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If the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hasn`t spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
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A Path to Restoration
Commentators explain that this verse provides a clear path to restoration. If the prescribed steps were followed (removing infected materials, replastering) and the plague did not spread, the house was declared clean and healed. This demonstrates a principle of hope: when corruption is properly addressed, healing and restoration are possible.
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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
The plague has not spread. —If at the end of the second week’s quarantine the disease has not spread, having been checked by the m…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it] That is, on the seventh day of the second week of its being shut…
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