Leviticus 14:36
New English Translation
36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared[a] before the priest enters to examine the infection[b] so that everything in the house[c] does not become unclean,[d] and afterward[e] the priest will enter to examine the house.
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- Leviticus 14:36 tn Heb “And the priest shall command and they shall clear the house.” The second verb (“and they shall clear”) states the thrust of the priest’s command, which suggests the translation “that they clear” (cf. also vv. 4a and 5a above), and for the impersonal passive rendering of the active verb (“that the house be cleared”) see the note on v. 4 above.
- Leviticus 14:36 tn Heb “to see the infection”; KJV “to see the plague”; NASB “to look at the mark (mildew NCV).”
- Leviticus 14:36 tn Heb “all which [is] in the house.”
- Leviticus 14:36 sn Once the priest pronounced the house “unclean” everything in it was also officially unclean. Therefore, if they emptied the house of its furniture, etc. before the official pronouncement by the priest those possessions would thereby remain officially “clean” and avoid destruction or purification procedures.
- Leviticus 14:36 tn Heb “and after thus.”
Leviticus 14:36
New International Version
36 The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mold, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house.
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