Keraia
Leviticus 14

Leviticus 14:57

Cleansing a Home · Leviticus 14:48–57
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Translations

Modern
…to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
Traditional
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
Literal
…to teach in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean. This is the law of the leprosy.”
Latin
…ut possit sciri quo tempore mundum quid, vel immundum sit.

Original

Hebrew
English
…to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

Notes

Leviticus 14:54–57

This is a summary statement about many kinds of infections (compare Leviticus 11:46–47).

Leviticus 13:1–14:57

Regarding regulations for infections, the idea of "normal" and "abnormal" is important (see “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note). Infections in people, clothing, or buildings are not normal. They indicate disease and death. This is the opposite of wholeness. So, infections make a person ceremonially unclean.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Cleanness and Uncleanness, Regulations Concerning Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel John the Baptist Law of Moses Leper, Leprosy Leviticus, Book of Log Medicine and Medical Practice Naaman Priesthood Worship

Topics

Defilement: Caused by Touching Carcass of an Unclean Thing Sanitation: Contagion Sanitation: Disinfection