King James Version
Leviticus 14:2 in the King James Version says “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:”
Leviticus 14:2 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
And 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;
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet , and hyssop: birds: or, sparrows
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“This shall be the law”
H8451a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch
“of the leper”
H6879to scourge, i.e., (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
“in the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“unto the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
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