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Leviticus 14:32
32This is the law for the one in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his [ceremonial] cleansing.”
Leviticus 14:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
- New International Version (NIV)These are the regulations for anyone who has a defiling skin disease and who cannot afford the regular offerings for their cleansing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing."
- New King James Version (NKJV)This is the law for one who had a leprous sore, who cannot afford the usual cleansing.”
Context of Leviticus 14:32
30Then he shall offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means. 31He shall offer what he can afford, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. The priest shall make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed. This is the law for the one in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his [ceremonial] cleansing.” 33The Lord further spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 34“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in your land,
Read all of Leviticus 14Leviticus 14:32 word by word
זֹ֣את תּוֹרַ֔ת אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ נֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־תַשִּׂ֥יג יָד֖וֹ בְּטָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 14:32
- Leviticus 14:2“This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his [ceremonial] cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest [at a meeting place outside the camp];
- Leviticus 13:59This is the law for a leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or on anything made of leather, to pronounce it clean or unclean.
- Leviticus 14:10“Now on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with [olive] oil as a grain offering, and one log (about a pint) of oil;
- Psalms 72:12For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.
- Psalms 136:23Who [faithfully] remembered us in our lowly condition, For His lovingkindness endures forever;
- Matthew 11:5the blind receive [their] sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed [by healing] and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].
Commentaries on Leviticus 14:32
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-32Verses 10-32 The cleansed leper was to be presented to the Lord, with his offerings. When God has restored us to enjoy public worship again, after sickness, distance, or otherwise, we should testify our thanksgiving by our diligent use of the liberty. And both we and our offerings must be presented before the Lord, by the Priest that made us clean, even our Lord Jesus. Beside the usual rites of the trespass-offering, some of the blood, and some of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-32The ceremony for the poor was similar to the usual purification offering. But, it allowed them to use cheaper birds instead of a lamb (see Leviticus 5:7–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-3221-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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