Leviticus 14:45
43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
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
- It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
- KJV
- And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
- WEB
- He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house’s mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.
- ASV
- And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
- DARBY
- And 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.
- BLB
- And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timbers, and all the mortar of the house, and he shall carry [them] to the outside of the city, to an unclean place.
- ÅB
- Og da skal de rive huset ned, både steiner og treverket og all leiren, og føre det utenfor byen, til et urent sted.
- OTB
- Huset må rives ned—steinene, tømmeret og all pussen—og tas ut av byen til et urent sted.
- B1930
- Og da skal de rive huset ned, både stener og treverket og alt leret, og føre det utenfor byen, til et urent sted.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 25:25–26
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
Read in contextRomans 11:7–11
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Read in contextJeremiah 52:13
And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
Read in context2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Read in context2 Kings 25:4–12
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
Read in contextMatthew 22:7
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Read in context2 Kings 10:27
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
Read in contextEzekiel 5:4
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
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