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Leviticus 14:54
This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text serves as a concluding summary within Moses' instructions to Aaron and the priests regarding ritual cleansing procedures. It immediately follows the bird-release ritual for house purification and precedes the regulations for fabric and building mildew.
The words — The phrase זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה (zot ha-torah) translates literally as "this is the legal procedure." It formally introduces the definitive regulations for נֶגַע הַצָּרַעַת (negat ha-tzara'at, "the plague of serious skin disease") and נָתֶק (nateq, "scall").
The thread — This formulaic declaration mirrors Leviticus 14:32, Leviticus 15:32, and Numbers 5:29, each marking the conclusion of a distinct purity regulation with the phrase "This is the law."
Why it lands — The verse demands precise adherence to the prescribed cleansing protocols for specific bodily and structural impurities. It establishes that ritual purity requires following the exact legal procedure rather than relying on personal interpretation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
Cross-references
- Leviticus 14:32 This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”
- Leviticus 15:32 This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
- Numbers 5:29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
- Leviticus 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
- Leviticus 6:14 Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- 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 most holy.
- Leviticus 7:1 “Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
- Leviticus 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
- Leviticus 11:46 This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
- Leviticus 13:30 the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.