Leviticus 14

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

The Lord told Moses,

2 This is the rite of a leper, when he is to be cleansed: he shall be brought to the priest:

“These are the regulations regarding those who have had a skin disease when they are declared clean having been brought to the priest.

3 Who going out of the camp when he shall And that the leprosy is cleansed,

The priest must go outside the camp and inspect the person. If the skin disease has healed,

4 Shall command him that is to be purified, to offer for himself two living sparrows, which it is lawful to eat, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

the priest shall have two ceremonially clean birds brought to him, also some cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop, on behalf of the person to be made clean.

5 And he shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters:

The priest will order one of the birds to be killed over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

6 But the other that is alive he shall dip, with the cedar wood, and the scarlet and the hyssop, in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated:

He will take the live bird together with the cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.

7 Wherewith he shall sprinkle him that is to be cleansed seven times, that he may be rightly purified: and he shall let go the living sparrow, that it may fly into the field.

He will use the blood to sprinkle seven times the person being made clean of the skin disease. Then the priest will declare them clean and let the live bird fly away.

8 And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water: and being purified, he shall enter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days:

The one being made clean must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and wash themselves with water; then they will be will be ceremonially clean. After that they can enter the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.

9 And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head, and his beard and his eyebrows, and the hair of all his body. And having washed again his clothes, and his body,

On the seventh day they must shave off all their hair: their head, beard, eyebrows, and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and wash themselves with water, and they will be clean.

10 On the eighth day he shall take two lambs without blemish, and an ewe of a year old without blemish, and three tenths of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil apart.

On the eighth day they are to bring two male lambs and one female lamb, all a year old and without defects; a grain offering consisting of three-tenths of an ephah of best flour mixed with olive oil, and one ‘log’ of olive oil.

11 And when the priest that purifieth the man, hath presented him, and all these things before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony,

The priest who conducts the ceremony will present the person to be made clean to the Lord, along with these offerings, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

12 He shall take a. lamb, and offer it for a trespass offering with the sextary of oil: and having offered all before the Lord,

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

13 He shall immolate the lamb, where the victim for sin is wont to be immolated, and the holocaust, that is, in the holy place: for as that which is for sin, so also the victim for a trespass offering pertaineth to the priest: it is holy of holies.

Then he will kill the lamb near the sanctuary where the sin offering and burnt offering are killed. The sin offering and the guilt offering belong to the priest; it is most holy.

14 And the priest taking of the blood of the victim that was immolated for trespass, shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot:

The priest will put some of the blood from the guilt offering on their right earlobe, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of their right foot of the person being made clean.

15 And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left. hand,

The priest will pour some of the log of olive oil into his left palm,

16 And shall dip his right finger in it, and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times.

dip his right index finger in it, and using his finger, sprinkle some of the olive oil seven times before the Lord.

17 And the rest of the oil in his left band, he shall pour upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot, and upon the blood that was shed for trespass,

The priest will then use some of the rest of the olive oil remaining in his palm on the person being made clean, and put it on top of the blood of the guilt offering. This will be on their right earlobe, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

18 And upon his head.

What is left of the olive oil in his palm, the priest will put on the head of the person being made clean and then make them right before the Lord.

19 And he shall pray for him before the Lord, and shall offer the sacrifice for sin: then shall he immolate the holocaust,

The priest will sacrifice the sin offering to make the person right, so that they are now clean from their uncleanness. After that, the priest will kill the burnt offering

20 And put it on the altar with the libations thereof, and the man shall be rightly cleansed.

and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, to make them right, and they will be clean.

21 But if he be poor, and his hand cannot find the things aforesaid: he shall take a lamb for an offering for trespass, that the priest may pray for him, and a tenth part of hour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil,

But those who are poor and can't afford these offerings must bring one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make them right, together with a tenth an ephah of best flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

22 And two turtles or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other for a holocaust:

and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever they can afford. One is to be used as a sin offering and the other as 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 before the Lord.

On the eighth day they are to take them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord so they can be made clean.

24 And the priest receiving the lamb for trespass, and the sextary of oil, shall elevate them together.

The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, together with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

25 And the lamb being immolated, he shall put of the blood thereof upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot:

After he kills the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest will take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being made clean, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of their right foot.

