Leviticus 14:38
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
Leviticus 14:38 in other translations
| BSB | the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days. |
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| WEB | then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. |
| ASV | then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. |
| YLT | and the priest hath gone out of the house unto the opening of the house, and hath shut up the house seven days. |
| DARBY | then the priest shall go out of the house to the entrance of the house, and shut up the house seven days. |
| BBE | Then the priest will go out of the door of the house, and keep the house shut up for seven days: |
| Webster | Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: |
What does Leviticus 14:38 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:34-57
34-48. leprosy in a house--This law was prospective, not to come into operation till the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan. The words, "I put the leprosy," has led many to think that this plague was a judicial infliction from heaven for the sins of the owner; while others do not regard it in this light, it being common in Scripture to represent God as doing that which He only permits in His providence to be…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 14:33-53
The leprosy in a house is unaccountable to us, as well as the leprosy in a garment; but now sin, where that reigns in a house, is a plague there, as it is in a heart. Masters of families should be aware, and afraid of the first appearance of sin in their families, and put it away, whatever it is. If the leprosy is got into the house, the infected part must be taken out. If it remain in the house, the whole must be…
Leviticus 14:38 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 14:38
- Leviticus 13:50
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
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Context
- Leviticus 14:37
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;
- Leviticus 14:38
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
- Leviticus 14:39
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
Leviticus 14:38 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El sacerdote saldrá de la casa á la puerta de ella, y cerrará la casa por siete días. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | alors le sacrificateur sortira de la maison, à l’entrée de la maison, et fera fermer la maison pendant sept jours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so soll der Priester aus dem Hause hinaus an den Eingang des Hauses gehen und das Haus sieben Tage verschließen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | egredietur ostium domus, et statim claudet illam septem diebus. |