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Leviticus 14
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14 1 The cleansing of the leper, 34 And of the house that he is in.

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 (A)This is the [a]law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: that is, he shall be brought unto the Priest,

3 And the Priest shall go out of the camp, and the Priest shall consider him: and if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,

4 Then shall the Priest command to take for him that is cleansed, two [b]sparrows alive and [c]clean, and cedarwood and a scarlet lace, and hyssop.

5 And the Priest shall command to kill one of the birds over [d]pure water in an earthen vessel.

6 After, he shall take the live sparrow with the cedarwood, and the scarlet lace, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living sparrow in the blood of the sparrow slain, over the pure water.

7 And he shall sprinkle upon him, that must be cleansed of his leprosy, seven times, and cleanse him, and shall [e]let go the live sparrow into the broad field.

8 Then he that shall be cleansed, shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, so he shall be clean: after that shall he come into the host, and shall tarry without his tent seven days.

9 So in the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair both his head and his beard, and his eyebrows: even all his hair shall be shaven, and shall wash his clothes, and shall wash his flesh in water: so he shall be clean.

10 Then in the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without [f]blemish, and an ewe lamb of a year old without blemish, and three-tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, [g]and a pint of oil.

11 And the Priest that maketh him clean shall bring the man which is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

12 Then the Priest shall take one lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the pint of oil, and (B)shake them to and fro before the Lord.

13 And he shall kill the lamb in the place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slain, even in the holy place: for as the (C)sin offering is the Priest’s, so is the trespass offering: for it is most holy.

14 So the Priest shall take of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the lap of the right ear of him that shall be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

15 The Priest shall also take of the pint of oil, and pour it into the palm of his left hand,

16 And the Priest shall dip his [h]right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.

17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand, shall the Priest put upon the lap of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, [i]where the blood of the trespass offering was put.

18 But the remnant of the oil that is in the Priest’s hand, he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

19 And the Priest shall offer the burnt offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed of his uncleanness: then after shall he kill the burnt offering.

20 So the Priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the Altar: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him: so he shall be clean.

21 But if he be poor, and not [j]able, then he shall bring one lamb for a trespass offering to be shaken, for his reconciliation, and a [k]tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering, with a pint of oil.

22 Also two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, as he is able, whereof the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering,

23 And he shall bring them the eighth day for his cleansing unto the Priest at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the Lord.

24 Then the Priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the pint of oil, and the Priest shall [l]shake them to and fro before the Lord.

25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the Priest shall take of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the lap of his right ear that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

26 Also the Priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own [m]left hand.

27 So the Priest shall with his right finger sprinkle of the oil that is in his left hand, seven times before the Lord.

28 Then the Priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand, upon the lap of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: upon the place [n]of the blood of the trespass offering.

29 But the rest 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 an atonement for him before the Lord.

30 Also he shall present one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, [o]as he is able.

31 Such, I say, as he is able, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, [p]with the meat offering: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord.

32 This is the [q]Law of him which hath the plague of leprosy, who is not able in his cleansing to offer the whole.

33 ¶ The Lord also spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

34 When ye be come unto the land of Canaan which I give you in possession, if I [r]send the plague of leprosy in an house of the land of your possession,

35 Then he that [owneth] the house shall come and tell the Priest, saying, Me think there is like a plague of leprosy in the house.

36 Then the Priest shall command them to 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 then shall the Priest go in to see the house.

37 And he shall mark the plague: and if the plague be in the walls of the house, and that there be [s]deep spots, greenish or reddish, which seem to be lower than the wall.

38 Then the Priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shall cause to shut up the house seven days.

39 So the Priest shall come again the seventh day: and if he see that the plague be increased in the walls of the house,

40 Then the Priest shall command them to take away the stones wherein the plague is, and they shall cast them into a [t]foul place without the city.

41 Also he shall cause to scrape the house within round about, and pour the dust, that they have pared off, without the city in [u]an unclean place.

42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the places of those stones, and shall take other mortar, to plaster the house with.

43 But if the plague come again and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after that he hath scraped and plastered the house,

44 Then the Priest shall come and see: and if the plague grow in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is therefore unclean.

45 And he shall [v]break down the house, with the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the [w]mortar of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city unto an unclean place.

46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up, he shall be unclean until the even.

47 He also that sleepeth in the house shall wash his clothes: he likewise that eateth in the house, shall wash his clothes.

48 But if the Priest shall come and see, that the plague hath spread no further in the house, after the house be plastered, the Priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the plague is healed.

49 Then shall he take to purify the house, two sparrows, and cedarwood, and [x]scarlet lace, and hyssop.

50 And he shall kill one sparrow over pure water in an earthen vessel,

51 And shall take the cedarwood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet lace with the live Sparrow, and dip them in the blood of the slain Sparrow, and in the pure water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

52 So shall he cleanse the house with the blood of the sparrow, and with the pure water, and with the live sparrow, and with the cedarwood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet lace.

