“‘You sinned against me\par and became stained with sin.\par I wanted to wash you and make you clean.\par But the stains would not come out.\par I won’t try washing you again\par until my hot anger is finished with you!\par
Leviticus 14:43 - Easy To Read Version “Maybe a person took away the old stones and plaster [220] and put in new stones and plaster. And maybe mildew [221] again appears in that house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If the disease returns, breaking out in the house after he has removed the stones and has scraped and plastered the house, American Standard Version (1901) And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered; Common English Bible If the infection breaks out again in the house after the stones have been pulled out and the house scraped and replastered, Catholic Public Domain Version But if, after the stones have been dug out, and the dust wiped away, and it is plastered with other clay, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if, after the stones be taken out, and the dust scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth, |
“‘You sinned against me\par and became stained with sin.\par I wanted to wash you and make you clean.\par But the stains would not come out.\par I won’t try washing you again\par until my hot anger is finished with you!\par
Then that person must put new stones in the walls. And he must cover those walls with new plaster.
Then the priest must come in and check the house. If the infection has spread in the house, then it is a disease that spreads quickly to other places. So the house is unclean. [222]
“After new stones and plaster [223] are put in a house, the priest must check the house. If the mildew [224] has not spread through the house, then the priest will announce that the house is clean. [225] Why? Because the mildew is gone!
Those people were made free from the evil things in the world. They were made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if those people go back into those evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.
What those people did is like this true saying: “When a dog vomits (throws up), he comes back to his vomit.” {\cf2\super [10]} And, “After a pig is washed, the pig goes back and rolls in the mud again.”