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Moreover he who goes into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
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The Seriousness of Contagion
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a strict rule: entering a quarantined house, even momentarily, made a person ritually unclean until evening. This temporary status prevented normal social and religious interaction, highlighting the seriousness with which God's people were to treat potential contamination and impurity.
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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
Moreover he that goeth into the house. —If anyone only momentarily entered the house while it was under quarantine, he co…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Moreover, he that goes into the house all the while it is shut up The utmost of which…
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