Leviticus 14:57
to determine when any of these cases is unclean or when it is clean. This is the law for infectious skin diseases and mildew.”
Unlocked Literal 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
56for swelling, for a rash, and for a bright spot,
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
Deuteronomy 24:8Take heed regarding any plague of leprosy, so that you carefully observe and follow every instruction given to you which the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I commanded them, so you will act.
Ezekiel 44:23For they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane; they will make them know the unclean from the clean.
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 →