14
1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “This
shall be the
law of the
leper in the
day of his
cleansing: He
shall be brought
to the priest,
3 and
the priest shall
go out of
the camp. The
priest shall examine
him. Behold, if
the plague of
leprosy is healed
in the leper,
4 then
the priest shall
command them to
take for him
who is to
be cleansed two
living clean birds,
cedar wood, scarlet,
and hyssop.
5 The
priest shall
command them to
kill one of
the birds in
an earthen vessel
over running water.
6 As
for the living
bird, he shall
take it, the cedar
wood, the scarlet,
and the hyssop,
and shall dip
them and the
living bird in
the blood of
the bird that
was killed over
the running water.
7 He
shall sprinkle on
him who is
to be cleansed
from the leprosy
seven times, and
shall pronounce
him clean, and
shall let the
living bird go
into the open
field.
8 “He
who is to
be cleansed shall
wash his clothes,
and shave off
all his hair,
and bathe himself
in water; and
he shall be
clean. After that
he shall come into
the camp, but
shall dwell
outside his tent
seven days.
9 It
shall be on
the seventh day,
that he shall
shave all his
hair off his
head and his
beard and his
eyebrows. He shall
shave off all
his hair. He
shall wash
his clothes, and
he shall bathe
his body in
water. Then he
shall be clean.
10 “On
the eighth day
he shall take
two male lambs
without defect,
one ewe lamb
a year old
without defect,
three tenths of
an ephah
of fine flour
for a meal
offering, mixed
with oil, and
one log
of oil.
11 The
priest who cleanses
him shall set
the man who
is to be
cleansed, and those things,
before the LORD,
at the door
of the Tent of
Meeting.
12 “The
priest shall take
one of the
male lambs, and
offer him for
a trespass offering,
with the log
of oil, and
wave them for
a wave offering
before the LORD.
13 He
shall kill the
male lamb in
the place where
they kill the
sin offering and
the burnt offering,
in the place
of the sanctuary;
for as the
sin offering is
the priest’s, so
is the trespass
offering. It is
most holy.
14 The
priest shall take
some of the
blood of
the trespass offering,
and the priest
shall 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 big toe of
his right foot.
15 The
priest shall
take some of the
log of oil,
and pour it
into the palm
of his own
left hand.
16 The
priest shall dip
his right finger
in the oil
that is in
his left hand,
and shall sprinkle
some of the
oil with his finger
seven times before
the LORD.
17 The
priest shall put
some of the
rest of the
oil that is
in his hand
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 big toe of
his right foot,
upon the blood
of the trespass
offering.
18 The
rest of the
oil that is
in the priest’s
hand he shall
put on the
head of him
who is to
be cleansed, and
the priest shall
make atonement for
him before the
LORD.
19 “The
priest shall offer
the sin offering,
and make atonement
for him who
is to be
cleansed because
of his uncleanness.
Afterward he shall
kill the burnt
offering;
20 then
the priest shall
offer the burnt
offering and the
meal offering on
the altar. The
priest shall make
atonement for him,
and he shall
be clean.
21 “If
he is poor,
and can’t afford
so much, then
he shall take
one male lamb
for a trespass
offering to be
waved, to make
atonement for him,
and one tenth
of an ephah
of fine flour
mixed with oil
for a meal
offering, and a
log
of oil;
22 and
two turtledoves,
or two young
pigeons, such as
he is able
to afford; and
the one shall
be a sin
offering, and the
other a burnt
offering.
23 “On
the eighth day
he shall bring
them for his
cleansing to the
priest, to the
door of the Tent
of Meeting, before
the LORD.
24 The
priest shall take
the lamb of
the trespass offering,
and the log
of oil, and
the priest shall
wave them for
a wave offering
before the LORD.
25 He
shall kill the
lamb of
the trespass offering.
The priest shall
take some of
the blood of
the trespass offering
and 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 big toe of
his right foot.
