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Leviticus 14:54–57

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This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
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From verse 54

  1. Leviticus 14:32Rank 1 from verse 54
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    32This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

  2. Leviticus 15:32Rank 2 from verse 54
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    32This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

  3. Numbers 5:29Rank 3 from verse 54
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    29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

  4. Deuteronomy 24:8Rank 4 from verse 54
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    8¶ Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

  5. Leviticus 11:46Rank 5 from verse 54
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    46This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

From verse 55

  1. Leviticus 13:47–59Rank 1 from verse 55
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    47¶ The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

    48Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

    49And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:

    50And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:

    51And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

    52He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

    53And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;

    54Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:

    55And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.

    56And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

    57And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.

    58And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.

    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.

From verse 56

  1. Leviticus 13:2Rank 1 from verse 56
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    2When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

From verse 57

  1. Leviticus 10:10Rank 1 from verse 57
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    10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

  2. Ezekiel 44:23Rank 2 from verse 57
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    23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  3. Jeremiah 15:19Rank 3 from verse 57
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    19¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

  4. Deuteronomy 24:8Rank 4 from verse 57
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    8¶ Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

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Leviticus 14:54

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

leprosy

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Sense 1: A bodily condition identified by specified signs in the skin, flesh, or hair. Sense 2: A defiling condition identified by specified signs in a garment or house.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

scall

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A scab or scaly eruption of the skin on the head or beard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 14:55

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

leprosy

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Sense 1: A bodily condition identified by specified signs in the skin, flesh, or hair. Sense 2: A defiling condition identified by specified signs in a garment or house.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

garment

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1. An article of clothing or covering worn or placed about the body. 2. Figuratively, something that covers or surrounds as clothing does.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Leviticus 14:56

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rising

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of rise: getting up, ascending, appearing, increasing, beginning, proceeding to act, attaining authority, or returning from the dead. Sense 2: A raised or swollen area, especially in the skin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spot

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Sense 1: A mark, stain, blemish, or particular place. Sense 2: Figuratively, a fault or defilement. Sense 3: To mark or stain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Leviticus 14:57

COMBINED MEANING

teach

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To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

unclean

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Not clean; ceremonially unfit; physically foul; or morally defiled or impure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

leprosy

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Sense 1: A bodily condition identified by specified signs in the skin, flesh, or hair. Sense 2: A defiling condition identified by specified signs in a garment or house.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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53But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

54This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

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55And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

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56And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

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57To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

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