Leviticus 14 · Verse 45

Leviticus 14:45

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.
Leviticus 14:45, King James Version

Leviticus 14:45 in other translations

BSBIt must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
WEBHe 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLT‘And he hath broken down the house, its stones, and its wood, and all the clay of the house, and he hath brought them forth unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd the house will have to be pulled down, the stones of it and the wood and the paste; and everything is to be taken out to an unclean place outside the town.
WebsterAnd he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the mortar of the house: and he shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.

What does Leviticus 14:45 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 45 He shall break down the house - "On the suspicion of a house being infected, the priest examined it, and ordered it to be shut up seven days; if he found the plague, or signs of the plague, (hollow streaks, greenish or reddish), were not spread, he commanded it to be shut up seven days more. On the thirteenth day he revisited it; and if he found the infected place dim, or gone away, he took out that part of the wall, carried it out to an unclean place, mended the wall, and caused the whole house to be new plastered. It was then shut up a third seven days, and he came on the nineteenth, and if he found that the plague was broken out anew, he ordered the house to be pulled down." See Ainsworth. From all this may we not learn a lesson of instruction? If the means made use of by God and his ministers for the conversion of a sinner be, through his willful obstinacy, rendered of no avail; if by his evil practices he trample under foot the blood of the covenant wherewith he might have been sanctified, and do despite to the Spirit of God; then God will pull down his house - dislodge his soul from its earthly tabernacle, consign the house, the body, to corruption, and the spirit to the perdition of ungodly men. Reader, see well how it stands with thy soul. God is not mocked: what a man soweth, that shall he reap.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 14:45 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.

וְנָתַ֣ץve.na.Tatzand he will pull downH5422
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבַּ֗יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲבָנָיו֙'a.va.Navstones itsH68
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֵצָ֔יו'e.Tzavwood<s> itsH6086
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עֲפַ֣ר'a.Far[the] dust ofH6083
הַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וְהוֹצִיא֙ve.ho.Tzi'and he will take [them] outH3318
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 14:45

  • 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. And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

  • Romans 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 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. …

  • Jeremiah 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:

  • 2 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.

  • 2 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. And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. …

  • Matthew 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.

  • 2 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.

  • Ezekiel 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.

  • 1 Kings 9:6-9

    But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

  • Matthew 24:2

    And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Revelation 11:2

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

  • 2 Kings 17:20-23

    And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin. For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

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Eze 5:4; Mt 22:7; 24:2; Ro 11:7-11; Re 11:2
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Context

  • Leviticus 14:44

    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.

  • Leviticus 14:45

    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.

  • Leviticus 14:46

    Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

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Leviticus 14:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Derribará, por tanto, la tal casa, sus piedras, y sus maderos, y toda la mezcla de la casa; y lo sacará fuera de la ciudad á lugar inmundo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors on démolira la maison, ses pierres et son bois, avec tout l’enduit de la maison, et on les transportera hors de la ville, dans un lieu impur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und man soll das Haus niederreißen, seine Steine und sein Holz und allen Lehm des Hauses, und es hinausschaffen außerhalb der Stadt an einen unreinen Ort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quam statim destruent, et lapides ejus ac ligna, atque universum pulverem projicient extra oppidum in locum immundum.