Leviticus 14:57
to find out whether a person has a contagious disease or not, and whether people will still be permitted to touch their clothing or their house, or not.”
Translation for Translators
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 swellings, rashes, or bright spots on sores,
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10You must do that in order to learn what things are holy and what things are ◄not holy/common►, and from the things that are not holy you must learn what things are acceptable to me and what things are not.
Deuteronomy 24:8“If you are suffering from ◄leprosy/a dreaded skin disease►, be sure to do everything that the priests, who are from the tribe of Levi, tell you to do. Obey carefully the instructions that I have given to them.
Ezekiel 44:23Priests must teach the people the difference between things that are holy/sacred and things that are not, and they must teach them the difference between things that are acceptable to me and things that are not.
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 →