1And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, 2This shall be the law of the leprous in the day of his cleansing: he was brought to the priest 3And the priest shall go forth without the camp: and the priest saw, and behold, the stroke of leprosy was healed from the leprous. 4And the priest commanded, and took for him being cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and double scarlet, and hyssop. 5And the priest commanded, and killed one of the birds into a vessel of earthen, over living water. 6The living bird he will take it, and the cedar wood and the double scarlet, and the hyssop, and he dipped them and the living bird in the blood of the bird slain over the living water. 7And he sprinkled upon him, being cleansed from the leprosy, seven times and cleansed him, and he sent forth the living bird upon the face of the field. 8And he being cleansed, washed his garments and shaved all his hair, and washed in water and was clean: and afterwards he shall come into the camp and dwelt without his tent seven days. 9And it was in the seventh day, he shall shave all his hair off his head, and his beard, and the front of his eyes; and all his hair shall he shave off; and he washed his garments, and washed his flesh in water, and was clean. 10And in the eighth day he shall take two blameless lambs, and one blameless ewe lamb, the daughter of her year, and three tenths of fine flour, a gift mingled with oil, and one measure of oil. 11And the priest cleansing, made the man being cleansed stand, and the things, before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of appointment 12And the priest took one he lamb and brought him near for trespass, and the measure of oil, and lifted them up, a waving before Jehovah. 13And he slaughtered the lamb in the place where he shall slaughter the sin and the burnt-offering, in the holy place: for as the sin the trespass, it is to the priest; it is the holy of holies. 14And the priest took from the blood of the trespass, and the priest gave upon the extremity of the right ear of him being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot 15And the priest took from the measure of oil, and poured upon the priest's left hand. 16And the priest dipped his right finger from the oil which upon his left hand, and he sprinkled from the oil with his finger, seven times before Jehovah. 17And from the remainder of the oil which was upon his hand, the priest will give upon the extremity of the right ear of hint being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass. 18And that remaining of the oil which was upon the priest's hand, he will give upon the head of him being cleansed, and the priest expiated for him before Jehovah. 19And the priest did the sin, and expiated for him being cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterwards he will slaughter the burnt-offering. 20And the priest brought up the burnt-offering and the gift upon the altar: and the priest expiated for him, and he was cleansed. 21And if he be poor, and his hand attaining not; and he took one lamb a trespass, for a waving to expiate for him, and one tenth of fine flour mingled with oil, for the gift, and a measure of oil. 22And two turtle-doves, or two sons of the dove, which his hand shall attain; and one was the sin, and one the burnt-offering. 23And he brought them in the eighth day for his cleansing, to the priest at the door of the tent of appointment before Jehovah. 24And the priest took the lamb of the trespass and the measure of oil, and the priest lifted them up, a waving before Jehovah. 25And he slaughtered the lamb of the trespass, and the priest took from the blood of the trespass, and gave upon the extremity of the right ear of him being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: 26And from the oil the priest poured out upon the priest's left hand. 27And the priest sprinkled with his right finger from the oil which was upon his left hand, seven times, before Jehovah. 28And the priest gave from the oil which was upon his hand, upon the extremity of the right ear of him being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass. 29And that remaining from the oil which was upon the priest's hand, he will give upon the head of him being cleansed; and he expiated for him before Jehovah. 30And he did the one from the turtle-doves, or from the sons of the dove, from what his hand shall attain. 31What his hand shall attain, the one the sin, and the one the burnt-offering upon the gift. And the priest expiated for him being cleansed, before Jehovah. 32This the law of him in whom the stroke of leprosy, which his hand attained not in his cleansing. 33And Jehovah will speak to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 34When ye shall come into the land of Canaan which I give to you for a possession, and I gave the stroke of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; 35And he to whom is the house, came and announced to the priest, saying, It was seen to me as a stroke in the house. 36And the priest commanded, and they cleared the house, before the priest shall go in to see the stroke, and all which is in the house shall not be unclean; and after this the priest shall go in to see the house. 37And 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. 38And the priest shall go forth from the house to the door of the house, and he shut up the house seven days. 39And the priest turned back in the seventh day, and saw, and behold, the stroke spread in the walls of the house. 40And the priest commanded, and they took away the stones which in them was the stroke, and they cast them without the city into an unclean place. 41And he shall scrape the house from within round about, and they poured out the dust which they scraped off without the city, into an unclean place. 42And they took other stones and brought instead of these stones; and he shall take other clay and spread over the house. 43And if the stroke shall turn back and break out in the house after he took away the stones, and after he scraped off the house, and after it was spread over; 44And the priest came and saw, and behold, the stroke spread in the house; it a painful leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45And he tore down the house, and its stones, and its wood, and all the dust of the house: and he brought forth without the city, into an unclean place. 46And he coming in to the house all the days it is shut up, shall be unclean till the evening. 47And he lying in the house shall wash his garments: and he eating in the house shall wash his garments. 48And if the priest coming in, shall come in and see, and behold, the stroke spread not in the house after spreading over the house: and the priest cleansed the house, for the stroke was healed. 49And he took to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and double scarlet, and hyssop. 50And he slaughtered the one bird into a vessel of earthen, over living water. 51And he took the cedar wood, and the hyssop and the double scarlet, and the living bird, and dipped them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the living water, and sprinkled into the house seven times. 52And he cleansed the house with the blood of the bird in living water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the double scarlet 53And he sent away the living bird without the city to the face of the field, and he expiated for the house: and it was clean. 54This the law for every stroke of leprosy and for scall, 55And for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house, 56And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a brightness; 57And to teach in the day of being unclean, and in the day of cleansing: this 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