Leviticus 14

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 This is the rite for a leper, when he is to be cleansed. He shall be brought to the priest,

“This will be the law for the diseased person on the day of his cleansing. He must be brought to the priest.

3 who, departing from the camp, when he has found the leprosy to be cleansed,

The priest will go out of the camp to examine the person to see if the infectious skin disease is healed.

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 the priest will command that the one to be cleansed must take two live, clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop.

5 And he shall order that one of the sparrows be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters.

The priest will command him to kill one of the birds over fresh water that is in a clay pot.

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.

The priest will then take the live bird and the cedar wood, and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and he will dip all these things, including the live bird, in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh 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.

Then the priest will sprinkle this water seven times onto the person who is to be cleansed from the disease, and then the priest will pronounce him to be clean. Then the priest will release the living bird into the open fields.

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.

The person who is being cleansed will wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and then he will be clean. After that he must come into the camp, but he will live outside his tent for 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,

On the seventh day he must shave all his hair off his head, and he must also shave off his beard and eyebrows. He must shave off all his hair, and he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; then he will 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.

On the eighth day he must take two male lambs without blemish, one female lamb a year old without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, 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,

The priest who cleanses him will stand the person who is to be cleansed, along with those things, before Yahweh at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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,

The priest will take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, together with the log of oil; he will wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

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.

He must kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offerings and the burnt offerings, in the area of the tabernacle, for the sin offering belongs to the priest, as does the guilt offering, because 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.

The priest will take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of the person who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

15 And he shall send some of the twelfth hin of oil into his own left hand,

Then the priest will take oil from the log 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 dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.

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,

The priest will put the rest of the oil in his hand on the tip of the right ear of the person to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. He must put this oil on top of the blood from the guilt offering.

18 and upon his head.

As for the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand, he will put it on the head of the person who is to be cleansed, and the priest will make atonement for him before Yahweh.

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,

Then the priest will offer the sin offering and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness, and afterward he will kill the burnt offering.

20 and place it upon the altar with its libations, and the man will be duly cleansed.

Then the priest will offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. The priest will make atonement for the person, and then he will 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,

However, if the person is poor and cannot afford these sacrifices, then he may take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for himself, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain 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.

together with two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; one bird will 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.

On the eighth day he must bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting, before Yahweh.

24 And he, receiving the lamb for transgression, and the twelfth hin of oil, shall lift them up together.

The priest will take the lamb for an offering, and he will take with it the log of olive oil, and he will lift them high as he presents them to Yahweh.

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.

He will kill the lamb for the guilt offering, and he will take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of the one who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

26 Yet truly, he shall send part of the oil into his own left hand,

Then the priest will pour some of the oil 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 he will sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.

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.

The priest will then put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of the one who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, the same places where he put the blood of the guilt 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.

He will put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the one who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh.

30 And he shall offer a turtledove or a young pigeon,

He must offer one of the doves or young pigeons, such as the person has been able to get—

31 one for transgression, and the other as a holocaust, with their libations.

one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, along with the grain offering. Then the priest will make atonement for the one who is to be cleansed before Yahweh.

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 for a person in whom there is an infectious skin disease, who is not able to afford the standard offerings for his cleansing.”

33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to 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 you have come into the land of Canaan which I gave to you as a possession, and if I put mildew that spreads in a house in 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 he who owns the house must come and tell the priest. He must say, 'There seems to me to be something like mildew in my 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.

Then the priest will command that they empty the house before he goes in to see the evidence of mildew, so that nothing in the house will be made unclean. Afterward the priest must 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,

He must examine the mildew to see if it is in the house walls, and to see whether it appears greenish or reddish in the depressions in the wall's surface.

38 he shall exit by the door of the house, and immediately close it up for seven days.

If the house does have mildew, then the priest will go out of the house and shut the door to the house for seven days.

39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall examine it. If he finds that the leprosy has spread,

Then the priest will return again on the seventh day and examine it to see if the mildew has 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,

If it has, then the priest will command that they take out the stones in which the mildew has been found and throw them into an unclean place outside the city.

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,

He will require all the inside walls of the house to be scraped, and they must take the contaminated material that is scraped off outside the city and dump it into the 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.

They must take other stones and put them in the place of the stones that were removed, and they must use new clay to 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,

If mildew comes again and breaks out in the house in which the stones have been taken away and the walls have been scraped and then replastered,

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 the priest must come in and examine the house to see if mildew has spread in the house. If it has, then it is harmful mildew, and the house 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.

The house must be torn down. The stones, timber, and all the plaster in the house must be carried away out of the city to the unclean place.

46 Whoever enters into the house when it is closed up shall be unclean until evening.

In addition, whoever goes into the house during the time it is closed up will be unclean until evening.

47 And whoever will have slept in it, or eaten anything, shall wash his clothes.

Anyone who slept in the house must wash his clothes, and anyone who ate in the house must 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.

If the priest enters the house to examine it to see whether the mildew has spread in the house after the house was plastered, then, if the mildew is gone, he will pronounce the house clean.

49 And for its purification, he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and vermillion, as well as hyssop,

Then the priest must take two birds to cleanse the house, and cedar wood, and scarlet yarn, and hyssop.

50 and, having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel over living waters,

He will kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay jar.

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.

He will take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the killed bird, into the fresh water, and sprinkle 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.

He will cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water, with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the 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 will let the live bird go out of the city into the open fields. In this way he must make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.

54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and plague:

This is the law for all types of infectious skin disease and things that cause such disease, and for an itch,

55 of the leprosy of garments and houses,

and for mildew in clothing and in a house,

56 of scars and erupting pustules, of a shining spot, when the appearance is also variegated,

for swelling, for a rash, and for a bright spot,

57 so that it can be known at what time a thing is clean or unclean.

to determine when any of these cases is unclean or when it is clean. This is the law for infectious skin diseases and mildew.”