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LEVITICUS 14

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  1  The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper.
33  The signs of leprosy in a house.
48  The cleansing of that house.


VERSE 1 
   * :1


VERSE 2 
 - the law.
   * :54-57; 13:59
- in the day.
   * Nu 6:9
- He shall.
   * Mt 8:2-4 Mr 1:40-44 Lu 5:12-14; 17:14


VERSE 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.
   * Le 13:46
- be healed.
   * Ex 15:26 2Ki 5:3,7,8,14 Job 5:18 Mt 10:8; 11:5 Lu 4:27; 7:22
   * Lu 17:15,16-19 1Co 6:9-11


VERSE 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 [        ,] 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 [            ,] 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.

   * Le 1:14; 5:7; 12:8
- cedar.
   * :6,49-52 Nu 19:6
- scarlet.
   * Heb 9:19
- hyssop.
   * Ex 12:22 Nu 19:18 Ps 51:7


VERSE 5 
 - earthen vessel.
   * :50 Nu 5:17 2Co 4:7; 5:1; 13:4 Heb 2:14


VERSE 6 
 - the living bird.
   * Joh 14:19 Ro 4:25; 5:10 Php 2:9-11 Heb 1:3 Re 1:18
- dip them.
   * :51-53 Zec 13:1 Re 1:5


VERSE 7 
 - sprinkle.
   * Nu 19:18,19 Isa 52:15 Eze 36:25 Joh 19:34 Heb 9:13,19,21
   * Heb 10:22; 12:24 1Pe 1:2 1Jo 5:6
- seven times.
   * :51; 4:6,17; 8:11; 16:14,19 2Ki 5:10,14 Ps 51:2,7 Eph 5:26,27
- pronounce.
   * Le 13:13,17
- let.
   * Le 16:22 Da 9:24 Mic 7:19 Heb 9:26
- into the open field.  Heb. upon the face of the field.


VERSE 8 
 - wash his.
   * Le 11:25; 13:6; 15:5-8 Ex 19:10,14 Nu 8:7 Re 7:14
- wash himself.
   * Le 8:6 1Pe 3:21 Re 1:5,6
- and shall.
   * Nu 12:15
- seven days.
   * Le 8:33-35; 13:5


VERSE 9 
 - shave all.
   * Nu 6:9; 8:7
- wash 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."


VERSE 10 
 - eighth day.
   * :23; 9:1; 15:13,14
- take.
   * Mt 8:4 Mr 1:44 Lu 5:14
- he lambs.
   * Le 1:10 Joh 1:29 1Pe 1:19
- ewe lamb.
   * Le 4:32 Nu 6:14
- of the first year.  Heb. the daughter of her year.  three
  tenth.
   * Le 23:13 Ex 29:40 Nu 15:9; 28:20
- a meat offering.
   * Le 2:1 Nu 15:4-15 Joh 6:33,51
- log of oil.
   * :12,15,21,24

VERSE 11
    * Le 8:3 Ex 29:1-4 Nu 8:6-11,21 Eph 5:26,27 Jude 1:24


VERSE 12 
 - trespass.
   * Le 5:2,3,6,7,18,19; 6:6,7 Isa 53:10
- wave them.
   * Le 8:27-29 Ex 29:24


VERSE 13 
 - in the place.
   * Le 1:5,11; 4:4,24 Ex 29:11
- as the sin.
   * Le 7:7; 10:17
- it is most holy.
   * Le 2:3; 7:6; 21:22

VERSE 14
    * Le 8:23,24 Ex 29:20 Isa 1:5 Ro 6:13,19; 12:1 1Co 6:20 2Co 7:1
   * Php 1:20 1Pe 1:14,15; 2:5,9,10 Re 1:5,6

VERSE 15
    * Ps 45:7 Joh 3:34 1Jo 2:20

VERSE 16
    * Le 4:6,17 Lu 17:18 1Co 10:31

VERSE 17
    * :14; 8:30 Ex 29:20,21 Eze 36:27 Joh 1:16 Tit 3:3-6 1Pe 1:2


VERSE 18 
 - the remnant.
   * Le 8:12 Ex 29:7 2Co 1:21,22
   * Eph 1:17,18
- make an atonement.
   * Le 4:26,31; 5:16

VERSE 19
    * :12; 5:1,6; 12:6-8 Ro 8:3 2Co 5:21

VERSE 20
    * :10 Eph 5:2


VERSE 21 
 - poor.
   * Le 1:14; 5:7; 12:8 1Sa 2:8 Job 34:19 Pr 17:5; 22:2 Lu 6:20; 21:2-4
   * 2Co 8:9,12 Jas 5 2:5,6
- cannot.  Heb. his hand reach not.  one lamb.  See on ver.
   * :10
- to be waved.  Heb. for a waving.


