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Leviticus 14:39

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And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
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  1. Leviticus 13:22Rank 1 from verse 39
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    22And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

  2. Leviticus 13:27Rank 2 from verse 39
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    27And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

  3. Leviticus 13:36Rank 3 from verse 39
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    36Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

  4. Leviticus 13:51Rank 4 from verse 39
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    51And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

  5. Leviticus 13:7–8Rank 5 from verse 39
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    7But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:

    8And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

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Leviticus 14:39

COMBINED MEANING

priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

look

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Sense 1: To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed. Sense 2: An appearance, countenance, expression, or aspect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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14:33¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

14:34When 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;

14:35And 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:

14:36Then 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:

14:37And 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;

14:38Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

14:39And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

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14:40Then 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:

14:41And 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:

14:42And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.

14:43And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;

14:44Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

14:45And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

14:46Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

14:47And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

14:48And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

14:49And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

14:50And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

14:51And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

14:52And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

14:53But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

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