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Leviticus 14:2

14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

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“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,

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

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

14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

What does Leviticus 14:2 mean?

Leviticus 14:2 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include תּוֹרָה (tôwrâh), צָרַע (tsâraʻ), יוֹם (yôwm). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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This
shall
be
the
lawתּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
of
the
leperצָרַעtsâraʻ/tsaw-rah'/H6879to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
in
the
dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
of
his
cleansing:טׇהֳרָהṭohŏrâh/toh-or-aw'/H2893ceremonial purification; moral purity
He
shall
be
broughtבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
unto
the
priest:כֹּהֵןkôhên/ko-hane'/H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

Commentary on Leviticus 14:2

HENRY_FULL · Leviticus 14:2
er The former chapter directed the priests how to convict a leper of ceremonial uncleanness. No prescriptions are given for his cure; but, when God had cured him, the priests are in this chapter directed how to cleanse him. The remedy here is only adapted to the ceremonial part of his disease; but the authority Christ gave to his ministers was to cure the lepers, and so to cleanse them. We have here, I. The solemn declaration of the leper's being clean, with the significant ceremony attending it, ver. 1-9 . II. The sacrifices which he was to offer to God eight days after, ver. 10-32 . III. The management of a house in which appeared signs of a leprosy, ver. 33-53 . And the conclusion and summary of this whole matter, ver. 54 , &c.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Leviticus 13:59

This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

Leviticus 14:54

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

Numbers 6:9

And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

Matthew 8:2

And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Mark 1:40

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 5:12

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 17:14

And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 14:2.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. with: or, for the tongue

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

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What does Leviticus 14:2 say?

Leviticus 14:2 (King James Version) reads: "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:"

Is Leviticus 14:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 14:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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