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Leviticus 14:37 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall, "
Leviticus 14:37
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35 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.’
36 The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean. Afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
37 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall,
38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
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Leviticus 14:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 14:2
"“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest,"
Leviticus 14:3
"and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,"
Leviticus 14:4
"then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop."
Leviticus 14:5
"The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water."
Leviticus 14:6
"As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood, the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water."
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