Leviticus 14:8

Leviticus 14:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
• New International Version (NIV)“The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair and bathe with water; then they will be ceremonially clean. After this they may come into the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. And after that he may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.

Context of Leviticus 14:8

6The priest will take the other bird and the wood from the cedar tree. He will take the red wool and the hyssop. He will put all of them into the blood of the dead bird. 7The priest will shake the blood over the person who had the disease. He will do this seven times. The priest will then say that the person is clean. The priest will let the live bird go. It will fly away. The person who had the disease must wash his clothes. He must wash his body with water and he must cut off all his hair. Then he will be clean. He can go into the camp. But he must stay outside the home that he has made from animal skins for seven days. 9On day seven, he must cut all the hair off his head and his face. He must wash his clothes and his body with water. 10On the eighth day, the person must bring two young male sheep and one female sheep. The female sheep must be one year old. Both the animals must be perfect. He must also bring three tenths (3/10) of an ephah of flour (about six litres) mixed with oil. And he must bring a cup of olive oil.

Leviticus 14:8 word by word

וְכִבֶּס֩ הַמִּטַּהֵ֨ר אֶת־בְּגָדָ֜יו וְגִלַּ֣ח אֶת־כָּל־שְׂעָר֗וֹ וְרָחַ֤ץ בַּמַּ֙יִם֙ וְטָהֵ֔ר וְאַחַ֖ר יָב֣וֹא אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וְיָשַׁ֛ב מִח֥וּץ לְאָהֳל֖וֹ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he that is to be cleansedטָהֵרţâhêr · be pureH2891
• shall washכָּבַסkâbas · to washH3526
• his clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• and shaveגָּלַחgâlach · to shaveH1548
• off all his hairשֵׂעָרώê‛âr ώa‛ar · hairH8181
• and washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• himself in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that he shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• and shall tarryיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• abroadחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• out of his tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Leviticus 14:8

• Leviticus 11:25He must wash his clothes immediately.
• Leviticus 13:6On the seventh day, the priest must look at the person. The mark may not be so dark and it may not be any bigger. The priest can say that the disease has left that person. The person must wash his clothes.
• Leviticus 15:5A person who touches the bed must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.
• Exodus 19:10Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to the people. Make them ready to meet with me. Today and tomorrow they must wash their clothes.
• Numbers 8:7You will make them clean like this: Put on them the special water that makes people clean. They must remove all the hair from their whole body, and they must wash their clothes. Then they will be clean.
• Revelation 7:14I replied, ‘You surely know who they are, sir.’ He said to me, ‘They are the people who have had a time of very bad trouble. Now they have come out of that. They have washed their clothes in the blood of the Lamb. Now their clothes are white and clean.
• Leviticus 8:6Moses washed Aaron and his sons with water.
• 1 Peter 3:21That shows how God now saves you. It is like a picture of baptism. The water of baptism does not wash dirt from a person's body. Instead, it shows that a person has decided to obey God. He is choosing to do what is right. That saves you, because Jesus Christ became alive again after his death.
• Revelation 1:5Jesus Christ will also help you. He always speaks a true message. He is the first person who became alive again after death. He rules the kings of the earth. Jesus loves us and he died for us. That is how he made us free. Because of Jesus, God will not punish us for the bad things that we have done.
• Numbers 12:15So Moses kept Miriam outside the camp for seven days. The people did not start to travel again until they had brought Miriam back into the camp again.
• Leviticus 8:33You must stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting for seven days. This will make you holy. You must stay for seven days to become holy.
• Leviticus 13:5On the seventh day, the priest must look at the person. The mark may not be any bigger. If it is not, he must keep the person separate from the people for seven more days.

Commentaries on Leviticus 14:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And shave off all his hair - That the water by which he was to be washed should reach every part of his body, that he might be cleansed from whatever defilement might remain on any part of the surface of his body. The Egyptian priests shaved the whole body every third day, to prevent all manner of defilement.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-32To fully understand these verses about purifying infected people, read them with Leviticus 13:1–46.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95-9. the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed ... over running water--As the blood of a single bird would not have been sufficient to immerse the body of another bird, it was mingled with spring water to increase the quantity necessary for the appointed sprinklings, which were to be repeated seven times, denoting a complete purification. (See 2Ki 5:10; Psa 51:2; Mt 8:4; Lu 5:14). The living bird being then set free, in token of the leper's…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 14:8

• Ablution
• Purification
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Baths
• Clean
• Cleanse
• Leprosy
• Nail
• Purification
• Scrape
• Sprinkle
• Atonement, Day of

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