This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
Parallel translations
- WEB “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
- BSB “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
- NKJV “This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest.
- NASB “This shall be the law of the person with leprosy on the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest;
- NLT “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,
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Quick answer
The law of the leper's cleansing requires that he be brought to the priest. It matters because restoration begins by coming to God's appointed mediator.
Overview
On the day of his cleansing, the healed person must be presented to the priest, who alone can certify and conduct the ritual. The healing itself comes first, but the formal restoration to community and worship requires the priest's mediation. This points to Christ, our great High Priest, through whom alone the cleansed sinner is restored to God's presence (Hebrews 4:14-16).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Luke 17:14And 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.
- Luke 5:12–14And 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.
- Mark 1:40–44And 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.
- Num 6:9And 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.
- Lev 14:54–57This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
- Lev 13:59This 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.
- Matt 8:2–4And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
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