If any person secretly says bad things\par about his neighbor,\par I will stop that person.\par I will not allow people to be proud\par and think they are better than other people.\par
Leviticus 14:40 - Easy To Read Version then the priest must order the people to tear out the stones with the mildew on them and throw them away. They must put those stones at a special unclean [218] place outside the city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He shall command that they take out the diseased stones and cast them into an unclean place outside the city. American Standard Version (1901) then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city: Common English Bible the priest will order the stones in which the infection is found to be pulled out and discarded outside the city in an unclean area. Catholic Public Domain Version he shall order the stones in which the leprosy is, to be dug out and cast outside the city in an unclean place, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place: |
If any person secretly says bad things\par about his neighbor,\par I will stop that person.\par I will not allow people to be proud\par and think they are better than other people.\par
If a person thinks he is better than other people, force him to leave. When that person leaves, trouble will leave with him. Then arguments and bragging will end.
“On the seventh day, the priest must come back and check the house. If the mildew [217] has spread on the walls of the house,
Then the priest must have all the house scraped inside. The people must throw away the plaster [219] that they scrape off. They must put that plaster at a special unclean place outside the city.
Then the priest must take off his clothes and put on other clothes. Then he must carry the ashes outside the camp to a special place.
If that person refuses to listen to them, then tell the church (group of believers). If that person refuses to listen to the church, then treat him like he is a person that does not believe in God. Treat him like he is a tax collector. {\cf2\super [254]}
He cuts off every branch {\cf2\super [217]} of mine that does not make fruit. {\cf2\super [218]} And he trims and cleans every branch that makes fruit, so that it will make even more fruit.
I am asking you for my son Onesimus. He became my son while I was in prison.
I know what you do. You work hard, and you never quit. I know that you don’t accept evil people. You have tested those people who say that they are apostles {\cf2\super [12]} but are really not. You found that they are liars.
But I have this against you: You let that woman named Jezebel do what she wants. She says that she is a prophet. {\cf2\super [22]} But she is leading my people away with her teaching. Jezebel leads my people to do sexual sins and to eat food that is offered to idols. {\cf2\super [23]}
But there is something you do \{that is right\}: You hate the things that the Nicolaitans {\cf2\super [13]} do. I also hate what they do.
Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.