Focused Passage

Leviticus 14:54-57

Cleansing, Restoration, and the Return From Outside the Camp

The LORD gives Moses cleansing rites for the person healed of defiling skin disease, moving from examination outside the camp to a two-bird cleansing rite, washing and shaving, seven-day waiting, eighth-day offerings, blood and oil application, poverty provision, and then instructions for diagnosing, cleansing, or destroying contaminated houses in the promised land.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

54This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,

55for mildew in clothing or in a house,

56and for a swelling, rash, or spot,

57to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 54

Original words

Thisזֹ֖אתH2063Pronoun - feminine singularis the lawהַתּוֹרָ֑הH8451Article | Noun - feminine singularfor anyלְכָל־H3605Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructinfectious skin diseaseהַצָּרַ֖עַתH6883Article | Noun - feminine singular. . .נֶ֥גַעH5061Noun - masculine singular constructfor a scaly outbreakוְלַנָּֽתֶק׃H5424Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 55

Original words

for mildewוּלְצָרַ֥עַתH6883Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular constructin clothingהַבֶּ֖גֶדH899Article | Noun - masculine singularor in a houseוְלַבָּֽיִת׃H1004Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 56

Original words

and for a swellingוְלַשְׂאֵ֥תH7613Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularrashוְלַסַּפַּ֖חַתH5597Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularor spotוְלַבֶּהָֽרֶת׃H934Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 57

Original words

to determineלְהוֹרֹ֕תH3384Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructwhenבְּי֥וֹםH3117Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .וּבְי֣וֹםH3117Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructsomething is cleanהַטָּהֹ֑רH2889Article | Adjective - masculine singularor uncleanהַטָּמֵ֖אH2931Article | Adjective - masculine singularThisזֹ֥אתH2063Pronoun - feminine singularis the lawתּוֹרַ֖תH8451Noun - feminine singular constructregarding skin diseases and mildewהַצָּרָֽעַת׃סH6883Article | Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • The Hebrew translated here as skin diseases and mildew is one singular term; see the footnotes for verses 2 and 34.

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