KJV King James Version
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place.
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Leviticus 14:45
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
WEB World English Bible
He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house’s mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.
ASV American Standard Version
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he hath broken down the house, its stones, and its wood, and all the clay of the house, and he hath brought them forth unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 14
42 And they shall take other stones, and put [them] in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, [if] the plague be spread in the house, it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house: it [is] unclean.
45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place.
46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
48 And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it], and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְנָתַ֣ץH5422 · na.tatsto tearאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַבַּ֗יִתH1004 · betplaceאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲבָנָיו֙H68 · e.venstoneוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֵצָ֔יוH6086 · etstree: woodוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallעֲפַ֣רH6083 · a.phardustהַבָּ֑יִתH1004 · betplaceוְהוֹצִיא֙H3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מִח֣וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideלָעִ֔ירH5892 · irexcitementאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מָק֖וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceטָמֵֽא׃H2931 · ta.meunclean
Cross-references
2 Kings 17:20-23And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.2 Kings 25:25-26But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.Matthew 22:7But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.Matthew 24:2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.1 Kings 9:6-9[But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:2 Kings 10:27And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.Jeremiah 52:13And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great [men], burned he with fire:Ezekiel 5:4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; [for] thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.Revelation 11:2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.2 Kings 25:4-12And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.Romans 11:7-11What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
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