Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; the house is unclean. New Living Translation the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled. English Standard Version then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean. Berean Standard Bible the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean. King James Bible 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. New King James Version then the priest shall come and look; and indeed if the plague has spread in the house, it is an active leprosy in the house. It is unclean. New American Standard Bible then the priest shall come in and make an inspection. If he sees that the spot has indeed spread in the house, it is a malignant spot in the house; it is unclean. NASB 1995 then the priest shall come in and make an inspection. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is a malignant mark in the house; it is unclean. NASB 1977 then the priest shall come in and make an inspection. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is a malignant mark in the house; it is unclean. Legacy Standard Bible then the priest shall come in and look again. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is a leprous malignancy in the house; it is unclean. Amplified Bible then the priest shall come and look again, and if the mark has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is [ceremonially] unclean. Christian Standard Bible the priest is to come and examine it. If the contamination has spread in the house, it is harmful mildew; the house is unclean. Holman Christian Standard Bible the priest must come and examine it. If the contamination has spread in the house, it is harmful mildew; the house is unclean. American Standard Version then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. Contemporary English Version the priest will come and say, "This house is unclean. It's covered with mildew that can't be removed." English Revised Version then the priest shall come in and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. GOD'S WORD® Translation the priest will examine it one more time. If it is a spreading type of mildew, the house is unclean. Good News Translation the priest shall go and look. If it has spread, the house is unclean. International Standard Version and the priest comes, undertakes an examination, and determines that the contagion has spread in the house, it's a chronic fungal infection in the house. It's unclean. Majority Standard Bible the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean. NET Bible the priest is to come and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. New Heart English Bible then the priest shall come in and look; and look, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean. Webster's Bible Translation Then the priest shall come and look; and behold, if the plague is spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. World English Bible then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionthen the priest has come in and seen, and behold, the plague has spread in the house; it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house; it [is] unclean. Young's Literal Translation then hath the priest come in and seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the house; it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean. Smith's Literal Translation And the priest came and saw, and behold, the stroke spread in the house; it a painful leprosy in the house: it is unclean. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe priest going in perceive that the leprosy is returned, and the walls full of spots, it is a lasting leprosy, and the house is unclean: Catholic Public Domain Version the priest, upon entering, will have seen that the leprosy has returned, and that the walls are sprinkled with spots, then it is a persistent leprosy and the house is unclean. New American Bible the priest shall come; and if, upon inspection, he finds that the infection has spread in the house, it is a corrosive fungus in the house, and it is unclean. New Revised Standard Version the priest shall go and make inspection; if the disease has spread in the house, it is a spreading leprous disease in the house; it is unclean. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen the priest shall go in and look, and if the plague has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The Priest shall enter and shall look; if the plague has changed in the house, the leprosy is severe in the house; it is defiled. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house: it is unclean. Brenton Septuagint Translation then the priest shall go in and see if the plague is spread in the house: it is a confirmed leprosy in the house, it is unclean. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Signs of Home Contamination…43If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered, 44the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean. 45It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.… Cross References Numbers 19:14-22 This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days, / and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean. / Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days. ... Deuteronomy 24:8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. 2 Kings 5:1-14 Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ... 2 Kings 20:7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered. 2 Chronicles 26:19-21 Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land. Isaiah 53:4 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. Jeremiah 33:6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. Ezekiel 36:25-27 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. Matthew 8:2-4 Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.” Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. Mark 1:40-44 Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ... Luke 5:12-14 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” Luke 17:12-19 As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. ... John 9:6-7 When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing. Acts 10:9-16 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. / He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ... Treasury of Scripture 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 13:51,52 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean… Zechariah 5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. Jump to Previous Corroding Destructive Disease Examine Fretting House Increased Indeed Inspection Leprosy Malignant Mark Mildew Plague Priest Size Spread Unclean WorkingJump to Next Corroding Destructive Disease Examine Fretting House Increased Indeed Inspection Leprosy Malignant Mark Mildew Plague Priest Size Spread Unclean WorkingLeviticus 14 1. The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper33. The signs of leprosy in a house 48. The cleansing of that house the priest must come and inspect it In ancient Israel, the role of the priest extended beyond spiritual duties to include responsibilities for public health and community well-being. The Hebrew word for "priest" is "kohen," which signifies a mediator between God and the people. The priest's inspection underscores the importance of discernment and authority in addressing issues of purity and impurity. This reflects the broader biblical principle that spiritual leaders are entrusted with guiding the community in both spiritual and practical matters. If the mildew has spread in the house it is a destructive mildew the house is unclean Hebrew the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3548: Priest must come וּבָא֙ (ū·ḇā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and inspect it. וְרָאָ֕ה (wə·rā·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see If וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! the mildew הַנֶּ֖גַע (han·ne·ḡa‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5061: Mark -- a blow, a spot has spread פָּשָׂ֥ה (pā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6581: To spread in the house, בַּבָּ֑יִת (bab·bā·yiṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house it [is] הִ֛וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are a destructive מַמְאֶ֥רֶת (mam·’e·reṯ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 3992: To be bitter, to embitter, be painful mildew; צָרַ֨עַת (ṣā·ra·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6883: Leprosy the house בַּבַּ֖יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house is unclean. טָמֵ֥א (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2931: Unclean Links Leviticus 14:44 NIVLeviticus 14:44 NLT Leviticus 14:44 ESV Leviticus 14:44 NASB Leviticus 14:44 KJV Leviticus 14:44 BibleApps.com Leviticus 14:44 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 14:44 Chinese Bible Leviticus 14:44 French Bible Leviticus 14:44 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 14:44 Then the priest shall come (Le Lv Lev.) |