Leviticus 14:2

2 “These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:

Leviticus 14:2 in Other Translations

2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

2 "This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,

2 “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,

2 "These are the instructions for the infected person at the time of his cleansing. First, bring him to the priest.

2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest:

2 "These are the instructions for making a person clean after a skin disease. He must be taken to the priest.

2 "This is the law concerning the person afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing. He is to be brought to the priest,

2 "Here are the rules for making someone 'clean' if he has had a skin disease. They apply when he is brought to the priest.

Leviticus 14:2 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:2

This shall be the law of the leper, in the day of his
cleansing
Or the rules, rites, ceremonies, and sacrifices to be observed therein. Jarchi says, from hence we learn that they were not to purify a leper in the night: he shall be brought unto the priest:
not into the camp, or city, or house, where the priest was, for till he was cleansed he could not be admitted into either; besides, the priest is afterwards said to go forth out of the camp to him; but he was to be brought pretty near the camp or city, where the priest went to meet him. As the leper was an emblem of a polluted sinner, the priest was a type of Christ, to whom leprous sinners must be brought for cleansing; they cannot come of themselves to him, that is, believe in him, except it be given unto them; or they are drawn with the powerful and efficacious grace of God, by which souls are brought to Christ, and enabled to believe in him; not that they are brought against their wills, but being drawn with the cords of love, and through the power of divine grace, sweetly operating upon their hearts, they move towards him with all readiness and willingness, and cast themselves at his feet, saying, as the leper that came to Christ, "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean", ( Matthew 8:2 ) ( Mark 1:40 ) ( Luke 5:12 ) ; and it is grace to allow them to come near him, and amazing goodness in him to receive and cleanse them.

Leviticus 14:2 In-Context

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 “These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:

3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,

4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the person to be cleansed.

5 Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 13:57; Deuteronomy 24:8; Matthew 8:2-4; Mark 1:40-44; Luke 5:12-14; Luke 17:14