This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
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This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
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This 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.
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This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose means suffice not for that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Leviticus 14:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 14:10 “On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, one ewe lamb a year old without defect, three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
- Leviticus 14:21 “If he is poor, and can’t afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
- Leviticus 13:59 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
- Leviticus 14:2 “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest,
- Leviticus 14:54-57 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch, and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house, and for a swelling, 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.
- Psalms 72:12-14 For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper. He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
- Psalms 136:23 who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever;
- Matthew 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong. God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This order is appointed for the poor man.
This order is appointed for the poor man.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 14:32 This [is] the law [of him] in…
Lev 14:32 This [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.
Ver. 32. Whose hand is not able to get.] This is often urged, to show that the best that can be got must not be thought too good for God: and that if through carelessness or niggardice men do not their utmost, that is a just exception.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then the priest shall command that they empty the…
Then the priest shall command that they empty the house,.... Clear it of all persons and things; everybody was obliged to go out of it; and all the furniture of it, all the household goods in it, were to be removed from it:
before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made clean; as would be the case should the priest view it, and pronounce it unclean before the removal of them; agreeably to which is the Jewish tradition (k), before a priest comes to see the plague, not anything in the house is defiled; but after he is come to see it, even bundles of sticks, and of reeds, are defiled, which are not reckoned under the uncleanness to be removed: so that this was a kindness to the owner of the house, that his loss might not be so great as it otherwise would be, if he did not take care to get his goods out previous to the inspection of the priest:
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and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house; to examine it, whether the signs of leprosy are in it.
(k) Misn. Nagaim, c. 12. sect. 5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) This is the law of him . .…
(32) This is the law of him . . . whose hand is not able to get.—That is, that which is laid down in Lev_14:21-31 constitutes the law for the restored leper who is too poor to offer the sacrifices prescribed in Lev_14:10-20.
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