Leviticus 14:57
That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean:
Deuteronomy 24:8Observe diligently that thou incur not the stroke of the leprosy, but thou shalt do whatsoever the priests of the Levitical race shall teach thee, according to what I have commanded them, and fulfil thou it carefully.
Ezekiel 44:23And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and 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 →