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Leviticus 14:57
57to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.”
Leviticus 14:57 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
- New International Version (NIV)to determine when something is clean or unclean. These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.
- English Standard Version (ESV)to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.
- New King James Version (NKJV)to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.”
Context of Leviticus 14:57
55for mildew in clothing or on a house, 56and for a swelling, scab, or spot, to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.”
Read all of Leviticus 14Leviticus 14:57 word by word
לְהוֹרֹ֕ת בְּי֥וֹם הַטָּמֵ֖א וּבְי֣וֹם הַטָּהֹ֑ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַצָּרָֽעַת׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 14:57
- Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean,
- Jeremiah 15:19Therefore, this is what the Lord says: If you return, I will take you back; you will stand in my presence. And if you speak noble words, rather than worthless ones, you will be my spokesman. It is they who must return to you; you must not return to them.
- Ezekiel 44:23They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.
- 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.
Commentaries on Leviticus 14:57
- 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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