New English Translation
Leviticus 14:54
54“This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall,
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
52So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, 53and he is to send the live bird away outside the city into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean. “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, 55for the diseased garment, for the house, 56for the swelling, for the scab, and for the bright spot,
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זֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה לְכָל־נֶ֥גַע הַצָּרַ֖עַת וְלַנָּֽתֶק׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 14:54
- Leviticus 14:2“This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when he is brought to the priest.
- Leviticus 6:9“Command Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning on it.
- Leviticus 7:1“‘This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 11:46This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land,
- Leviticus 15:32This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission and becomes unclean by it,
- Numbers 5:29“‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, 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 must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,
- Numbers 19:14“‘This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
- Deuteronomy 24:8Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.
- Leviticus 13:30the priest is to examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is scall, a disease of the head or 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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