“But if the priest comes in and examines it, and indeed the plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
Parallel translations
- WEB “If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
- KJV And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
- BSB If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
- NASB “If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and makes an inspection and the spot has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the spot has not reappeared.
- NLT “But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone.
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Quick answer
If the priest finds the plague has not returned after replastering, he pronounces the house clean because the plague is healed. It matters because a house freed from contamination could be restored to use.
Overview
When inspection shows the contamination has not spread after repair, the priest declares the house clean, the plague being healed. The verdict of cleanness opens the way to restoration and renewed habitation. This priestly declaration of cleanness points to Christ, whose word restores the defiled and pronounces clean what he has healed.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Cor 6:11Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
- Hos 6:1“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- Mark 5:34He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”
- Lev 14:3and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
- Luke 7:21In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
- Job 5:18For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
- Mark 5:29Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
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