< Leviticus 14 >
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “These are the regulations regarding those who have had a skin disease when they are declared clean having been brought to the priest.
This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest.
3 The priest must go outside the camp and inspect the person. If the skin disease has healed,
And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.
4 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.
And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
5 The priest will order one of the birds to be killed over a clay pot filled with fresh water.
And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water.
6 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.
And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.
7 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.
And he shall sprinkle seven times upon him that was cleansed of his leprosy, and he shall be clean; and he shall let go the living bird into the field.
8 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.
and the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house seven days.
9 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.
And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean.
10 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.
And on the eighth day he shall take two lambs without spot of a year old, and one ewe lamp without spot of a year old, and three-tenths of fine flour for sacrifice kneaded with oil, and one small cup of oil.
11 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.
And the priest that cleanses shall present the man under purification, and these [offerings] before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
12 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.
And the priest shall take one lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and set them apart for a special offering before the Lord.
13 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.
and they shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the whole-burnt-offerings, and the sin-offerings, in the holy places; for it is a sin-offering: as the trespass-offering, it belongs to the priest, it is most holy.
14 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.
And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of the person under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
15 The priest will pour some of the log of olive oil into his left palm,
And the priest shall take of the cup of oil, and shall pour it upon his own left hand.
16 dip his right index finger in it, and using his finger, sprinkle some of the olive oil seven times before the Lord.
And he shall dip with the finger of his right hand [into] some of the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle with his finger seven times before the Lord.
17 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.
And the remaining oil that is in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him that is under cleansing, 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 trespass-offering.
18 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.
And the remaining oil that is on the hand of the priest, the priest shall put on the head of the cleansed [leper], and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
19 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
And the priest shall sacrifice the sin-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the person under purification [to cleanse him] from his sin, and afterwards the priest shall slay the whole-burnt-offering.
20 and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, to make them right, and they will be clean.
And the priest shall offer the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifice upon the altar before the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed.
21 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,
And if he should be poor, and cannot afford so much, he shall take one lamb for his transgression for a separate-offering, so as to make propitiation for him, and a tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a sacrifice, and one cup of oil,
22 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.
and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, as he can afford; and the one shall be for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering.
23 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.
And he shall bring them on the eighth day, to purify him, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord.
24 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.
And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and place them for a set-offering before the Lord.
25 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.
And he shall slay the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
26 Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into his left palm
And the priest shall pour of the oil on his own left hand.
27 and using his right index finger, will sprinkle some of the oil from his left palm seven times before the Lord.
And the priest shall sprinkle with the finger of his right hand some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.
28 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.
And the priest shall put of the oil that is on his hand on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, 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 trespass-offering.
29 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.
And that which is left of the oil which is on the hand of the priest he shall put on the head of him that is purged, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
30 Then they must sacrifice one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever they can afford,
And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves or of the young pigeons, as he can afford it,
31 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.
the one for a sin-offering, the other for a whole-burnt-offering with the meat-offering, and the priest shall make an atonement before the Lord for him that is under purification.
32 These are the regulations for those who have a skin disease and can't afford the usual offerings to make people clean.”
This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, and who cannot afford the offerings for his purification.
33 Then the Lord told Moses and Aaron,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
34 “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,
Whensoever ye shall enter into the land of the Chananites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession;
35 the owner of the house must come and tell the priest, ‘It seems my house has something like mold.’
then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, I have seen as it were a plague in the house.
36 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.
And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and [thus] none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house.
37 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,
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, [if] the plague is in the walls of the house, [he will see] greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them [will be] beneath the surface of the walls.
38 the priest shall go out of door and seal the house for seven days.
And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate the house seven days.
39 On the seventh day the priest will return and inspect the house again. If the mold has spread on the walls,
And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, [if] the plague is spread in the walls of the house,
40 he will order the affected stones to be removed and disposed of in an unclean area outside the town.
then the priest shall give orders, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague is, and shall cast them out of the city into an unclean place.
41 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.
And they shall scrape the house within round about, and shall pour out the dust scraped off outside the city into an unclean place.
42 Different stones must be used to replace the ones removed, and new plaster will be needed replaster the house.
And they shall take other scraped stones, and put them in the place of the [former] stones, and they shall take other plaster and plaster the house.
43 If the mold returns and affects the house again even after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and replastered,
And if the plague should return again, and break out in the house after they have taken away the stones and after the house is scraped, and after it has been plastered,
44 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.
then the priest shall go in and see if the plague is spread in the house: it is a confirmed leprosy in the house, it is unclean.
45 It must be demolished, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be taken and dumped in an unclean area outside the town.
And they shall take down the house, and its timbers and its stones, and they shall carry out all the mortar without the city into an unclean place.
46 Anyone who goes into the house during any time that it is sealed will be unclean until the evening.
And he that goes into the house at any time, during its separation, shall be unclean until evening.
47 Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.
And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.
48 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.
and if the priest shall arrive and enter and see, and behold the plague be not at all spread in the house after the house has been plastered, then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the plague is healed.
49 He will bring two birds, cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop to make the house clean.
And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
50 He will kill one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.
And he shall slay one bird in an earthen vessel over running water.
51 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.
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times.
52 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.
and he shall purify 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 spun scarlet.
53 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.
And he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the field, and shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.
54 These are the regulations for any infectious skin disease, for a scabby infection,
This [is] the law concerning every plague of leprosy and scurf,
55 for mold on clothing and in a house,
and of the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
56 as well as for a swelling, rash, or spot.
and of a sore, and of a clear spot, and of a shining one,
57 They are used to decide whether something is clean or unclean. These are the regulations regarding skin diseases and mold.”
and of declaring in what day it is unclean, and in what day it shall be purged: this [is] the law of the leprosy.