Leviticus 14 · Verse 40

Leviticus 14:40

Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
Leviticus 14:40, King James Version

Leviticus 14:40 in other translations

BSBhe must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
WEBthen the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city.
ASVthen the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city:
YLTand the priest hath commanded, and they have drawn out the stones in which the plague is, and have cast them unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place;
DARBYthen the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them out of the city, in an unclean place.
BBEThen the priest will give orders to them to take out the stones in which the disease is seen, and put them out into an unclean place outside the town:
WebsterThen the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

What does Leviticus 14:40 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…

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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…

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Leviticus 14:40 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְצִוָּה֙ve.tzi.Vahand he will commandH6680
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְחִלְּצוּ֙ve.chi.le.Tzuand people will tear outH2502
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָ֣אֲבָנִ֔יםha.'a.va.Nimthe stonesH68
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
בָּהֵ֖ןba.Hen[is] in <the> them
הַנָּ֑גַעha.Na.ga'the plagueH5061
וְהִשְׁלִ֤יכוּve.hish.Li.khuand they will throwH7993
אֶתְהֶן֙'et.Hen<obj.> themH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִח֣וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351
לָעִ֔ירla.'Irof the cityH5892
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מָק֖וֹםma.Koma placeH4725
טָמֵֽא\׃ta.Me'uncleanH2931

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Cross references for Leviticus 14:40

  • Revelation 22:15

    For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  • Revelation 2:6

    But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

  • Revelation 2:2

    I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

  • Matthew 18:17

    And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:13

    But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

  • 2 John 1:10-11

    If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

  • John 15:2

    Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

  • Proverbs 22:10

    Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • Revelation 2:20

    Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

  • Isaiah 1:25-26

    And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:5-6

    To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

  • Psalms 101:5

    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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

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Context

  • 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 14:40

    Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

  • Leviticus 14:41

    And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

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Leviticus 14:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces mandará el sacerdote, y arrancarán las piedras en que estuviere la plaga, y las echarán fuera de la ciudad, en lugar inmundo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
alors le sacrificateur commandera qu’on arrache les pierres dans lesquelles est la plaie, et qu’on les jette hors de la ville, dans un lieu impur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
so soll der Priester gebieten, daß man die Steine, an denen das Übel ist, herausreiße, und sie hinauswerfe außerhalb der Stadt an einen unreinen Ort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
jubebit erui lapides in quibus lepra est, et projici eos extra civitatem in locum immundum: