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These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean. “These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />To teach when <i>it is</i> unclean, and when <i>it is</i> clean: this <i>is</i> the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />to teach when <i>it is</i> unclean and when <i>it is</i> clean. This <i>is</i> the law of leprosy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />to teach when they are unclean, and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />to instruct when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy [in regard to both persons and property].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These instructions for skin diseases and mildew help you distinguish between what is clean and what is unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />These laws determine when something is unclean and when it is clean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />to distinguish when it's unclean and clean. This is the law for infectious skin diseases."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for dealing with infectious disease." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />to direct in the day of being unclean, and in the day of being clean; this [is] the law of the leprosy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> to direct in the day of being unclean, and in the day of being clean; this is the law of the leprosy.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And to teach in the day of being unclean, and in the day of cleansing: this the law of leprosy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />so that it can be known at what time a thing is clean or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />to give direction when there is a state of uncleanness and when a state of cleanness. This is the ritual for scaly infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />to determine when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the ritual for leprous diseases.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />To distinguish between clean, and unclean; this is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And to distinguish between defiled and pure; this is the law of leprosy." <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean; this is the law of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and of declaring in what day it is unclean, and in what day it shall be purged: this <i>is</i> the law of the leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/14-57.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3903" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Cleansing a Home</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">56</span>and for a swelling, rash, or spot, <span class="reftext">57</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3384.htm" title="3384: lə·hō·w·rōṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- Or yara; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water; transitively, to lay or throw; figuratively, to point out, to teach.">to determine</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ū·ḇə·yō·wm (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: haṭ·ṭā·hōr (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">something is clean</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: haṭ·ṭā·mê (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">or unclean.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">is the law</a> <a href="/hebrew/6883.htm" title="6883: haṣ·ṣā·rā·‘aṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">regarding skin diseases and mildew.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-20.htm">Numbers 19:20</a></span><br />But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Ezekiel 44:23</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a></span><br />For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-3.htm">John 15:3</a></span><br />You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Acts 10:15</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.</p><p class="hdg">teach</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/10-10.htm">Leviticus 10:10</a></b></br> And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Jeremiah 15:19</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, <i>and</i> thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Ezekiel 44:23</a></b></br> And they shall teach my people <i>the difference</i> between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.</p><p class="hdg">this is</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a></b></br> Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, <i>so</i> ye shall observe to do.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-4.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/exodus/22-8.htm">Determine</a> <a href="/exodus/35-34.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-55.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Law</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-55.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Show</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-35.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-46.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-19.htm">Uncleanness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/15-8.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-44.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Determine</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-10.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Law</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/numbers/8-15.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-15.htm">Show</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Uncleanness</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-1.htm">The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-33.htm">The signs of leprosy in a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">48. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">The cleansing of that house</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israel, cleanliness was not merely about physical hygiene but was deeply connected to spiritual purity and the community's relationship with God. The laws of clean and unclean served to set Israel apart from other nations, emphasizing their unique covenant relationship with God. This distinction also foreshadows the New Testament teachings on spiritual purity and the cleansing power of Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers purification from sin (<a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a>).<p><b>This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.</b><br>The specific mention of skin diseases and mildew refers to the detailed regulations found in <a href="/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13 and 14</a>. These chapters provide instructions for diagnosing and treating various skin conditions and mold infestations, which were considered serious threats to both individual and communal health. The priests acted as mediators and inspectors, ensuring that the community remained pure and free from defilement. This process underscores the importance of holiness and the need for divine intervention in matters of impurity. The cleansing rituals, involving sacrifices and offerings, point to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who cleanses believers from all unrighteousness (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>). The meticulous attention to detail in these laws reflects God's concern for both the physical and spiritual well-being of His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom the laws were given, living in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The individuals responsible for examining and declaring things clean or unclean according to God's law.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/infectious_skin_diseases.htm">Infectious Skin Diseases</a></b><br>Conditions that required examination and purification rituals to prevent the spread of impurity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mildew.htm">Mildew</a></b><br>A type of mold or fungus that could affect clothing, houses, and other items, requiring inspection and cleansing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus emphasize God's holiness and the need for His people to be pure. This reflects the broader biblical theme of being set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_priesthood.htm">Role of the Priesthood</a></b><br>Priests served as mediators between God and the people, highlighting the importance of spiritual leadership and discernment in the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_cleansing.htm">Spiritual Cleansing</a></b><br>While Leviticus deals with physical cleanliness, it points to the deeper need for spiritual cleansing, fulfilled in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The laws underscore the communal aspect of holiness, where individual actions affect the entire community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_daily_life.htm">Discernment in Daily Life</a></b><br>The principles of clean and unclean can guide believers in making wise, discerning choices in their daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_eat_all_foods.htm">Can Christians eat anything? (Romans 14:2 vs. Leviticus 11:4-12)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_mention_'clean'_animals_in_genesis_7_2.htm">If 'clean' and 'unclean' animals (Genesis 7:2) were not defined until later, why are they mentioned here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_downplay_food_laws_in_1_cor_8_7-8.htm">In 1 Corinthians 8:7-8, why does the chapter downplay food laws when Old Testament dietary restrictions were considered critical commandments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_amos_teach_about_justice.htm">What does 'ceremonially unclean' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(57) <span class= "bld">To teach when it is unclean.</span>--This verse is intimately connected with <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm" title="This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scale,">Leviticus 14:54</a>, viz.: "This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy . . . to afford instruction in the day of uncleanness, and in the day of cleanness:" that is, to furnish them with instructions against the time when they would have to deal with these cases in taking possession of the promised land. The ancient authorities, however, insisted upon the literal rendering which is substantially exhibited in the Margin of the Authorised Version, viz., "To teach concerning the day of uncleanness and concerning the day of cleanness: <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>to instruct the people on which days this distemper may be examined and decided. Hence the ancient Chaldee Version of Jonathan renders it, "That the priests may teach the people to discern between the dark days, when his leprosy is to be examined, and between the bright days." (See <a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm" title="When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:">Leviticus 13:2</a>.)<p><span class= "bld"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/14-57.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">to determine</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהוֹרֹ֕ת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hō·w·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3384.htm">Strong's 3384: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">something is clean</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטָּהֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭā·hōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or unclean.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטָּמֵ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">regarding skin diseases and mildew.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצָּרָֽעַת׃</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣā·rā·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leprosy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/14-57.htm">Leviticus 14:57 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 14:57 To teach when it is unclean (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14:56"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:56" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>