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Leviticus 14:39
On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The priest returns to a quarantined house on the seventh day to inspect it for mildew after the initial sealing period described in Leviticus 14:38.
The words — וְשָׁב (ve-shav, "he will return") and פָּשָׂה (pah-sah, "it has spread") capture the priest's scheduled inspection and the plague's visible progression on the walls.
The thread — The text parallels the seventh-day reexamination pattern in Leviticus 13:27 for skin afflictions, while Leviticus 13:7 and Leviticus 13:22 address further spread without specifying a seventh-day interval.
Why it lands — The passage demands a factual assessment of contamination to determine whether the structure requires stone removal or further ritual action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
Cross-references
- Leviticus 13:7 But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
- Leviticus 13:22 If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.
- Leviticus 13:27 On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
- Leviticus 13:36 the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:51 On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean.