"Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go {into it} to see the plague, that all that…" — Leviticus 14:36

Leviticus 14:36 · KJV

“Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go {into it} to see the plague, that all that {is} in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: {empty: or, prepare}”

— Leviticus 14:36

Verse 35

And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me {there is} as it were a plague in the house:

Verse 37

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, {if} the plague {be} in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight {are} lower than the wall;

Leviticus 14 — Context

When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me {there is} as it were a plague in the house:

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go {into it} to see the plague, that all that {is} in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: {empty: or, prepare}

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, {if} the plague {be} in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight {are} lower than the wall;

Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

2 Timothy 2:17-18

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; {canker: or, gangrene}

Hebrews 12:15

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}