Leviticus 14:52-57

52 Zo zal hij dat huis ontzondigen met het bloed des vogels, en met dat levend water, en met den levenden vogel, en met dat cederenhout, en met den hysop, en met het scharlaken.

53 Den levenden vogel nu zal hij tot buiten de stad, in het open veld, laten vliegen; zo zal hij over het huis verzoening doen, en het zal rein zijn.

54 Dit is de wet voor alle plage der melaatsheid, en voor schurftheid;

55 En voor melaatsheid der klederen, en der huizen;

56 Mitsgaders voor gezwel, en voor gezweer, en voor blaren;

57 Om te leren, op welken dag iets onrein, en op welken dag iets rein is. Dit is de wet der melaatsheid.

Leviticus 14:52-57 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 14

This chapter treats of the purification of lepers, and the rules to be observed therein; and first what the priest was to do for his cleansing when brought to him, by making use of two birds, with cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop, as directed, Le 14:1-7; what he was to do for himself, shaving off all his hair, and washing his flesh and clothes in water, Le 14:8,9; the offerings to be offered up for him, two he lambs and one ewe lamb, and a meat offering, with a particular account of the use of the blood of the trespass offering, and of oil put upon the tip of his right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, Le 14:10-20; but if poor, only one lamb was required, a meat offering of one tenth deal, and two turtle doves or two young pigeons, and blood and oil used as before, Le 14:21-32; next follow an account of leprosy in an house, and the signs of it, and the rules to judge of it, Le 14:33-48; and the manner of cleansing from it, Le 14:49-53; and the chapter is closed with a recapitulation of the several laws concerning the various sorts of leprosy in this and the preceding chapter, Le 14:54-57.