Leviticus 14

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And Jehovah speaketh 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 is a law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing, that he hath been brought in unto the priest,

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

and the priest hath gone out unto the outside of the camp, and the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague of leprosy hath ceased from 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.

and the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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

'And the priest hath commanded, and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon 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 to] the living bird, he taketh it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and hath dipped them and the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird, 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 hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the 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 who is to be cleansed hath washed his garments, and hath shaved all his hair, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean, and afterwards he doth come in unto the camp, and hath dwelt at the 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 hath been, on the seventh day — he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been 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 taketh two lambs, perfect ones, and one ewe-lamb, daughter of a year, a perfect one, and three tenth deals of flour [for] a present, mixed 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 is cleansing hath caused the man who is to be cleansed to stand with them before Jehovah, at the opening of 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,

and the priest hath taken the one he-lamb, and hath brought it near for a guilt-offering, also the log of oil, and hath waved them — a wave offering before Jehovah.

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 hath slaughtered the lamb in the place where he slaughtereth the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place; for like the sin-offering the guilt-offering is 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 hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on 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 hath taken of the log of oil, and hath poured on the left palm of the priest,

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 hath dipped his right finger in the oil which [is] on his left palm, and hath sprinkled of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.

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 residue of the oil which [is] on his palm, the priest putteth on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt-offering;

18 and upon his head.

and the remnant of the oil which [is] on the palm of the priest, he putteth on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah.

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 hath made the sin-offering, and hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterwards he doth slaughter the burnt-offering;

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

and the priest hath caused the burnt-offering to ascend, also the present, on the altar, and the priest hath made atonement for him, and he hath been 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,

'And if he [is] poor, and his hand is not reaching [these things], then he hath taken one lamb — a guilt-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth deal of flour mixed with oil for a present, 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, which his hand reacheth to, and one hath been a sin-offering, and the one 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 hath brought them in on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah.

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

'And the priest hath taken the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest hath waved them — a wave-offering before Jehovah;

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 hath slaughtered the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot;

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

and the priest doth pour of the oil on the left palm of the priest;

27 and dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord.

and the priest hath sprinkled with his right finger of the oil which [is] on his left palm, seven times before Jehovah.

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 hath put of the oil which [is] on his palm, on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of 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.

and the remnant of the oil which [is] on the palm of the priest he doth put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him, before Jehovah.

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

'And he hath made the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons (from that which his hand reacheth to,

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

[even] that which his hand reacheth to), the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt offering, besides the present, and the priest hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Jehovah.

32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, who is not able to obtain all of the things concerning his cleansing.

This [is] a law of him in whom [is] a plague of leprosy, whose hand reacheth not to his cleansing.'

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

And Jehovah speaketh 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 in unto the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you for a possession, and I have put a plague of leprosy 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 hath he whose the house [is] come in and declared to the priest, saying, As a plague hath appeared 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 hath commanded, and they have prepared the house before the priest cometh in to see the plague (that all which [is] in the house be not unclean), and afterwards doth the priest come 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 hath seen the plague, and lo, the plague [is] in the walls of the house, hollow strakes, very green or very red, and their appearance [is] lower than the wall,

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

and the priest hath gone out of the house unto the opening of the house, and hath shut 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 hath turned back on the seventh day, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath 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,

and the priest hath commanded, and they have drawn out the stones in which the plague [is], and have cast them unto the outside of the city, unto 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 doth cause to be scraped within round about, and they have poured out the clay which they have scraped off, at the outside of the city, at 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 have taken other stones, and brought [them] in unto the place of the stones, and other clay he taketh and hath daubed 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 return, and hath broken out in the house, after he hath drawn out the stones, and after the scraping of the house, and after the daubing;

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 hath the priest come in and seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the house; it [is] a fretting 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 hath broken down the house, its stones, and its wood, and all the clay of the house, and he hath brought [them] forth unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place.

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

'And he who is going in unto the house all the days he hath shut it up, is unclean till the evening;

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

and he who is lying in the house doth wash his garments; and he who is eating in the house doth wash his garments.

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.

'And if the priest certainly come in, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the house after the daubing of the house, then hath the priest pronounced the house clean, for the plague hath been healed.

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

'And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

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

and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon 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 hath taken the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and hath dipped them in the blood of the slaughtered bird, and in the running water, and hath sprinkled upon 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 hath cleansed 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 scarlet;

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.

and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean.

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

'This [is] the law for every plague of the leprosy and for scall,

55 of the leprosy of garments and houses,

and for 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 rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot, —

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

to direct in the day of being unclean, and in the day of being clean; this [is] the law of the leprosy.'