Leviticus 14 · Verse 54

Leviticus 14:54

This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
Leviticus 14:54, King James Version

Leviticus 14:54 in other translations

BSBThis is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,
WEBThis is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
ASVThis is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,
YLT‘This is the law for every plague of the leprosy and for scall,
DARBYThis is the law for every sore of leprosy, and for the scall,
BBEThis is the law for all signs of the leper's disease and for skin diseases;
WebsterThis is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

What does Leviticus 14:54 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:34-57

34-48. leprosy in a house--This law was prospective, not to come into operation till the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan. The words, "I put the leprosy," has led many to think that this plague was a judicial infliction from heaven for the sins of the owner; while others do not regard it in this light, it being common in Scripture to represent God as doing that which He only permits in His providence to be…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 14:54-57
When that God who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us by his grace, Ep 2:4, 5, we shall manifest the change by repenting, and forsaking former sins. Let us follow after holiness, and let us compassionate other poor lepers, and desire, seek, and pray for their cleansing.

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Leviticus 14:54 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זֹ֖אתzotthisH2063
הַתּוֹרָ֑הha.to.Rah[is] the legal [procedure]H8451
לְכָל\־le.kholto everyH3605
נֶ֥גַעNe.ga'<the> plague ofH5061
הַצָּרַ֖עַתha.tza.Ra.'at<the> serious skin diseaseH6883
וְלַנָּֽתֶק\׃ve.la.Na.tekand to <the> scallH5424

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Cross references for Leviticus 14:54

  • Numbers 5:29

    This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

  • Leviticus 14:32

    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.

  • Leviticus 15:32

    This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

  • Deuteronomy 24:8

    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, so ye shall observe to do.

  • Leviticus 11:46

    This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

  • Leviticus 6:25

    Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy.

  • Leviticus 6:14

    And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar.

  • Leviticus 14:2

    This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

  • Leviticus 6:9

    Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

  • Leviticus 7:37

    This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

  • Leviticus 13:30-31

    Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:

  • Numbers 19:14

    This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the law.
2,32; 6:9,14,25; 7:1,37; 11:46; 15:32; Nu 5:29; 6:13; 19:14; De 24:8
scall.
13:30,31

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Context

  • Leviticus 14:53

    But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

  • Leviticus 14:54

    This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

  • Leviticus 14:55

    And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

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Leviticus 14:54 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Esta es la ley acerca de toda plaga de lepra, y de tiña;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Telle est la loi touchant toute plaie de lèpre, et la teigne,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das ist das Gesetz für alles Übel des Aussatzes und für den Schorf,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ista est lex omnis lepræ et percussuræ,