He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
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He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
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And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
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And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Leviticus 14:47 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 11:25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 14:8-9 “He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days. It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water. Then he shall be clean.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he shall cleanse the house with the blood…
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird,.... See Gill on Lev 14:4.
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lev 14:53But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields,.... See Gill on Lev 14:7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (47) And he that lieth in the house.—As abiding…
(47) And he that lieth in the house.—As abiding in it all night was graver than a momentary entrance, it involved the washing of the garments before the person so defiled could be clean. The same was the case if any one made a meal in it.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.