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

55or the tza'arat in a garment or for a house 56or for a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot— to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the Torah of tza'arat.

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 are to make a distinction between the holy and the common and between the unclean and the clean.
• Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus says Adonai: “If you return, I will restore you, you will stand before Me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will be as My mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
• Ezekiel 44:23“They will teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and explain to them the difference between the unclean and the clean.
• Deuteronomy 24:8“Take care in the plague of tza'arat—be very careful to do all that the Levitical kohanim instruct you, just as I commanded them, so you are to take care to do.

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