Leviticus 14:32
in Leviticus 14This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
KJV
This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
If, however, the person is poor
on Leviticus 14:21-32
Twelve verses run the whole rite again for a man who cannot afford it, and no step is dropped. Two lambs become two turtledoves or two young pigeons, but poverty never removes the lamb for the guilt offering.
This site's exposition
cannot afford the cost of his cleansing
Verse 32 closes the poor man's law with its own heading, as verse 2 opened the rich man's. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown call it a kind and considerate provision, and they cite Acts 10:34. The law names poverty and provides for it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
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The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֹ֣את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| תּוֹרַ֔ת | torat | [is] [the] legal [procedure] of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [one] whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | [was] in <the> him | ||
| נֶ֣גַע | nega' | a plague of | H5061 → | 78 times |
| צָרָ֑עַת | tzaraat | a serious skin disease | H6883 → | 35 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַשִּׂ֥יג | tasig | it will reach | H5381 → | 50 times |
| יָד֖וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בְּטָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃ פ | betohorato | for purification his | H2893 → | 11 times |
זֹ֣אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
תּוֹרַ֔ת[is] [the] legal [procedure] of
toratH8451 →219 times
אֲשֶׁר־[one] whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בּ֖וֹ[was] in <the> him
bo
נֶ֣גַעa plague of
nega'H5061 →78 times
צָרָ֑עַתa serious skin disease
tzaraatH6883 →35 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תַשִּׂ֥יגit will reach
tasigH5381 →50 times
יָד֖וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
בְּטָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃ פfor purification his
betohoratoH2893 →11 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 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.
it leads to
- Luke 17:14
When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
- Luke 5:12–14
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can…
- Luke 17:14
Through
Leviticus 14:10On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil,…
it leads to
- Leviticus 2:1
“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
- Leviticus 14:12
Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering…
- Leviticus 14:15
Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,
- 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 2:1
Through
Leviticus 14:21If, 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…
it leads to
- Leviticus 5:7
If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt…
- Leviticus 12:8
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement…
- Leviticus 5:7
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.