa 65:4 Matt 8:28 Matt 24:51 1Tim 1:20 Rev 22:15 42 Gen 18:19 Josh 24:15 2Chr 17:7 -
2Chr 17:9 2Chr 19:5 -
2Chr 19:7 2Chr 29:4 2Chr 29:5 Ps 101:6 Acts 1:20 -
Acts 1:26 1Tim 5:9 1Tim 5:10 1Tim 5:21 1Tim 5:22 2Tim 2:2 Titus 1:5 -
Titus 1:9 43 Jer 6:28 -
Jer 6:30 Ezek 24:13 Heb 6:4 -
Heb 6:8 2Pet 2:20 2Pet 2:22 Jude 1:12 44 Lev 13:51 Lev 13:52 Zech 5:4 45 break down.
1Kgs 9:6 -
1Kgs 9:9 2Kgs 10:27 2Kgs 17:20 -
2Kgs 17:23 2Kgs 18:4 2Kgs 25:4 -
2Kgs 25:12 2Kgs 25:25 2Kgs 25:26 Jer 52:13 Ezek 5:4 Matt 22:7 Matt 24:2 Rom 11:7 -
Rom 11:11 Rev 11:2into an unclean place.
Lev 14:41 46 shall be unclean.
Lev 11:24 Lev 11:25 Lev 11:28 Lev 15:5 -
Lev 15:8 Lev 15:10 Lev 17:15 Lev 22:6 Num 19:7 -
Num 19:10 Num 19:21 Num 19:22 47 wash his clothes.
Lev 14:8 Lev 14:9 48 shall come in. Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc. because.
Lev 14:3 Job 5:18 Hos 6:1 Mark 5:29 Mark 5:34 Luke 7:21 1Cor 6:11 49 Lev 14:4 -
Lev 14:7 50 Lev 14:50 51 Lev 14:51 52 Lev 14:52 53 Lev 14:20 54 the law.
Lev 14:2 Lev 14:32 Lev 6:9 Lev 6:14 Lev 6:25 Lev 7:1 Lev 7:37 Lev 11:46 Lev 15:32 Num 5:29 Num 6:13 Num 19:14 Deut 24:8scall.
Lev 13:30 Lev 13:31 55 the leprosy.
Lev 13:47 -
Lev 13:59of a house.
Lev 14:34 56 a rising.
Lev 13:2 57 teach.
Lev 10:10 Jer 15:19 Ezek 44:23when it is unclean, and when it is clean. Heb. in the day ofthe unclean, and in the day of the clean. this is.
Deut 24:8