John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 14:44

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the priest shall come and look, etc.] On the seventh day of the second week; though, according to Maimonides f515, this was at the end of the third seven day, or on the nineteenth day from his first inspection into it; the seventh day being reckoned for the last of the first week, and the first of the second, and so on: and, behold, [if] the plague be spread in the house; after all the above precaution is taken; it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house; like that in the garment, (see Gill on “<031351>Leviticus 13:51”): it [is] unclean; and so not to be inhabited.

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