Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

New Living Translation

Leviticus 14:2

"The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,

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,
Contemporary English Version
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,
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 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 And the Lord said to Moses, 2 "The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest, 3 who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease, 4 he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. 5 The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water. 6 He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. 7 The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away. 8 "The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days. 9 On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially 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 10:19
and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
Genesis 13:10
Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 14:9
They fought against King Kedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Genesis 14:10
As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.
Deuteronomy 29:23
They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.'
Deuteronomy 34:3
the Negev; the Jordan Valley with Jericho—the city of palms—as far as Zoar.
1 Samuel 13:18
another went west to Beth-horon, and the third moved toward the border above the valley of Zeboim near the wilderness.
Nehemiah 11:34
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Isaiah 15:5
My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

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.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile