33 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, 34 'When ye come in unto the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you for a possession, and I have put a plague of leprosy in a house 'in' the land of your possession; 35 then hath he whose the house 'is' come in and declared to the priest, saying, As a plague hath appeared to me in the house; 36 and the priest hath commanded, and they have prepared the house before the priest cometh in to see the plague (that all which 'is' in the house be not unclean), and afterwards doth the priest come in to see the house; 37 and he hath seen the plague, and lo, the plague 'is' in the walls of the house, hollow strakes, very green or very red, and their appearance 'is' lower than the wall, 38 and the priest hath gone out of the house unto the opening of the house, and hath shut up the house seven days. 39 'And the priest hath turned back on the seventh day, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the walls of the house, 40 and the priest hath commanded, and they have drawn out the stones in which the plague 'is', and have cast them unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place; 41 and the house he doth cause to be scraped within round about, and they have poured out the clay which they have scraped off, at the outside of the city, at an unclean place; 42 and they have taken other stones, and brought 'them' in unto the place of the stones, and other clay he taketh and hath daubed the house. 43 'And if the plague return, and hath broken out in the house, after he hath drawn out the stones, and after the scraping of the house, and after the daubing; 44 then hath the priest come in and seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the house; it 'is' a fretting leprosy in the house; it 'is' unclean. 45 'And he hath broken down the house, its stones, and its wood, and all the clay of the house, and he hath brought 'them' forth unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place. 46 'And he who is going in unto the house all the days he hath shut it up, is unclean till the evening; 47 and he who is lying in the house doth wash his garments; and he who is eating in the house doth wash his garments. 48 'And if the priest certainly come in, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the house after the daubing of the house, then hath the priest pronounced the house clean, for the plague hath been healed. 49 'And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop; 50 and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water; 51 and he hath taken the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and hath dipped them in the blood of the slaughtered bird, and in the running water, and hath sprinkled upon the house seven times. 52 'And he hath cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; 53 and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 14:33-53
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.