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Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Contemporary English Version

Leviticus 14:2

After you think you are healed of leprosy, you must ask for a priest to come outside the camp and examine you. And if you are well,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Diseases;   Health-Disease;   Leprosy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Trespass Offering;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Leper;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Priest;   Water;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Offerings and Sacrifices;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Matthew, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clean, Cleanness;   Leviticus;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Purification (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Day;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Providence;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the Kohen,
King James Version
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
Lexham English Bible
"This is the regulation of the person afflicted with a skin disease at the time of his cleansing. And he shall be brought to the priest,
New Century Version
"These are the teachings for the time at which people who had a harmful skin disease are made clean. "The person shall be brought to the priest,
New English Translation
"This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when he is brought to the priest.
Amplified Bible
"This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his [ceremonial] cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest [at a meeting place outside the camp];
New American Standard Bible
"This shall be the law of the person with leprosy on the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest;
Geneva Bible (1587)
This is the law of the leper in the day of his clensing: that is, he shall be brought vnto the Priest,
Legacy Standard Bible
"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,
Complete Jewish Bible
"This is to be the law concerning the person afflicted with tzara‘at on the day of his purification. He is to be brought to the cohen,
Darby Translation
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest,
Easy-to-Read Version
"These are the rules for people who have had a skin disease and have been made well. These rules are for making them clean. "A priest must look at those who had the skin disease.
English Standard Version
"This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
George Lamsa Translation
This shall be the law for the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest;
Good News Translation
the following regulations about the ritual purification of those of you cured of a dreaded skin disease. On the day you are to be pronounced clean, you shall be brought to the priest,
Christian Standard Bible®
“This is the law concerning the person afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing. He is to be brought to the priest,
Literal Translation
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing, that he shall be brought to the priest.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the lawe ouer ye leper, whan he shalbe clensed. He shall come vnto ye prest,
American Standard Version
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest:
Bible in Basic English
This is the law of the leper on the day when he is made clean: he is to be taken to the priest;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is the lawe of the leper in the day of his clensyng: He shalbe brought vnto the priest,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest.
King James Version (1611)
This shalbe the law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought vnto the Priest.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest.
English Revised Version
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest:
Berean Standard Bible
"This is the law of the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whanne he schal be clensid. He schal be brouyt to the preest,
Young's Literal Translation
`This is a law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing, that he hath been brought in unto the priest,
Update Bible Version
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought to the priest:
Webster's Bible Translation
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest:
World English Bible
"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
New King James Version
"This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest.
New Living Translation
"The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,
New Life Bible
"This is the law of the person with a bad skin disease when he is made clean. He will be brought to the religious leader.
New Revised Standard
This shall be the ritual for the leprous person at the time of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, shall be the law of the leper, in the day when he is declared clean, - he shall be brought in unto the priest;
Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the rite of a leper, when he is to be cleansed. He shall be brought to the priest:
Revised Standard Version
"This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord told Moses to say to the people: 2After you think you are healed of leprosy, you must ask for a priest to come outside the camp and examine you. And if you are well, 4 he will have someone bring out two live birds that are acceptable for sacrifice, together with a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, and a branch from a hyssop plant. 5 The priest will have someone kill one of the birds over a clay pot of spring water. 6 Then he will dip the other bird, the cedar, the red yarn, and the hyssop in the blood of the dead bird. 7 Next, he will sprinkle you seven times with the blood and say, "You are now clean." Finally, he will release the bird and let it fly away. 8 After this you must wash your clothes, shave your entire body, and take a bath before you are completely clean. You may move back into camp, but you must not enter your tent for seven days. 9 Then you must once again shave your head, face, and eyebrows, as well as the hair on the rest of your body. Finally, wash your clothes and take a bath, and you will be completely clean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the law: Leviticus 14:54-57, Leviticus 13:59

in the day: Numbers 6:9

He shall: Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-44, Luke 5:12-14, Luke 17:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:32 - General Leviticus 15:32 - General Leviticus 22:4 - until Matthew 8:4 - show Mark 1:44 - show

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.
Genesis 14:10
was full of tar pits, and when the troops from Sodom and Gomorrah started running away, some of them fell into the pits. Others escaped to the hill country.
Genesis 14:20
All praise belongs to God Most High for helping you defeat your enemies." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
Deuteronomy 29:23
has become a scorching desert of salt and sulfur, where nothing is planted, nothing sprouts, and nothing grows. It will be as lifeless as the land around the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, after the Lord became angry and destroyed them.
Deuteronomy 34:3
The Lord also showed him the land in the south, from the valley near the town of Jericho, known as The City of Palm Trees, down to the town of Zoar.
1 Samuel 13:18
Another patrol would go west along the road to Beth-Horon. A third patrol would go east toward the desert on the road to the ridge that overlooks Zeboim Valley.
Nehemiah 11:34
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Isaiah 15:5
I pity Moab! Its people are running to Zoar and to Eglath-Shelishiyah. They cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they tell of disasters.
Jeremiah 48:34
Weeping from Heshbon can be heard as far as Elealeh and Jahaz; cries from Zoar are heard in Horonaim and Eglath-Shelishiyah. And Nimrim Creek has run dry.
Hosea 11:8
Israel, I can't let you go. I can't give you up. How could I possibly destroy you as I did the towns of Admah and Zeboiim? I just can't do it. My feelings for you are much too strong.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This shall be the law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing,.... Or the rules, rites, ceremonies, and sacrifices to be observed therein. Jarchi says, from hence we learn that they were not to purify a leper in the night:

he shall be brought unto the priest: not into the camp, or city, or house, where the priest was, for till he was cleansed he could not be admitted into either; besides, the priest is afterwards said to go forth out of the camp to him; but he was to be brought pretty near the camp or city, where the priest went to meet him. As the leper was an emblem of a polluted sinner, the priest was a type of Christ, to whom leprous sinners must be brought for cleansing; they cannot come of themselves to him, that is, believe in him, except it be given unto them; or they are drawn with the powerful and efficacious grace of God, by which souls are brought to Christ, and enabled to believe in him; not that they are brought against their wills, but being drawn with the cords of love, and through the power of divine grace, sweetly operating upon their hearts, they move towards him with all readiness and willingness, and cast themselves at his feet, saying, as the leper that came to Christ, "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean", Matthew 8:2 Mark 1:40; and it is grace to allow them to come near him, and amazing goodness in him to receive and cleanse them.


 
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