VERSE 22 
 - two turtle doves.
  {Tor,} the turtle or ring-dove, so called by an onomatopoeia
  from its cooing, as in Greek [     ], 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 splendor 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;
  11 59:11; Eze 7:16.)  Her native dwelling is in the caves or
  hollows of the rock; allusions to which fact also occur in
  the Sacred Writings, (So 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 So 2:14 Isa 38:14; 59:11 Jer 48:28 Eze 7:16

VERSE 23


VERSE 24 
 - See on ver.
   * :10-13


VERSE 25 
 - See on ver.
   * :14-20 Ps 40:6 Ec 5:1

VERSE 26
    * :26

VERSE 27
    * :27

VERSE 28
    * :28

VERSE 29
    * :18,20 Ex 30:15,16 Joh 17:19 1Jo 2:1,2; 5:6

VERSE 30
    * :22; 12:8; 15:14,15 Lu 2:24 Ro 8:3

VERSE 31
    * :31

VERSE 32
    * :2,54-57; 13:59
- whose hand.  See on ver.
   * :10,21 Ps 72:12-14; 136:23 Mt 11:5 1Co 1:27,28

VERSE 33


VERSE 34 
 - When.
   * Le 23:10; 25:2 Nu 35:10 De 7:2; 12:1,8; 19:1; 26:1; 27:3
- which I.
   * Ge 12:7; 13:17; 17:8 Nu 32:32 De 12:9,10; 32:49 Jos 13:1
- I 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.

   * Ex 15:26 De 7:15 1Sa 2:6 Pr 3:33 Isa 45:7 Am 3:6; 6:11 Mic 6:9


VERSE 35 
 - a plague.
   * De 7:26 Jos 7:21 1Sa 3:12-14 1Ki 13:34 Ps 91:10 Pr 3:33
   * Zec 5:4


VERSE 36 
 - empty.  or, prepare.  be not made.
   * 1Co 15:33 2Ti 2:17,18 Heb 12:15 Re 18:4

VERSE 37
    * Le 13:3,19,20,42,49

VERSE 38
    * Le 13:50

VERSE 39
    * Le 13:7,8,22,27,36,51
  The 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.


VERSE 40 
 - take away.
   * Ps 101:5,7,8 Pr 22:10; 25:4,5 Isa 1:25,26 Mt 18:17 Joh 15:2
   * 1Co 5:5,6,13 Tit 3:10 2Jo 1:10,11 Re 2:2,6,14-16,20
- without the city.
   * Re 22:15


VERSE 41 
 - into an unclean place.
   * Job 36:13,14 Isa 65:4 Mt 8:28; 24:51 1Ti 1:20 Re 22:15

VERSE 42
    * Ge 18:19 Jos 24:15 2Ch 17:7-9; 19:5-7; 29:4,5 Ps 101:6
   * Ac 1:20-26 1Ti 5:9,10,21,22 2Ti 2:2 Tit 1:5-9

VERSE 43
    * Jer 6:28-30 Eze 24:13 Heb 6:4-8 2Pe 2:20,22 Jude 1:12

VERSE 44
    * Le 13:51,52 Zec 5:4


VERSE 45 
 - break down.
   * 1Ki 9:6-9 2Ki 10:27; 17:20-23; 18:4; 25:4-12,25,26 Jer 52:13
   * Eze 5:4 Mt 22:7; 24:2 Ro 11:7-11 Re 11:2
- into an unclean place.  See on ver.
   * :41


VERSE 46 
 - shall be unclean.
   * Le 11:24,25,28; 15:5-8,10; 17:15; 22:6 Nu 19:7-10,21,22


VERSE 47 
 - wash his clothes.  See on ver.
   * :8,9


VERSE 48 
 - shall come in.  Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc.
  because.
   * :3 Job 5:18 Ho 6:1 Mr 5:29,34 Lu 7:21 1Co 6:11


VERSE 49 
 - See on ver.
   * :4-7

VERSE 50


VERSE 51 
 - cedar.
   * Ge 43:3
- scarlet.
   * Jos 2:18-21
- blood of the.
   * Heb 9:19
- slain bird.
   * Mr 15:12-20 Heb 2:14

VERSE 52
    * :52

VERSE 53


VERSE 54 
 - the law.
   * :2,32; 6:9,14,25; 7:1,37; 11:46; 15:32 Nu 5:29; 6:13; 19:14 De 24:8
- scall.
   * Le 13:30,31


VERSE 55 
 - the leprosy.
   * Le 13:47-59
- of a house.
   * :34


VERSE 56 
 - a rising.
   * Le 13:2


VERSE 57 
 - teach.
   * Le 10:10 Jer 15:19 Eze 44:23
- when it is unclean, and when it is clean.  Heb. in the day of
  the unclean, and in the day of the clean.  this is.
   * De 24:8



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