Leviticus - 14:41



41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 14:41.

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And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an unclean place:
And that the house be scraped on the inside round about, and the dust of the scraping be scattered without the city into an unclean place:
And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they have scraped off, out of the city in an unclean place.
And he shall cause the house to be scraped within on all sides, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
and the house he doth cause to be scraped within round about, and they have poured out the clay which they have scraped off, at the outside of the city, at an unclean place;
And he will have the house rubbed all over inside, and the paste which is rubbed off will be put out into an unclean place outside the town:
and that the house be scraped on the inside all around, and that the dust of the scrapings be scattered outside the city in an unclean place,
Domum autem radere jubebit intrinsecus per circuitum, et effundent pulveremquem abraserint extra civitatem in locum immundum.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into (m) an unclean place:
(m) Where trash was cast, and other filth, that the people might not be infected by them.

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about,.... All the walls on each side, and at each end, and every stone in them; which, though they had no appearance on them, yet should there be any infection in them, which as yet was not seen, it might be removed, and a spread prevented:
and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city, into an unclean place; the scrapings they were to put into some vessel, and carry them thither and pour them out, or into a cart, and there throw them, that they might lie with other rubbish, and not be made use of any more.

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