Leviticus 14:57
To make clear when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law about the disease of the leper.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
In Context
56And for a growth or a bad place or a bright mark on the skin;
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
Deuteronomy 24:8In connection with the leper's disease, take care to keep and do every detail of the teaching of the priests, the Levites: as I gave them orders, so you are to do.
Ezekiel 44:23And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:55-57
54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. This is the conclusion of this law concerning the leprosy. There is no repetition of it in Deuteronomy, only a general memorandum given ( Deut. xxiv. 8 ), Take heed in the plague of leprosy. We may see in this law, 1. The gracious care God took of his… Read the whole commentary →