This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,
Parallel translations
- WEB This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
- KJV This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
- NKJV “This is the law for any leprous sore and scale,
- NASB This is the law for any spot of leprosy—even for a scale,
- NLT “These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, including scabby sores;
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Quick answer
This verse begins the summary of the law covering every plague of leprosy and the itch. It matters because it gathers the wide-ranging purity regulations into one comprehensive law.
Overview
Opening the concluding summary of chapters 13 and 14, this verse states that these are the laws for every kind of skin disease and related conditions. The breadth of the summary shows how thoroughly God addressed the matter of defilement among his people. The whole body of these laws, with their diagnosis, exclusion, and cleansing, points beyond itself to Christ, who alone deals fully and finally with all that defiles.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Lev 14:32This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”
- Num 5:29This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
- Lev 15:32This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
- Lev 11:46This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
- Num 6:13Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- Num 19:14This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
- Deut 24:8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
- Lev 6:9“Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
- Lev 7:37This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
- Lev 7:1“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
- Lev 6:14Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Lev 6:25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.
- Lev 13:30–31the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
- Lev 14:2“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.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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