The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days.
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The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days.
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And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
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And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days.
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- Ezekiel 44:23 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He shall therefore burn that garment,.... That there may…
He shall therefore burn that garment,.... That there may be no more use of it, nor profit from it; and this was done without the city, as Ben Gersom asserts:
whether in warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin,
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wherein the plague is; all and either of them were to be burnt:
for it is a fretting leprosy; See Gill on Lev 13:51,
it shall be burnt in the fire; which may teach both to hate the garment spotted with the flesh, and to put no trust in and have no dependence on a man's own righteousness, which is as filthy rags, and both are such as shall be burnt, and the loss of them suffered, even when a man himself is saved, yet so as by fire, Co1 3:15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (50) And the priest shall look.—If upon examination the…
(50) And the priest shall look.—If upon examination the priest finds that the garment or vessel in question exhibits one of these symptoms, he must put it in quarantine for a week, as in the case of a human being. (See Lev_13:4.)
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 seven days
seven days
"7 days" (See: Numbers)
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seventh day
"Seventh" is the ordinal number for 7. AT: "day 7" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
anything in which leather is used
This can be translated in active form. AT: "anything in which a person uses leather" (See: Active or Passive)
anything in which the harmful mildew is found
This can be translated in active form. AT: "anything on which he found the harmful mildew" (See: Active or Passive)
the item is unclean
Something that God has declared to be unfit for people to touch is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
it can lead to disease
The harmful mildew could cause disease in a person who comes in contact with the item.
The item must be completely burned up
This can be translated in active form. AT: "He must burn the item completely" (See: Active or Passive)
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priest
clean
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