Leviticus 14:57
to direct in the day of being unclean, and in the day of being clean; this [is] the law of the leprosy.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot, —
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10so as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure;
Deuteronomy 24:8'Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do;
Ezekiel 44:23'And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
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 →