43 "If the defiling mold reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered,
43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
43 "If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,
43 "If the fungus breaks out again in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and plastered,
43 "Now if the plague comes back and breaks out in the house, after he has taken away the stones, after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered,
43 "But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 14:43
Commentary on Leviticus 14:33-53
(Read Leviticus 14:33-53)
The leprosy in a house is unaccountable to us, as well as the leprosy in a garment; but now sin, where that reigns in a house, is a plague there, as it is in a heart. Masters of families should be aware, and afraid of the first appearance of sin in their families, and put it away, whatever it is. If the leprosy is got into the house, the infected part must be taken out. If it remain in the house, the whole must be pulled down. The owner had better be without a dwelling, than live in one that was infected. The leprosy of sin ruins families and churches. Thus sin is so interwoven with the human body, that it must be taken down by death.