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Leviticus 14:57
to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text concludes the priestly instructions on ritual purification, specifying the legal boundaries for diagnosing skin diseases and mildew contamination.
The words — לְהוֹרֹת (lehoRot) means to teach or determine, and תּוֹרַת (toRat) denotes the binding legal procedure governing the diagnosis.
The thread — The mandate to separate clean from unclean reappears in Leviticus 10:10 and Ezekiel 44:23, while Jeremiah 15:19 addresses a different theme of prophetic restoration.
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to recognize that ritual status depends on prescribed diagnostic criteria rather than subjective judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 10:10 You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
- Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
- Ezekiel 44:23 They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
- Deuteronomy 24:8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.