Leviticus 14:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֣את תּוֹרַ֔ת אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ נֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־תַשִּׂ֥יג יָד֖וֹ בְּטָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

This tōrat which-in-him negaʿ ṣārāʿat which not-tassīg his yād in-his ṭohŏrātō.

Grammar Details

*tōrat*: noun, feminine singular construct - law/instruction of
*negaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - plague/mark/infection
*ṣārāʿat*: noun, feminine singular - skin disease/leprosy
*tassīg*: hiphil imperfect 3rd feminine singular - attains/reaches/affords
*yād*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand/ability
*ṭohŏrātō*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his cleansing/purification

Word Meanings

*tōrat*: law/instruction/teaching/directive
*negaʿ*: plague/mark/infection/affliction
*ṣārāʿat*: skin disease/leprosy/mold/infectious skin condition
*tassīg*: attains/reaches/affords/can afford
*yād*: hand/ability/means/financial capacity

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Referenced Verses

Lev 14:10 : 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
Lev 14:21 : 21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;
Lev 14:54-57 : 54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall, 55 and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house, 56 and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; 57 to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. 14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:
Ps 136:23 : 23 Who remembered us in our low estate; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.
1 Cor 1:27-28 : 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
Lev 13:59 : 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
Lev 14:2 : 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lev 14:1-3
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
2This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest:
3and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,
Lev 14:30-31
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30And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,
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Lev 14:54-57
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54This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,
55and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house,
56and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
57to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
Lev 13:11-15
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11it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.
12And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of [him that hath] the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;
13then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
14But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
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Lev 14:33-34
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33And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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Lev 15:32
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Lev 13:58-59
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58And the garment, either the warp, or the 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.
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Lev 13:6-9
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6and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
7But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again:
8and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
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Lev 14:11
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Lev 13:27
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Lev 14:44
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Lev 13:22
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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3and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
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Lev 13:44-46
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44he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.
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Lev 13:34-35
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34and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
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Lev 13:25
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25then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Lev 13:51
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Lev 13:17-18
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17and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague: he is clean.
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19And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering;
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8Take 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.