Leviticus 14
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 This is the rite for a leper, when he is to be cleansed. He shall be brought to the priest,
This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his being cleansed: He shall be brought unto the priest.
3 who, departing from the camp, when he has found the leprosy to be cleansed,
And the priest shall go forth to without the camp; and if the priest see, and, behold, the plague of leprosy be healed on the leper:
4 shall instruct him who is to be purified to offer for himself two living sparrows, which it is lawful to eat, and cedar wood, and vermillion, and hyssop.
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two healthy, clean birds, and cedar wood, and a string of scarlet yarn, and hyssop.
5 And he shall order that one of the sparrows be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters.
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.
6 But the other living one, with the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, he shall dip in the blood of the immolated sparrow.
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the string of scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and he shall dip these and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
7 And he shall sprinkle him who is to be cleansed seven times, so that he may be purified justly. And he shall release the living sparrow, so that it may fly away into the field.
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times; and when he hath cleansed him, he shall let the living bird fly forth into the open field.
8 And when the man will have washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair from his body, and he shall be washed with water. And having been purified, he shall enter into the camp, only to this extent: that he may remain outside his own tent for seven days.
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, and he shall be clean, and after that he may come into the camp; but he shall tarry outside of his tent seven days.
9 And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, as well as the hair of his entire body. And having washed his clothes again, and his body,
And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave off all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, he shall also wash his flesh in water, when he shall be clean.
10 on the eighth day, he shall take two immaculate lambs, and a one-year-old female sheep without blemish, and three tenths of fine wheat flour, which has been sprinkled with oil, as a sacrifice, and separately, one twelfth hin of oil.
And on the eighth day he shall take two sheep without blemish, and one ewe of the first year without blemish, and three-tenth parts of fine flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
11 And when the priest purifying the man has presented him and all these things in the sight of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony,
And the priest who cleanseth shall cause the man that is to be made clean, and these things, to stand before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
12 he shall take a lamb and offer it for transgression, with the twelfth hin of oil. And having offered all these before the Lord,
And the priest shall take the one sheep, and offer the same for a trespass-offering, with the log of oil; and he shall make with them a waving before the Lord.
13 he shall immolate the lamb, where the victim for sin is usually immolated with the holocaust, that is, in the holy place. For just as with the one for sin, so also the victim for transgression belongs to the priest. It is the Holy of holies.
And he shall slay the sheep on the place where the sin-offering and the burnt-offering are killed, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering so doth the trespass-offering belong to the priest: it is most holy.
14 And taking some of the blood of the victim, which was immolated for transgression, the priest shall place it upon the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and likewise the foot.
And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
15 And he shall send some of the twelfth hin of oil into his own left hand,
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
16 and he shall dip his right finger in it, and he shall sprinkle it in the sight of the Lord seven times.
And the priest shall dip his finger of the right hand in the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
17 But the oil which remains in his left hand, he shall pour over the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand as well as the foot, and upon the blood which was shed for transgression,
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering.
18 and upon his head.
And what is left of the oil that is in the priest's hand, he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall [thus] make an atonement for him before the Lord.
19 And he shall pray for him in the sight of the Lord, and he shall accomplish the sacrifice on behalf of sin. Then he shall immolate the holocaust,
And the priest shall prepare the sin-offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward shall he kill the burnt-offering:
20 and place it upon the altar with its libations, and the man will be duly cleansed.
And the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meat-offering upon the altar; and the priest shall [thus] make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
21 But if he is poor, and his hand is not able to find what has been said, he shall take a lamb as an offering for transgression, so that the priest may pray for him, and a tenth part of fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil, as a sacrifice, and a twelfth hin of oil,
But if he be poor, and his means do not suffice, then shall he take one sheep for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him; and one-tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering, and a log of oil;
22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other as a holocaust.
And two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, for which his means suffice; and one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.
23 And he shall offer them on the eighth day of his purification to the priest at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony in the sight of the Lord.
And he shall bring them on the eighth day of his being cleansed unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord.
24 And he, receiving the lamb for transgression, and the twelfth hin of oil, shall lift them up together.
And the priest shall take the sheep of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil; and the priest shall make with them a waving before the Lord.
25 And when the lamb has been immolated, he shall place some of its blood upon the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, as well as the foot.
And he shall kill the sheep of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
26 Yet truly, he shall send part of the oil into his own left hand,
And some of the oil shall the priest pour into the palm of his own left hand:
27 and dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord.
And the priest shall sprinkle with his finger of the right hand some of the oil that is in his left hand, seven times before the Lord;
28 And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and the thumb of his right hand, as well as the foot, in the place of the blood which was shed for transgression.
And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot; upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering;
29 But the remaining part of the oil which is in his left hand, he shall send upon the head of the one being purified, to appease the Lord on his behalf.
And what is left of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord.
30 And he shall offer a turtledove or a young pigeon,
And he shall offer the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, from what his means enable him [to bring];
31 one for transgression, and the other as a holocaust, with their libations.
Even what his means enable him, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meat-offering: and the priest shall [thus] make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed, before the Lord.
32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, who is not able to obtain all of the things concerning his cleansing.
This is the law of him on whom is the plague of leprosy, whose means are not sufficient when he is cleansed.
33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
34 When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, which I will give to you as a possession, if there is the mark of leprosy in a building,
When ye come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy on a house of the land of your possession:
35 he whose house it is shall go and report to the priest, saying: “It seems to me that the mark of leprosy is in my house.”
Then shall he that owneth the house come and tell the priest, saying, Something like a leprosy hath shown itself to me in the house.
36 And he shall instruct them to carry all things out of the house, before he would enter it and see whether it is leprosy, lest all that is in the house become unclean. And after this, he shall enter to examine the leprosy of the house.
And the priest shall command that they clear out the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all be not made unclean that is in the house: and after this shall the priest go in to see the house.
37 And when he will have seen in its walls something like little hollows, deformed with paleness or redness, and lower than the remaining surface,
And he shall view the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house, in depressions, dark green or dark red, and their appearance be deeper than the wall:
38 he shall exit by the door of the house, and immediately close it up for seven days.
Then shall the priest go out of the house to the door of the house, and lock up the house seven days.
39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall examine it. If he finds that the leprosy has spread,
And the priest shall come again on the seventh day; and if he see, that, behold, the plague have spread in the walls of the house:
40 he shall order the stones in which the leprosy is, to be dug out and cast outside the city in an unclean place,
Then shall the priest command that they break out the stones on which the plague is; and they shall cast them forth without the city on an unclean place.
41 and that the house be scraped on the inside all around, and that the dust of the scrapings be scattered outside the city in an unclean place,
And the house he shall cause to be scraped within round about; and they shall pour out the rubbish that they have scraped off without the city on an unclean place.
42 and that other stones be put back, in place of those which had been taken away, and that the house be plastered with other mortar.
And they shall take other stones, and put them into the place of these stones; and other mortar shall he take, and shall plaster the house.
43 But if, after the stones have been dug out, and the dust wiped away, and it is plastered with other clay,
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after he hath taken away the stones, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it hath been plastered:
44 the priest, upon entering, will have seen that the leprosy has returned, and that the walls are sprinkled with spots, then it is a persistent leprosy and the house is unclean.
Then shall the priest come; and if he see that, behold, the plague have spread in the house, it is a corrosive leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
45 And so they shall promptly destroy it, and shall cast its stones and timber, and also all the dust, outside the town in an unclean place.
And he shall break down the house, its stones, and the timbers thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth to without the city, unto an unclean place.
46 Whoever enters into the house when it is closed up shall be unclean until evening.
And he that goeth into the house, all the days that it is locked up, shall be unclean until the evening.
47 And whoever will have slept in it, or eaten anything, shall wash his clothes.
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
48 But if the priest, upon entering, will have seen that the leprosy has not spread in the house, after it had been newly plastered, he shall purify it, restoring it to health.
But if the priest should come in, and see, and, behold, the plague have not spread in the house, after the house was plastered: then shall the priest pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
49 And for its purification, he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and vermillion, as well as hyssop,
And he shall take, to atone for the house, two birds, and cedar wood, and a string of scarlet yarn, and hyssop;
50 and, having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel over living waters,
And he shall kill the one bird in an earthen vessel over running water;
51 he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living sparrow, and he shall dip all these in the blood of the immolated sparrow, and also in the living water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times.
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle on the house seven times:
52 And he shall purify it as much with the blood of the sparrow as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the vermillion.
And he shall atone for the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the string of scarlet yarn;
53 And when he has released the sparrow to fly freely away into the field, he shall pray for the house, and it shall be justly cleansed.
But he shall let fly forth the living bird out of the city into the open field, and make [thus] an atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.
54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and plague:
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
55 of the leprosy of garments and houses,
And for the leprosy of a garment and of a house,
56 of scars and erupting pustules, of a shining spot, when the appearance is also variegated,
And for a swelling, and for a rising, and for a bright spot;
57 so that it can be known at what time a thing is clean or unclean.
To teach on the day when something is unclean, and on the day when it is clean: this is the law of the leprosy.
