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When you are 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;
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A Supernatural Sign
Commentators unanimously emphasize that this "house leprosy" was not a natural mold or decay but a supernatural plague directly sent by God. The phrase "I put the plague" highlights God's sovereignty over the Promised Land and everything in it, showing His power to act directly in the physical world as a sign to His people.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This section is separated from the one on leprosy in clothing (Leviticus 13:47–59), with which it would seem to be naturally connected.…
19th Century
Anglican
When you come into the land of Canaan. —We have here the first of four instances in Leviticus where a law was given prosp…
16th Century
Protestant
When you come into the land. Another type of leprosy is discussed here, about which we may reasonably rejoice that it is now unknown to us…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When you are come into the land of Canaan Which as yet they were not come to, being in the wilderness, and so the fo…
The leprosy in a house is difficult for us to understand, much like the leprosy in a garment; but sin, where it reigns in a house, is a plague ther…
