Leviticus 14
1 And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, This is the custom of a leprouse man,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 whanne he schal be clensid. He schal be brouyt to the preest,
This is the rite of a leper, when he is to be cleansed: he shall be brought to the priest:
3 which preest schal go out of the castels, and whanne he schal fynde that the lepre is clensid,
Who going out of the camp when he shall And that the leprosy is cleansed,
4 he schal comaunde to the man which is clensid, that he offre for hym silf twei quyke sparewis, whiche it is leueful to ete, and a `tree of cedre, and vermylyoun, and isope.
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.
5 And the preest schal comaunde that oon of the sparewes be offrid in `a vessel of erthe,
And he shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters:
6 on quyke watris; sotheli he schal dippe the tother sparewe quyk with the `tre of cedre, and with a reed threed and ysope, in the blood of the sparewe offrid,
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:
7 with which he schal sprenge seuensithis hym that schal be clensid, that he be purgid riytfuli; and he schal delyuere the quyk sparewe, that it fle in to the feeld.
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.
8 And whanne the man hath waische hise clothis, he schal schaue alle the heeris of the bodi, and he schal be waischun in watir, and he schal be clensid, and he schal entre in to the castels; so oneli that he dwelle without his tabernacle bi seuene daies;
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:
9 and that in the seuenthe dai he schaue the heeris of the heed, and the beerd, and brewis, and the heeris of al the bodi. And whanne the clothis and bodi ben waischun,
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,
10 eft in the eiyetithe dai he schal take twei lambren without wem, and a scheep of o yeer without wem, and thre dymes of wheete flour, in to sacrifice, which be spreynte with oile, and bi it silf a sextarie of oyle.
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.
11 And whanne the preest, that purgith the man, hath set hym and alle hise thingis bifor the Lord, in the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, he schal take a lomb,
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,
12 and schal offre it for trespas, and schal offre the sextarie of oyle; and whanne alle thingis ben offrid bifor the Lord,
He shall take a. lamb, and offer it for a trespass offering with the sextary of oil: and having offered all before the Lord,
13 he schal offre the lomb, where the sacrifice for synne and the brent sacrifice is wont to be offrid, that is, in the hooli place; for as for synne so and for trespas the offryng perteyneth to the preest; it is hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis.
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.
14 And the preest schal take of the blood of sacrifice which is offrid for trespas, and schal putte on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym which is clensid, and on the thumbis of the riyt hond and foot.
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:
15 And he schal putte of the sextarie of oyle in to his left hond,
And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left. hand,
16 and he schal dippe the riyt fyngur therynne, and schal sprynge seuensithis bifor the Lord.
And shall dip his right finger in it, and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times.
17 Sotheli he schal schede that that is residue of the oile in the left hond, on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym which is clensid, and on the thombis of the riyt hond and foot, and on the blood which is sched for trespas,
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,
18 and on the heed `of hym.
And upon his head.
19 And the preest schal preye for hym bifor the Lord, and schal make sacrifice for synne; thanne he schal offre brent sacrifice,
And he shall pray for him before the Lord, and shall offer the sacrifice for sin: then shall he immolate the holocaust,
20 and schal putte it in the auter with hise fletynge sacrifices, and the man schal be clensid riytfuli.
And put it on the altar with the libations thereof, and the man shall be rightly cleansed.
21 That if he is pore, and his hoond may not fynde tho thingis that ben seid, he schal take for trespas a lomb to offryng, that the preest preie for him, and the tenthe part of wheete flour spreynt togidire with oile in to sacrifice, and a sextarie of oile,
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,
22 and twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culueris, of whiche oon be for synne, and the tothir in to brent sacrifice;
And two turtles or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other for a holocaust:
23 and he schal offre tho in the eiytthe dai of his clensyng to the preest, at the dore of tabernacle of witnessyng bifor the Lord.
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.
24 And the preest schal take the lomb for trespas, and the sextarie of oile, and schal reise togidere;
And the priest receiving the lamb for trespass, and the sextary of oil, shall elevate them together.
25 and whanne the lomb is offrid, he schal putte of the blood therof on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym that is clensid, and on the thumbis of his riyt hond and foot.
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:
26 Sotheli the preest putte the part of oile in to his left hond,
But he shall pour part of the oil into his own left hand,
27 in which he schal dippe the fyngur of the riyt hond, and schal sprynge seuensithes ayens the Lord;
And dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord:
28 and the preest schal touche the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym that is clensid, and the thombe of the riyt hond and foot, in the place of blood which is sched out for trespas.
