Leviticus 14:57
to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
Majority Standard Bible
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 swelling, rash, or spot,
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
Deuteronomy 24:8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
Ezekiel 44:23They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the 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 →