Leviticus 14:35

WEB

then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'

KJV

And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

Commentary

And he that owneth the house shall come, and tell the priest,.... As soon as he observes any sign of leprosy in it, or which gives him a suspicion of it: sayin g, it seemeth unto me there is as it were a plague in the house; he must not say expressly there is one, how certain soever he may be of it, because the matter must be determined by a priest: so runs the Jewish canon (i), he whose the house is comes and declares to the priest, saying, there appears to me as a plague in the house; and though he is a wise man, and knows that there is a plague certainly, he may not determine, and say, there appears to me a plague in the house, but there appears to me as it were a plague in the house; it looks like one, there is some reason to suspect it. (i) Misn. Negaim, c. 12. sect. 5. Jarchi in loc.