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Cleansing a Home

Leviticus 14:57

In 11 translations

BSB
to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”The Hebrew translated here as skin diseases and mildew is one singular term; see the footnotes for verses 2 and 34.
KJV
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.when it is unclean…: Heb. in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean
WEB
to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.
ASV
to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
LSV
to direct in the day of being unclean, and in the day of being clean; this [is] the law of the leprosy.”
YLT
to direct in the day of being unclean, and in the day of being clean; this [is] the law of the leprosy.'
DBY
to teach when there is uncleanness, and when it is purified: this is the law of leprosy.
DRC
That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean.
GNV
This is the lawe of the leprosie to teache when a thing is vncleane, and when it is cleane.
JPS
to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean; this is the law of leprosy.
LXXE
and of declaring in what day it is unclean, and in what day it shall be purged: this is the law of the leprosy.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לְהוֹרֹ֕ת בְּי֥וֹם הַטָּמֵ֖א וּבְי֣וֹם הַטָּהֹ֑ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַצָּרָֽעַת׃
LXX-Br
καὶ τοῦ ἐξηγήσασθαι ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἀκάθαρτον, καὶ ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ καθαρισθήσεται· οὗτος ὁ νόμος τῆς λέπρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
  • Jeremiah 15:19Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to…
  • Ezekiel 44:23They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
  • Deuteronomy 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.

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