Add parallel Print Page Options

45 He must tear down the house,[a] its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it[b] outside the city to an unclean place. 46 Anyone who enters[c] the house all the days the priest[d] has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. 47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:45 tn Smr, LXX, Syriac, and Tg. Ps.-J. have the plural verb, perhaps suggesting a passive translation, “The house…shall be torn down” (cf. NAB, NIV, TEV, NLT, and see the note on v. 4b above).
  2. Leviticus 14:45 tn Once again, Smr, LXX, and Syriac have the plural verb, perhaps to be rendered passive, “shall be brought.”
  3. Leviticus 14:46 tn Heb “the one who comes into.”
  4. Leviticus 14:46 tn Heb “he,” referring to the priest (see v. 38). The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.