Leviticus 14:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. ”

Leviticus 14:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seven times - The seal of the covenant, expressed in the number seven (compare Leviticus 14:9 ), was renewed in sprinkling him who, during his leprosy, had lived as an outcast. The details of a...
Leviticus 14:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall (d) let the living bird loose into the open field. (d) Signifying that he...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seven times. Compare Leviticus 4:6 ; 2 Kings 5:10 ; 2 Kings 5:14 . App-10. pronounce him clean . Hebrew make him clean. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct). declare him to be clean.
Leviticus 14:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. Shall let the living bird l...
Leviticus 14:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running wat...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he shall sprinkle. — Having thus dipped the hyssop fastened to the cedar stick into the blood and water, the priest is to sprinkle with it the back of the hand and the forehead of the patient s...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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....
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat particularly striking in the sevenfold application. It is very plain that the blood of JESUS must be sprinkled on the sinner, as well as shed for the sinner. For an unapplied ransom...
Leviticus 14:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘THE LEPERS ARE CLEANSED’ ‘The Priest shall pronounce him clean.’ Leviticus 14:7 The leper typified a sinner; the healed leper that sinner repentant and believing; and the cleansed leper the...
Leviticus 14:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times ,.... With the hyssop fastened to the cedar stick, with the scarlet wool or thread bound about it, dipped into the...
Leviticus 14:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. Ver. 7. And he shall spr...
Leviticus 14:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Into the open field The place of its former abode, signifying the taking off that restraint which was laid upon the leper, and that he was restored to free conversation with his neighbours.
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law Concerning Leprosy. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 T...
Leviticus 14:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seven times, to signify his perfect cleansing and restoration to all his former privileges. Compare Leviticus 4:17 . Into the open field, the place of its former abode, signifying the taking o...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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...
Leviticus 14:7 - 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)
Leviticus 14:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:6 ; 1 Peter 1:2 ; 2 Kings 5:10 ; 2 Kings 5:14 ; Daniel 9:24 ; Ephesians 5:26 ; Ephesians 5:27 ; Ezekiel 36:25 ; Hebrews 10:22 ; Hebrews 12:24 ; Hebrews 9:13 ; Hebrews 9:19 ; Heb...
Leviticus 14:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Into the open field — The place of its former abode, signifying the taking off that restraint which was laid upon the leper.

Leviticus 14:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 14:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 14:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 14:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 14:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 14:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 14:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 14:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 14:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 14:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 14:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 14:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 14:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 14:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 14:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 14:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes