Leviticus 14

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.

This is the law of the leper on the day when he is made clean: he is to be taken to the priest;

3 The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,

And the priest is to go outside the tent-circle; and if, after looking, the priest sees that the mark of the disease has gone from him,

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

Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.

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

And the priest will give orders for one of the birds to be put to death in a vessel made of earth, over flowing water.

6 And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

And he will take the living bird and the wood and the red thread and the hyssop and put them in the blood of the bird which was put to death over flowing water.

7 Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.

And shaking it seven times over the man who is to be made clean, he will say that he is clean and will let the living bird go free into the open country.

8 The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.

And he who is to be made clean will have his clothing washed and his hair cut and have a bath, and he will be clean. And after that he will come back to the tent-circle; but he is to keep outside his tent for seven days.

9 On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.

And on the seventh day he is to have all the hair cut off his head and his chin and over his eyes — all his hair is to be cut off — and he will have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and he will be clean.

10 On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.

And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

11 The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

And the priest who is making him clean will put the man who is being made clean, together with these things, before the door of the Tent of meeting.

12 Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

And the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

13 Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the property of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.

14 The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

15 Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,

And take some of the oil and put it in the hollow of his left hand;

16 dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

And let the priest put his right finger in the oil which is in his left hand, shaking it out with his finger seven times before the Lord;

17 And the priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

18 The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

And the rest of the oil in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean; and so the priest will make him free from sin before the Lord.

19 Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering

And the priest will give the sin-offering, and take away the sin of him who is to be made clean from his unclean condition; and after that he will put the burned offering to death.

20 and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

And the priest is to have the burned offering and the meal offering burned on the altar; and the priest will take away his sin and he will be clean.

21 If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

23 On the eighth day he is to bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD.

And on the eighth day he will take them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, so that he may be made clean.

24 The priest shall take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

And the priest will take the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

25 And after he slaughters the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

And he will put to death the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the priest will take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

26 Then the priest is to pour some of the oil into his left palm

And the priest will put out some of the oil in the hollow of his left hand,

27 and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

Shaking out drops of oil with his right finger before the Lord seven times:

28 The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot—on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.

And the priest will put some of the oil which is in his hand on the point of the ear of the man who is to be made clean and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place where the blood of the offering for wrongdoing was put;

29 The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

And the rest of the oil which is in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean, to take away his sin before the Lord.

30 Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,

And he will make an offering of one of the doves or the young pigeons, such as he is able to get;

31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.

And of these, he will give one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, with the meal offering; and the priest will take away the sin of him who is to be made clean before the Lord.

32 This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”

This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.

33 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

34 “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,

When you have come into the land of Canaan which I will give you for your heritage, if I put the leper's disease on a house in the land of your heritage,

35 the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’

Then let the owner of the house come and say to the priest, It seems to me that there is a sort of leper's disease in the house.

36 The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;

37 He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,

And if he sees that the walls of the house are marked with hollows of green and red, and if it seems to go deeper than the face of the wall;

38 the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.

Then the priest will go out of the door of the house, and keep the house shut up for seven days:

39 On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,

And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;

40 he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

Then the priest will give orders to them to take out the stones in which the disease is seen, and put them out into an unclean place outside the town:

41 And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.

And he will have the house rubbed all over inside, and the paste which is rubbed off will be put out into an unclean place outside the town:

42 So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.

And they will take other stones and put them in place of those stones, and he will take other paste and put it on the walls of the house.

43 If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,

And if the disease comes out again in the house after he has taken out the stones and after the walls have been rubbed and the new paste put on,

44 the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.

Then the priest will come and see it; and if the disease in the house is increased in size, it is the leper's disease working out in the house: it is unclean.

45 It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.

And the house will have to be pulled down, the stones of it and the wood and the paste; and everything is to be taken out to an unclean place outside the town.

46 Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.

And, in addition, anyone who goes into the house at any time, while it is shut up, will be unclean till evening.

47 And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

And anyone who has been sleeping in the house will have to have his clothing washed; and anyone who takes food in that house will have to have his clothing washed.

48 If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.

And if the priest comes in, and sees that the disease is not increased after the new paste has been put on the house, then the priest will say that the house is clean, because the disease is gone.

49 He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

50 and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;

51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

And take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread and the living bird and put them in the blood of the dead bird and in the flowing water, shaking it over the house seven times.

52 And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.

53 Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.

But he will let the living bird go out of the town into the open country; so he will take away sin from the house and it will be clean.

54 This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,

This is the law for all signs of the leper's disease and for skin diseases;

55 for mildew in clothing or in a house,

And for signs of disease in clothing, or in a house;

56 and for a swelling, rash, or spot,

And for a growth or a bad place or a bright mark on the skin;

57 to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

To make clear when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law about the disease of the leper.