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.
29 Sotheli he schal putte the tother part of oile, which is in the left hond, on the `heed of the man clensid, that he plese the Lord for hym.
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.
30 And he schal offre a turtle, ethir a culuer brid,
And he shall offer a turtle, or young pigeon,
31 oon for trespas, and the tothir in to brent sacrifice, with her fletynge offryngis.
One for trespass, and the other for a holocaust, with their libations.
32 This is the sacrifice of a leprouse man, that may not haue alle thingis in to the clensyng of hym silf.
This is the sacrifice of a leper, that is not able to have all things that appertain to his cleansing.
33 And the Lord spak to Moises and Aaron, and seide,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
34 Whanne ye han entrid in to the lond of Canaan, which lond Y schal yyue to you in to possessioun, if the wounde of lepre is in the housis,
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,
35 he schal go, whos the hous is, `and schal telle to the preest, and schal seie, It semeth to me, that as a wound of lepre is in myn hous.
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,
36 And the preest schal comaunde, `that thei bere out of the hous alle thingis bifore that he entre in to it, `and me se where it be lepre, lest alle thingis that ben in the hows, be maad vnclene; and the preest schal entre aftirward, that he se the lepre of the hows.
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.
37 And whanne he seeth in the wallis therof as litle valeis `foule bi palenesse, ethir bi reednesse, and lowere than the tother hiyere part,
And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all the rest,
38 he schal go out at the dore of the hows, and anoon he schal close it bi seuene daies.
He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up seven days,
39 And he schal turne ayen in the seuenthe day, and schal se it; if he fyndith that the lepre encreesside,
And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread,
40 he schal comaunde that the stoonys be cast out, in whyche the lepre is, and that tho stonys be cast out of the citee in an vncleene place.
He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place:
41 Sotheli he schal comaunde that thilke hows be rasid with ynne bi cumpas, and that the dust of the rasyng be spreynt without the citee, in an vnclene place,
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:
42 and that othere stoonys be put ayen for these, that ben takun awey, and that the hows be daubid with othir morter.
And that other stones be laid in the place of them that were taken away, and the house be plastered with other mortar.
43 But if aftir that the stoonus ben takun awey, and the dust is borun out,
But if, after the stones be taken out, and the dust scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth,
44 and othere erthe is daubid, the preest entrith, and seeth the lepre turned ayen, and the wallis spreynt with spottis, the lepre is stidfastly dwellynge, and the hows is vnclene;
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:
45 which hows thei schulen destrye anoon, and thei schulen caste out of the citee, in an vnclene place, the stoonys therof, and the trees, and al the dust.
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.
46 He that entrith in to the hous, whanne it is schit, schal be vnclene `til to euentid,
He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be unclean until evening,
47 and he that slepith and etith ony thing therynne, schal waische hise clothis.
And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his clothes.
48 That if the preest entrith, and seeth that the lepre encreesside not in the hows, aftir that it was daubid the secounde tyme, he schal clense it; for heelthe is yoldun.
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,
49 And in the clensyng therof he schal take twey sparewis, and `a tre of cedre, and `a reed threed, and isope.
And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
50 And whanne o sparewe is offrid in a vessel of erthe, on quyk watris,
And having immolated one sparrow In an earthen vessel over living waters,
51 he schal take the `tre of cedre, and ysope, and reed threed, and the quyk sparewe, and he schal dippe alle thingis in the blood of the sparewe offrid, and in lyuynge watris;
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:
52 and he schal sprynge the hows seuen sithis; and he schal clense it as wel in the blood of the sparewe as in lyuynge watris, and in the quyk sparewe, and in the `tre of cedre, and in ysope, and `reed threed.
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.
53 And whanne he hath left the sparewe to fle in to the feeld frely, he schal preye for the hows, and it schal be clensid riytfuli.
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.
54 This is the lawe of al lepre,
This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke.
55 and of smytyng, of lepre of clothis, and of housis,
Of the leprosy of garments and houses,
56 of syngne of wounde, and of litle whelkis brekynge out, of spotte schynynge, and in colours chaungid in to dyuerse spices,
Of a scar and of blisters breaking out, of a shining spot, and when the colours are diversely changed:
57 that it may be wist, what is cleene, ether uncleene.
That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean.
