Leviticus 14:54
in Leviticus 14This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,
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ASV
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,
KJV
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
As a house could not contract any impurity in the sight of God, the "atonement" which the priest was to make for it must either have a reference to the sins of its occupants or to the ceremonial process appointed for its purification, the very same as that observed for a leprous person.
This site's exposition
This is the law for all manner of plague
on Leviticus 14:54-57
These four verses gather chapters 13 and 14 into one law, naming the leprosy of a man, of a garment and of a house, with the scall, the rising, the scab and the bright spot. The two chapters run 116 verses together, longer than the day of atonement chapter and longer than the law of any single offering. Verse 57 states the purpose as teaching when it is unclean, and when it is clean, so the law closes as an instrument of judgment rather than of healing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Uzziah's indeed continued to the day of his death, and Gehazi's was entailed upon his seed; but Miriam's lasted only seven days: we may suppose that it often wore off in process of time. Though God contend long, he will not contend for ever. The judgment of the cure, as well as that of the disease, was referred to the priest.
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall. The leprosy in general in the bodies of men, and of that in particular which was on the head and beard, and went by the name of the scall, Lev 13:29. In Lev 14:54 is a recapitulation of the several laws and rules relating to leprosy of all kinds, delivered in this and the preceding chapter.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֹ֖את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| הַתּוֹרָ֑ה | hatorah | [is] the legal [procedure] | H8451 → | 219 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נֶ֥גַע | nega' | <the> plague of | H5061 → | 78 times |
| הַצָּרַ֖עַת | hatzaraat | <the> serious skin disease | H6883 → | 35 times |
| וְלַנָּֽתֶק׃ | velanatek | and to <the> scall | H5424 → | 14 times |
זֹ֖אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
הַתּוֹרָ֑ה[is] the legal [procedure]
hatorahH8451 →219 times
לְכָל־to every
lekholH3605 →5413 times
נֶ֥גַע<the> plague of
nega'H5061 →78 times
הַצָּרַ֖עַת<the> serious skin disease
hatzaraatH6883 →35 times
וְלַנָּֽתֶק׃and to <the> scall
velanatekH5424 →14 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 6:25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:24
He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 1:11
He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.
- Leviticus 1:3
If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the…
- Leviticus 1:5
And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the…
- Leviticus 4:29
He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:24
Through
Numbers 5:29This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
it leads to
- Numbers 5:19
And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s…
- Numbers 5:19
Through
Leviticus 15:32This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
it leads to
- Leviticus 14:2
“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 14:2
Through
Leviticus 14:32This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 14:21
If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth…
- Leviticus 14:21
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.