49And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
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Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-53)This is the law concerning the leprosy in a house. Now that they were in the wilderness they dwelt in tents, and had no houses, and therefore the law is made only an appendix to the former laws concerning the leprosy, because it related, not to their present state, but to their future settlement. The leprosy in a house is as unaccountable as the leprosy in a garment; but, if we see not what natura…
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