Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.
Parallel translations
- WEB and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.
- KJV And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
- BSB And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.
- NKJV And he shall cause the house to be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city.
- NASB And he shall have the house scraped all around inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city.
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Quick answer
The inside of the house is scraped all over, and the scraped material is poured out in an unclean place outside the city. It matters because thorough cleansing required removing not only the stones but the surrounding contaminated plaster.
Overview
Scraping the interior walls and disposing of the debris outside the city ensures the contamination is fully removed, not merely its most obvious spots. The thoroughness shows that dealing with defilement demands more than superficial effort. This careful purging foreshadows the deep cleansing God works in his people, removing the full residue of sin's corruption.
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- Rev 22:15Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Matt 8:28When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
- 1 Tim 1:20of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
- Isa 65:4who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- Job 36:13–14“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
- Matt 24:51and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
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