Leviticus 14:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birdsa alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: ”

• Leviticus 14:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  These birds were provided by the priest for the man. They were not, like the offerings for the altar, brought by the man himself (compare Leviticus 14:4 with Leviticus 14:10 ), they were not pre...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] (b) clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: (b) Of birds which were permitted to be eaten.

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Normal Law of Cleansing after the disease has disappeared. The patient brings to the priest two birds, and he is sprinkled with the blood of one of them, killed in an earthenware (and therefore che...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  is to be cleansed . him that is cleansing himself. birds , or sparrows. cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. Hence the ancient tradition that the highest tree and the lowest herb give the leper...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: Two birds alive and clean, etc. - Whether these birds were s...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Two birds alive and clean— The Vulgate renders this, two sparrows; and so it is rendered in the margin of our English Bibles: but the original is general, and expresses two small birds of any kin...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: Then shall the priest command to take for him ... two...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Purification of the Leper. The Leprosy of Houses When a leper has been cured of his plague, and has satisfied the priest that his cure is complete, he is required to go through a ceremonial pu...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then shall the priest command to take. — Literally, And the priest shall command, and he shall take, that is, the leper shall take. To avoid the ambiguity as to the person, the translators of the A...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPER Leviticus 14:1-32 THE ceremonies for the restoration of the leper, when healed of his disease, to full covenant privileges, were comprehended in two distinct series....

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Law of the Cleansed Leper Leviticus 14:1-20 The penalty, when leprosy had unmistakably declared itself, included compulsory severance from the camp, the rent garments, the bare head, the co...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The possibility of the restoration of a leper to health was recognized and provision was made accordingly. In the case of the individual, the ceremony was elaborate. The priest must first visit him w...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  As the mercy of redemption by the blood and righteousness of the LORD JESUS, extends to all the necessities of our souls, so is it worth our closest observation, that in the old church, in the wilder...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed ,.... The command is by the priest, the taking is by any man, as Ben Gersom observes; anyone whom he shall command, the leper him...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: Ver. 4. Command to take. ] That the leper might show his...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Two birds The one to represent Christ as dying for his sins, the other to represent him as rising again for his purification or justification. Alive and clean Allowed for food and for sacrifice....

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• Leviticus 14:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  RESTORING OF A LEPER (vv. 1-20) Even a case of leprosy may be healed, though this is not frequently seen in the Old Testament. Miriam's leprosy was healed very soon after her infliction ( Numbers...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Law Concerning Leprosy. B. C. 1490.       1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,   2 T...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Two birds; the one to represent Christ as dying for his sins, the other to represent him as rising again for his purification or justification. Clean; allowed for food and for sacrifice. Cedar w...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Law of The Skin-Diseased In The Day Of His Cleansing ( Leviticus 14:2-20 ) Leviticus 14:2-4 “This shall be the law of the skin-diseased in the day of his cleansing, He shall be brought to...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Leprosy Cleansed SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 14:2 .—In the day of his cleansing. Remedy and respite came to the pitiable leper. Although his case seemed forlorn and dismal—unclean, and an outc...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

  birds The bird slain, and the live bird, dipped in blood and released, present the two aspects of salvation in ( Romans 4:25 ) "delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justificati...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Leviticus 14:3 . The plague of leprosy. This loathsome disease rendered the body torpid, and severely depressed the spirits, as is affirmed by our learned travellers in the east. It commences with...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Cleansing the leper I. The disease. 1. Its peculiar designation. Leprosy the “plague of boils” ( Deuteronomy 28:1-68 .), which applies very...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE FORM OF PURIFICATION OF THE LEPER ( Leviticus 14:1-3 ). This is the most minute of all the forms of purification, those for purification from contact with a dead bod...

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• Leviticus 14:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  s home. If, however, he presumptuously leaves his asylum sooner, he is exposed to the anger of the avenger, Numbers 35:26-28 . " 2)

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 12:22 ; Hebrews 9:19 ; Leviticus 1:14 ; Leviticus 12:8 ; Leviticus 5:7 ; Leviticus 14:49-52 ; Leviticus 14:6 ; Numbers 19:18 ; Numbers 19:6 ; Psalms 51:7

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• Leviticus 14:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Two birds — The one to represent Christ as dying for his sins, the other to represent him as rising again for his purification or justification. Clean — Allowed for food and for sacrifice. Cedar —...

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