26 The
priest shall pour
some of the
oil into the
palm of his
own left hand;
27 and
the priest shall
sprinkle with his
right finger some
of the oil
that is in
his left hand
seven times before
the LORD.
28 Then
the priest shall
put some of
the oil that
is in his
hand 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 big toe
of his right
foot, on the
place of the
blood of
the trespass offering.
29 The
rest of the
oil that is
in the priest’s
hand he shall
put on the
head of him
who is to
be cleansed, to
make atonement for
him before the
LORD.
30 He
shall offer one
of the turtledoves,
or of the
young pigeons, which
ever he is
able to afford,
31 of
the kind he is
able to afford,
the one for
a sin offering,
and the other for
a burnt offering,
with the meal
offering. The
priest shall make
atonement for him
who is to
be cleansed before
the LORD.”
32 This
is the law
for him in whom
is the plague
of leprosy, who
is not able
to afford
the sacrifice for
his cleansing.
33 The
LORD spoke to
Moses and to Aaron,
saying,
34 “When
you have come
into the land of
Canaan, which I
give to you
for a possession,
and I put
a spreading mildew in
a house in
the land of
your possession,
35 then
he who owns the
house shall come
and tell the
priest, saying, ‘There seems
to me to
be some sort of
plague in the
house.’
36 The
priest shall
command that they
empty the house,
before the
priest goes in
to examine the
plague, that all
that is in
the house not
be made unclean.
Afterward the priest
shall go in
to inspect the
house.
37 He
shall examine the
plague; and behold,
if the plague
is in the
walls of the
house with hollow streaks,
greenish or reddish,
and it appears
to be deeper
than the wall,
38 then
the priest shall
go out of
the house to
the door of
the house, and
shut up the
house seven days.
39 The
priest shall come
again on the
seventh day, and
look. If the
plague has spread
in the walls
of the house,
40 then
the priest shall
command that they
take out the stones
in which is
the plague, and
cast them into
an unclean place
outside of the
city.
41 He
shall cause the
inside of the
house to be
scraped all over.
They shall pour
out the mortar
that they scraped
off outside of
the city into
an unclean place.
42 They
shall take other stones,
and put them
in the place
of those stones; and
he shall take other
mortar, and shall
plaster the house.
43 “If the
plague comes again,
and breaks out
in the house
after he has
taken out
the stones, and
after he has
scraped the house,
and after it
was plastered,
44 then
the priest shall
come in and
look; and behold,
if the plague
has spread in
the house, it
is a destructive mildew
in the house.
It is unclean.
45 He
shall break down
the house,
its stones, and
its timber, and
all the house’s
mortar. He shall
carry them out
of the city
into an unclean
place.
46 “Moreover
he who goes into
the house while
it is shut
up shall be
unclean until the
evening.
47 He who
lies down in
the house shall
wash his clothes;
and he who eats in
the house shall
wash his clothes.
48 “If
the priest shall
come in,
and examine it,
and behold, the
plague hasn’t spread
in the house,
after the house
was plastered,
then the priest
shall pronounce
the house clean,
because the plague
is healed.
49 To
cleanse the house
he shall take
two birds, cedar
wood, scarlet,
and hyssop.
50 He
shall kill one
of the birds
in an earthen
vessel over
running water.
51 He
shall take
the cedar wood,
the hyssop, the
scarlet, and the
living bird, and
dip them in
the blood of
the slain bird,
and in the
running water, and
sprinkle the house
seven times.
52 He
shall cleanse the
house with the
blood of the
bird, and with
the running water,
with the living
bird, with
the cedar wood,
with the hyssop,
and with the
scarlet;
53 but
he shall let
the living bird
go out of
the city into
the open field.
So shall he
make atonement for
the house; and
it shall be
clean.”
54 This
is the law
for any plague
of leprosy, and
for an itch,
55 and
for the destructive mildew
of a garment, and
for a house,
56 and for
a swelling, and for
a scab, and for
a bright spot;
57 to
teach when it
is unclean, and
when it is
clean.
This is the
law of leprosy.