Leviticus 14:57
to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.
World English 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, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.
Deuteronomy 24:8Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
Ezekiel 44:23They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and 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 →