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Leviticus 14:47 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.β
Leviticus 14:47
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
And if the priest shall come in, and look {upon it}, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. {shall come...: Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc}
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
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