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Leviticus 14:54
54“This is the law for any skin disease or mildew, for a scaly outbreak,
Leviticus 14:54 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
- New International Version (NIV)These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease, for a sore,
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“This is the law for any leprous sore and scale,
Context of Leviticus 14:54
52He will purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. 53Then he is to release the live bird into the open countryside outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean. “This is the law for any skin disease or mildew, for a scaly outbreak, 55for mildew in clothing or on a house, 56and for a swelling, scab, or spot,
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זֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה לְכָל־נֶ֥גַע הַצָּרַ֖עַת וְלַנָּֽתֶק׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 14:54
- Leviticus 14:2“This is the law concerning the person afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing. He is to be brought to the priest,
- Leviticus 6:9“Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the burnt offering; the burnt offering itself must remain on the altar’s hearth all night until morning, while the fire of the altar is kept burning on it.
- Leviticus 7:1“Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is especially holy.
- Leviticus 11:46“This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,
- Leviticus 15:32This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it;
- Numbers 5:29“This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
- Numbers 6:13“This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he is to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 19:14“This is the law when a person dies in a tent: everyone who enters the tent and everyone who is already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
- Deuteronomy 24:8“Be careful with a person who has a case of serious skin disease, following carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
- Leviticus 13:30the priest is to examine the condition. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and sparse, the priest must pronounce the person unclean. It is a scaly outbreak, a serious skin disease of the head or chin.
Commentaries on Leviticus 14:54
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-57Verses 54-57 When that God who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us by his grace, Ep 2:4, 5, we shall manifest the change by repenting, and forsaking former sins. Let us follow after holiness, and let us compassionate other poor lepers, and desire, seek, and pray for their cleansing.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 54-57This is a summary statement about many kinds of infections (compare Leviticus 11:46–47).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-572-3. law of the leper in the day of his cleansing--Though quite convalescent, a leper was not allowed to return to society immediately and at his own will. The malignant character of his disease rendered the greatest precautions necessary to his re-admission among the people. One of the priests most skilled in the diagnostics of disease [Grotius], being deputed to attend such outcasts, the restored leper appeared before this official, and when after…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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