Leviticus 14

1 The Lord told Moses,

And Jehovah 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 shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest,

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

and the priest shall go out of the camp; and when the priest looketh, and behold, the sore of leprosy is healed in 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.

then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two clean living birds, and cedar-wood, and 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 command that one bird be killed in 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.

as to the living bird — he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the 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 upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open 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 he that is to be cleansed shall wash his garments, and shave all his hair, and bathe in water, and he shall be clean; and afterwards shall he come into the camp, and shall abide outside his tent 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, that he shall shave all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave, and he shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in water, and he is 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 he-lambs without blemish, and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish, and three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, for an oblation, and one log 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 cleanseth [him] shall present the man that is to be cleansed and those things before Jehovah, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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 he-lamb, and present it for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

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 he shall slaughter the he-lamb at the place where the sin-offering and the burnt-offering are slaughtered, in a holy place; for as the sin-offering, so the trespass-offering is the priest's: 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 him that is to be cleansed, 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 log of oil, and pour it into his, the priest's, 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 the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.

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 of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, upon 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 remainder 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 make atonement for him before Jehovah.

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 offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterwards shall he slaughter the 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 burnt-offering and the oblation upon the altar; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

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,

But if he be poor, and his hand be not able to get it, then he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him; and one tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; and a log 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 his hand may be able to get: the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a 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 of his cleansing unto the priest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah.

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 he-lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

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 slaughter the he-lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take 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 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 into [his], the priest's, 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 his right finger of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah.

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 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 on the great toe of his right foot, upon 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 the remainder 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 atonement for him before Jehovah.

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, of what his hand was able to get;

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.

of what his hand was able to get shall the one be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering, with the oblation; and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.

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 sore of leprosy, whose hand cannot get what is [regularly prescribed] in his cleansing.

33 Then the Lord told Moses and Aaron,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to 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,

When ye come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a leprous plague in a house 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 he whose house it is shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me like 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 command that they empty the house before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to see 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 when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,

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

then the priest shall go out of the house to the entrance of the house, and shut up 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 come again the seventh day, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath 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 command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them out of the city, in 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 he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they have scraped off, out of the city in 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 stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and they shall take other mortar, and shall 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 come again, and break out in the house, after he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is 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 come, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath spread in the house, it is a corroding 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 break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house, and shall carry them forth out of the city to 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 goeth into the house as long as it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

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

And he that sleepeth in the house shall wash his garments, and he that eateth in the house shall wash his garments.

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.

But if the priest shall come in and look, and behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house hath been plastered, the priest shall pronounce the house clean; for 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 purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

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

and he shall kill 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 hyssop and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed, and in the running water, and 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 purge the house from the defilement 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 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 loose out of the city into the open field; and he shall make atonement for the house, and it is clean.

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

This is the law for every sore of leprosy, and for the scall,

55 for mold on clothing and in a house,

and for the leprosy of garments, and of houses,

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

and for the rising, and for the scab, and for the bright spot,

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

to teach when there is uncleanness, and when it is purified: this is the law of leprosy.