Bible Strands
Leviticus 14:34
“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to Moses and Aaron to introduce a regulation for when Israel enters Canaan.
The words — The Hebrew תָבֹאוּ (ta.vo'u) means "you will go" into אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן (eretz kena'an), while אֲנִי נֹתֵן (ani noten) translates as "I am giving."
The thread — This land promise parallels Genesis 12:7, Genesis 17:8, and Deuteronomy 32:49, where God pledges Canaan to Israel's descendants.
Why it lands — The text states that God both grants the territory and initiates household mildew, establishing a sequence where divine provision and divine inspection occur together.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
Cross-references
- Genesis 17:8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- Deuteronomy 32:49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Genesis 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 13:17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
- Exodus 15:26 saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Leviticus 23:10 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
- Leviticus 25:2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Numbers 32:22 then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.
- Numbers 32:32 We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
- Numbers 35:10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,