Leviticus 14:55

Leviticus 14:55 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
• New International Version (NIV)for defiling molds in fabric or in a house,
• English Standard Version (ESV)for leprous disease in a garment or in a house,
• New King James Version (NKJV)for the leprosy of a garment and of a house,

Context of Leviticus 14:55

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.” 54This is the law for any mark of leprosy--even for a scale, and for the leprous garment or house, 56and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot-- 57to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

Leviticus 14:55 word by word

וּלְצָרַ֥עַת הַבֶּ֖גֶד וְלַבָּֽיִת׃Read the interlinear

• leprousצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883
• garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• or houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Leviticus 14:55

• Leviticus 13:47“When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment,
• Leviticus 14:34“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession,

Commentaries on Leviticus 14:55

• 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 14:55

• 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