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Leviticus 14:54–57

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Summary of Purification Regulations for Infections

14:54“This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall,9514:55for the diseased garment,96 for the house,9714:56for the swelling,98 for the scab,99 and for the bright spot,10014:57to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean.101 This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.”102

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Footnotes

  1. 95 Heb “and for the scall”; “a scale”; “any infectious skin disease.” Cf. Lev 13:29–37.
  2. 96 Cf. Lev 13:47–59.
  3. 97 Cf. Lev 14:33–53.
  4. 98 Cf. Lev 13:9–28, 43.
  5. 99 Cf. Lev 13:2.
  6. 100 Cf. Lev 13:4, 18–28, 38–39. For explanations of all these terms for disease in Lev 14:56 see 13:2.
  7. 101 Heb “to teach in the day of the unclean and in the day of the clean.”
  8. 102 Heb “This is the law of the disease.” Some English versions specify this as “skin disease” (e.g., , ), but then have to add “and (+ infectious ) mildew” (so ) because a house would not be infected with a skin disease. For an explanation of the term “disease” see Lev 13:2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch, for leprous disease in a garment or in a house, and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot, to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease, for a sore, for defiling molds in fabric or in a house, and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot, to determine when something is clean or unclean.

These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“This is the law for any skin disease or mildew, for a scaly outbreak, for mildew in clothing or on a house, and for a swelling, scab, or spot, to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, including scabby sores; and mildew, whether on clothing or in a house; and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin. This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean.

“These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“This is the instruction for any infectious skin disease and for the diseased area of skin, and for a mildew of the garment and for the house, and for the swelling and for the epidermal eruption and for the spot, to teach when something is unclean and when something is clean. This is the regulation of the infectious skin disease.”

KJV 1900King James Version

This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.