Leviticus 14:40

he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The priest returns on the seventh day to inspect a house and finds mildew has spread on the walls. He then issues orders to remove the contaminated stones and discard them outside the city.

The words — צִוָּה (tzi.Vah) translates literally to "he will command," establishing the priest’s directive authority. חִלְּצוּ (chi.le.Tzu) means "people will tear out," specifying the physical extraction of the infected stones marked by the plague.

The thread — Leviticus 14:41 extends this removal protocol by commanding the scraped plaster to be dumped outside the city. The pattern of isolating and discarding corruption mirrors the judicial expulsion of slander, pride, and deceit in Psalms 101:5-7 and Proverbs 22:10.

Why it lands — The text requires the complete extraction of contaminated material rather than its containment or repair. A reader must apply the same decisive boundary to remove defilement from any system before restoration can proceed.

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The Hebrew words

וְצִוָּה֙ve./tzi.Vahand/ he will command הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha./ko.Henthe/ priest וְחִלְּצוּ֙ve./chi.le.Tzuand/ people will tear out אֶת־'et-<obj.>הָ֣אֲבָנִ֔יםha./'a.va.Nimthe/ stones אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhichבָּהֵ֖ןba./Hen[is] in <the>/ themהַנָּ֑גַעha./Na.ga'the/ plague וְהִשְׁלִ֤יכוּve./hish.Li.khuand/ they will throw אֶתְהֶן֙'et./Hen<obj.>/ them אֶל־'el-to מִח֣וּץmi./Chutzfrom/ [the] outside לָעִ֔ירla./'Irof the/ city אֶל־'el-to מָק֖וֹםma.Koma place טָמֵֽא׃ta.Me'unclean

King James Version

Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

Cross-references

Psalms 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Psalms 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
Proverbs 25:4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
Isaiah 1:25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
1 Corinthians 5:5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 5:13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
Titus 3:10 Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,