26 But he shall pour part of the oil into his own left hand,

Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into his left palm

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

and using his right index finger, will sprinkle some of the oil from his left palm seven times before the Lord.

28 And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot, in the place of the blood that was shed for trespass.

The priest shall also put some of the olive oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the person being made clean, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of his right foot, in the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.

29 And the other part of the oil that is in his left hand, he shall pour upon the head of the purified person, that he may appease the Lord for him.

What is left of the olive oil in his palm, the priest will put on the head of the person being made clean and then make them right before the Lord.

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

Then they must sacrifice one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever they can afford,

31 One for trespass, and the other for a holocaust, with their libations.

one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, along with the grain offering. This is how the priest will make the person right and clean before the Lord.

32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, that is not able to have all things that appertain to his cleansing.

These are the regulations for those who have a skin disease and can't afford the usual offerings to make people clean.”

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

Then the Lord told Moses and Aaron,

34 When you shall be come into the land of Chanaan, which I will give you for a possession, if there be the plague of leprosy in a house,

“When you get to Canaan, the land I'm giving you to own, if I put some mold into a house there and contaminate it,

35 He whose house it is, shall go and tell the priest, saying: It seemeth to me, that there is the plague of leprosy in my house,

the owner of the house must come and tell the priest, ‘It seems my house has something like mold.’

36 And he shall command, that they carry forth all things out of the house, before he go into it, and see whether it have the leprosy, lest all things become unclean that are in the house. And afterwards he shall go in to view the leprosy of the house.

The priest must order the house to be emptied before he goes in to inspect the mold, so that nothing in the house will be declared unclean. Once that's done, the priest is to go in and inspect the house.

37 And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all the rest,

He will examine the house and see whether the mold on the walls is made up of green or red indentations that go under the surface,

38 He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up seven days,

the priest shall go out of door and seal the house for seven days.

39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread,

On the seventh day the priest will return and inspect the house again. If the mold has spread on the walls,

40 He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place:

he will order the affected stones to be removed and disposed of in an unclean area outside the town.

41 And that the house be scraped on the inside round about, and the dust of the scraping be scattered without the city into an unclean place:

Then he will order the all the plaster inside of the house to be scraped off and dumped in an unclean area outside the town.

42 And that other stones be laid in the place of them that were taken away, and the house be plastered with other mortar.

Different stones must be used to replace the ones removed, and new plaster will be needed replaster the house.

43 But if, after the stones be taken out, and the dust scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth,

If the mold returns and affects the house again even after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and replastered,

44 The priest going in perceive that the leprosy is returned, and the walls full of spots, it is a lasting leprosy, and the house is unclean:

the priest must come and inspect it. If he sees the mold has spread in the house, it is a harmful mold; the house is unclean.

45 And they shall destroy it forthwith, and shall cast the stones and timber thereof, and all the dust without the town into an unclean place.

It must be demolished, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be taken and dumped in an unclean area outside the town.

46 He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be unclean until evening,

Anyone who goes into the house during any time that it is sealed will be unclean until the evening.

47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his clothes.

Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.

48 But if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is not spread in the house, after it was plastered again, he shall purify it, it being cured,

However, if when the priest comes and inspects it and finds that the mold hasn't reappeared after the house was replastered, he shall declare the house clean because the mold is gone.

49 And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

He will bring two birds, cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop to make the house clean.

50 And having immolated one sparrow In an earthen vessel over living waters,

He will kill one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

51 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living sparrow, and shall dip all in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated, and in the living water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times:

He will dip the live bird, the cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop, in the blood of the bird that was killed and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52 And shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow, as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and with the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet.

He will make the house clean with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the crimson thread.

53 And when he hath let go the sparrow to fly freely away into the field, he shall pray for the house, and it shall be rightly cleansed.

Then he will let the live bird fly away outside the town. This is how he will make the house right, and it will be clean.

54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke.

These are the regulations for any infectious skin disease, for a scabby infection,

55 Of the leprosy of garments and houses,

for mold on clothing and in a house,

56 Of a scar and of blisters breaking out, of a shining spot, and when the colours are diversely changed:

as well as for a swelling, rash, or spot.

57 That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean.

They are used to decide whether something is clean or unclean. These are the regulations regarding skin diseases and mold.”