Leviticus 14:54-57

Summary of Purification Regulations for Infections

14:54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, ¹  14:55 for the diseased garment, ²  for the house, ³  14:56 for the swelling, ⁴  for the scab, ⁵  and for the bright spot, ⁶  14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. ⁷  This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” ⁸ 

[14:54]  ¹ tn Heb “and for the scall”; NASB “a scale”; NIV “any infectious skin disease.” Cf. Lev 13:29-37.

[14:55]  ² sn Cf. Lev 13:47-59.

[14:55]  ³ sn Cf. Lev 14:33-53.

[14:56]  ⁴ sn Cf. Lev 13:9-28, 43.

[14:56]  ⁵ sn Cf. Lev 13:2.

[14:56]  ⁶ sn Cf. Lev 13:4, 18-28, 38-39. For explanations of all these terms for disease in Lev 14:56 see 13:2.

[14:57]  ⁷ tn Heb “to teach in the day of the unclean and in the day of the clean.”

[14:57]  ⁸ tn Heb “This is the law of the disease.” Some English versions specify this as “skin disease” (e.g., NIV, NLT), but then have to add “and (+ infectious NLT) mildew” (so NIV) because a house would not be infected with a skin disease.