New American Standard Bible 1995
Leviticus 14:54
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 shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet string. 53However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.” This is the law for any mark of leprosy--even for a scale, 55and for the leprous garment or house, 56and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot--
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זֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה לְכָל־נֶ֥גַע הַצָּרַ֖עַת וְלַנָּֽתֶק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Leviticus 14:54
- Leviticus 14:2“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,
- Leviticus 6:9“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it.
- Leviticus 7:1‘Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy.
- Leviticus 11:46This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,
- Leviticus 15:32This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,
- Numbers 5:29‘This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, being under the authority of her husband, goes astray and defiles herself,
- Numbers 6:13‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall bring the offering to the doorway of the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 19:14‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days.
- Deuteronomy 24:8“Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
- Leviticus 13:30then the priest shall look at the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and there is thin yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
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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