Leviticus 14:8

And he who is to be made clean will have his clothing washed and his hair cut and have a bath, and he will be clean. And after that he will come back to the tent-circle; but he is to keep outside his tent for seven days.

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In The King James Version

And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

In Context

7And shaking it seven times over the man who is to be made clean, he will say that he is clean and will let the living bird go free into the open country.

9And on the seventh day he is to have all the hair cut off his head and his chin and over his eyes--all his hair is to be cut off--and he will have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and he will be clean.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:10And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed.

Leviticus 8:6Then Moses took Aaron and his sons; and after washing them with water,

Leviticus 11:25Whoever takes away the dead body of one of them is to have his clothing washed, and will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 13:6And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; and if the mark is less bright and is not increased on his skin, then let the priest say that he is clean: it is only a skin-mark, and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.

Leviticus 14:20And the priest is to have the burned offering and the meal offering burned on the altar; and the priest will take away his sin and he will be clean.

Numbers 5:2Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:2-10

The Law Concerning Leprosy. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be… Read the whole commentary →

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