Leviticus 14:4

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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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 Leviticu...
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) O...
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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

11 - 15. Ritual Cleanliness and Uncleanliness. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted g...
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 t...
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...
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...
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...
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 comp...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Later usage required the birds to be sparrows. Cedar wood (probably not the cedar of Lebanon but a kind of juniper) may have been chosen on account o...
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 am...
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 priv...
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...
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 ceremon...
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...
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 obs...
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....
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. Ali...
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 wa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law Concerning Leprosy. B. C. 1490. ...
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. Cl...
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...
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 c...
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...
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...
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 bo...
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, t...
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)
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. Cl...

⁴ 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:

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 14:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 14:4