Leviticus 14:57

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

55These are the rules for mildew in clothes or in a house. 56These are the rules for a mark on or under the skin. These rules decide when a person has a disease. And they decide when he is clean. They show when a house has a disease. They are the rules for diseases in the skin and for mildew.

Leviticus 14:57 word by word

לְהוֹרֹ֕ת בְּי֥וֹם הַטָּמֵ֖א וּבְי֣וֹם הַטָּהֹ֑ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַצָּרָֽעַת׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To teachיָרָהyârâh yârâ' · to showH3384
• whenיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• of leprosyצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883

Cross-references for Leviticus 14:57

• Leviticus 10:10You must know what is holy. And you must know what is not holy. You must know what you can use. And you must know what you must not use to worship me.
• Jeremiah 15:19So the Lord said this to me: ‘If you turn back to me, I will help you to be strong. Then you can continue to serve me. Speak valuable words instead of useless words. Then you can speak on my behalf. These people must change to be like you have been. You must not change to become like them.
• Ezekiel 44:23They must teach my people that holy things are different from ordinary things. They must also show them how to know if something is clean or unclean.
• Deuteronomy 24:8If you have leprosy, be very careful! Do everything that the Levite priests tell you to do. You must obey everything that 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

Topics related to Leviticus 14:57

• Defilement
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Clean
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Scrape
• Sprinkle
• Atonement, Day of
• Azazel
• Cleanse
• Color; Colors

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