King James Version
Leviticus 14:35 in the King James Version says “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 th...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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:”
Leviticus 14:35 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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;
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“And he that owneth the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and tell”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“to me there is as it were a plague”
H5061a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)
“It seemeth”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And he that owneth the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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