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Leviticus 14:35

33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

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:

36 Then 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 afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’
KJV
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:
WEB
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.’
ASV
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.
DARBY
then he whose house it is shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me like a plague in the house;
BLB
then he to whom the house [belongs] shall come, and he shall tell the priest, saying, ‘[Something] like a plague has appeared to me in the house.’
ÅB
da skal den som eier huset, gå og melde det til presten og si: Det ser ut for meg som det er kommet spedalskhet på huset.
OTB
må eieren av huset gå og fortelle presten: 'Jeg har lagt merke til noe som ligner en uren mugg i huset mitt.'
B1930
da skal den som eier huset, gå og melde det til presten og si: Det ser ut for mig som det er kommet spedalskhet på huset.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 91:10

    There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:26

    Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

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  • Zechariah 5:4

    I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

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  • Joshua 7:21

    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 are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

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  • 1 Samuel 3:12–14

    In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

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  • 1 Kings 13:34

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

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  • Proverbs 3:33

    The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

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