Leviticus - 14:40



40 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 14:40.

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Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city:
He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place:
then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them out of the city, in an unclean place.
and the priest hath commanded, and they have drawn out the stones in which the plague is, and have cast them unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place;
Then the priest will give orders to them to take out the stones in which the disease is seen, and put them out into an unclean place outside the town:
he shall order the stones in which the leprosy is, to be dug out and cast outside the city in an unclean place,
Tunc praecipiet sacerdos, et eruent lapides in quibus fuerit plaga illa, projicientque illos extra civitatem in locum immundum:

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Historical Commentaries

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Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is,.... In there appeared any cavities, or the above colours, and these spreading: in order to put a stop thereunto, these stones were to be drawn or pulled out, as the word signifies, in such manner as not to endanger the fall of the house, and two stones at least were to be taken out; for, as Gersom says, a house was not shut up unless the plague appeared on two stones:
and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city; where dead carcasses were laid, and dung, and filth of every sort; and being laid in such a place, it would be known that they were unclean, as Aben Ezra observes, and so would not be made use of for any purpose.

An unclean place - Where they used to cast dirt and filthy things.

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