Leviticus 14

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “This is a law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing, that he has been brought to the priest,

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

3 and the priest has gone out to the outside of the camp, and the priest has seen, and behold, the plague of leprosy has ceased from the leper,

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

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

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.

5 And the priest has commanded, and he has slaughtered one bird on an earthen vessel, over running water;

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

6 [as for] the living bird, he takes it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and has dipped them and the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird, over the running water,

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.

7 and he has sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and has pronounced him clean, and has sent out the living bird over the face of the field.

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.

8 And he who is to be cleansed has washed his garments, and has shaved all his hair, and has bathed with water, and has been clean, and afterward he comes into the camp, and has dwelt at the outside of his tent [for] seven days.

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.

9 And it has been, on the seventh day—he shaves all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shaves, and he has washed his garments, and has bathed his flesh with water, and has been clean.

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,

10 And on the eighth day he takes two lambs, perfect ones, and one ewe-lamb, daughter of a year, a perfect one, and three-tenth parts of flour [for] a present, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

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.

11 And the priest who is cleansing has caused the man who is to be cleansed to stand with them before YHWH, at the opening of the Tent of Meeting,

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,

12 and the priest has taken one male lamb, and has brought it near for a guilt-offering, also the log of oil, and has waved them [as] a wave-offering before YHWH.

he shall take a lamb and offer it for transgression, with the twelfth hin of oil. And having offered all these before the Lord,

13 And he has slaughtered the lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place; for like the sin-offering, the guilt-offering is for the priest; it [is] most holy.

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.

14 And the priest has taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest has put [it] 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;

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.

15 and the priest has taken of the log of oil, and has poured [it] on the left palm of the priest,

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

16 and the priest has dipped his right finger in the oil which [is] on his left palm, and has sprinkled of the oil with his finger seven times before YHWH.

and he shall dip his right finger in it, and he shall sprinkle it in the sight of the Lord seven times.

17 And of the remainder of the oil which [is] on his palm, the priest puts [it] 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;

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,

18 and the remnant of the oil which [is] on the palm of the priest, he puts [it] on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest has made atonement for him before YHWH.

and upon his head.

19 And the priest has made the sin-offering, and has made atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterward he slaughters the burnt-offering;

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,

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

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

21 And if he [is] poor, and his hand is not reaching [these things], then he has taken one lamb [for] a guilt-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth part of flour mixed with oil for a present, and a log of oil,

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,

22 and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, which his hand reaches to, and one has been a sin-offering and one a burnt-offering;

and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other as a holocaust.

23 and he has brought them in on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest, to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, before YHWH.

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.

24 And the priest has taken the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest has waved them [as] a wave-offering before YHWH;

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

25 and he has slaughtered the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest has taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and has put [it] 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;

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.

26 and the priest pours of the oil on the left palm of the priest;

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

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

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

28 And the priest has 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;

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.

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

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.

30 And he has made one of the turtle-doves or of the young pigeons (from that which his hand reaches to,

And he shall offer a turtledove or a young pigeon,

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

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

32 This [is] a law of him in whom [is] a plague of leprosy, whose hand does not reach to his cleansing.”

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

33 And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

34 “When you come into 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,

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,

35 then he whose the house [is] has come in and declared [it] to the priest, saying, Some plague has appeared to me in the house;

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.”

36 and the priest has commanded, and they have prepared the house before the priest comes in to see the plague (that all which [is] in the house is not unclean), and afterward the priest comes in to see the house;

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.

37 and he has seen the plague, and behold, the plague [is] in the walls of the house, hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and their appearance [is] lower than the wall,

And when he will have seen in its walls something like little hollows, deformed with paleness or redness, and lower than the remaining surface,

38 and the priest has gone out of the house to the opening of the house, and has shut up the house [for] seven days.

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

39 And the priest has turned back on the seventh day, and has seen, and behold, the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

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

40 and the priest has commanded, and they have drawn out the stones in which the plague [is], and have cast them to the outside of the city, to an unclean place;

he shall order the stones in which the leprosy is, to be dug out and cast outside the city in an unclean place,

41 and he causes the house to be scraped all around inside, and they have poured out the clay which they have scraped off, at the outside of the city, at an unclean place;

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,

42 and they have taken other stones, and brought [them] to the place of the stones, and he takes other clay and has coated the house.

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.

43 And if the plague returns, and has broken out in the house, after he has drawn out the stones, and after the scraping of the house, and after the coating,

But if, after the stones have been dug out, and the dust wiped away, and it is plastered with other clay,

44 then the priest has come in and seen, and behold, the plague has spread in the house; it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house; it [is] unclean.

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.

45 And he has broken down the house, its stones, and its wood, and all the clay of the house, and he has brought [them] forth to the outside of the city, to an unclean place.

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.

46 And he who is going into the house all the days he has shut it up, is unclean until the evening;

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

47 and he who is lying in the house washes his garments; and he who is eating in the house washes his garments.

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

48 And if the priest certainly comes in, and has seen, and behold, the plague has not spread in the house after the coating of the house, then the priest has pronounced the house clean, for the plague has been healed.

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.

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

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

50 and he has slaughtered one bird on an earthen vessel, over running water;

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

51 and he has taken the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and has dipped them in the blood of the slaughtered bird, and in the running water, and has sprinkled against the house seven times.

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.

52 And he has 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;

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.

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

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.

54 This [is] the law for every plague of the leprosy and for scale,

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

55 and for leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

of the leprosy of garments and houses,

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

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

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

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