53 Afterward he shall let go the live sparrow out of the [y]town into the [z]broad fields: so shall he make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 This is the law for every plague of leprosy and (D)black spot,

55 And of the leprosy of the garment, and of the house,

56 And of the [aa]swelling, and of the scab, and of the white spot.

57 This is the law of the leprosy, to teach [ab]when a thing is unclean, and when it is clean.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:2 Or, the ceremony which shall be used in his purgation.
  2. Leviticus 14:4 Or, little birds.
  3. Leviticus 14:4 Of birds which were permitted to be eaten.
  4. Leviticus 14:5 Running water, or of the fountains.
  5. Leviticus 14:7 Signifying, that he that was made clean, was set at liberty, and restored to the company of others.
  6. Leviticus 14:10 Which hath no imperfection in any member.
  7. Leviticus 14:10 This measure in Hebrew, is called Log, and contained six eggs in measure.
  8. Leviticus 14:16 Hebrew, the finger of his right hand.
  9. Leviticus 14:17 Hebrew, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
  10. Leviticus 14:21 Hebrew, his hand cannot take it.
  11. Leviticus 14:21 Which is an Omer, read Exod. 16:16.
  12. Leviticus 14:24 Or, shall offer them as the offering that is shaken to and fro.
  13. Leviticus 14:26 Hebrew, into the palm of the Priest’s left hand.
  14. Leviticus 14:28 Or, where the blood of the trespass offering was put, as verse 17.
  15. Leviticus 14:30 Whether of them he can get.
  16. Leviticus 14:31 Or, besides the meat offering.
  17. Leviticus 14:32 This order is appointed for the poor man.
  18. Leviticus 14:34 This declareth that no plague nor punishment cometh to man without God’s providence and his sending.
  19. Leviticus 14:37 Or, blackness, or hollow streaks.
  20. Leviticus 14:40 Or, polluted.
  21. Leviticus 14:41 Where carrions were cast, and other filth, that the people might not be therewith infected.
  22. Leviticus 14:45 That is, he shall command it to be pulled down, as verse 40.
  23. Leviticus 14:45 Or, dust.
  24. Leviticus 14:49 It seemeth that this was a lace or string to bind the hyssop to the wood, and so was made a sprinkle: the Apostle to the Hebrews calleth it scarlet wool, Heb. 9:19.
  25. Leviticus 14:53 Hebrew, city.
  26. Leviticus 14:53 Hebrew, on the face of the field.
  27. Leviticus 14:56 Or, rising.
  28. Leviticus 14:57 Hebrew, in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean.
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Cleansing From Defiling Skin Diseases

14 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:(A) 3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.(B) If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[a](C) 4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop(D) be brought for the person to be cleansed.(E) 5 Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.(F) 6 He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.(G) 7 Seven times(H) he shall sprinkle(I) the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.(J)

8 “The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes,(K) shave off all their hair and bathe with water;(L) then they will be ceremonially clean.(M) After this they may come into the camp,(N) but they must stay outside their tent for seven days. 9 On the seventh day(O) they must shave off all their hair;(P) they must shave their head, their beard, their eyebrows and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe themselves with water, and they will be clean.(Q)

10 “On the eighth day(R) they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb(S) a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah[b](T) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering,(U) and one log[c] of oil.(V) 11 The priest who pronounces them clean shall present(W) both the one to be cleansed and their offerings before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(X)

12 “Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering,(Y) along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(Z) 13 He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area(AA) where the sin offering[d] and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;(AB) it is most holy. 14 The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.(AC) 15 The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,(AD) 16 dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the Lord seven times.(AE) 17 The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.(AF) 18 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed(AG) and make atonement for them before the Lord.

19 “Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from their uncleanness.(AH) After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering 20 and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for them,(AI) and they will be clean.(AJ)

21 “If, however, they are poor(AK) and cannot afford these,(AL) they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah[e] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two doves or two young pigeons,(AM) such as they can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.(AN)

23 “On the eighth day they must bring them for their cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting,(AO) before the Lord.(AP) 24 The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering,(AQ) together with the log of oil,(AR) and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(AS) 25 He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.(AT) 26 The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,(AU) 27 and with his right forefinger sprinkle some of the oil from his palm seven times before the Lord. 28 Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering—on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. 29 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for them before the Lord.(AV) 30 Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, such as the person can afford,(AW) 31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,(AX) together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.(AY)”

32 These are the regulations for anyone who has a defiling skin disease(AZ) and who cannot afford the regular offerings(BA) for their cleansing.

Cleansing From Defiling Molds

33 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan,(BB) which I am giving you as your possession,(BC) and I put a spreading mold in a house in that land, 35 the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like a defiling mold in my house.’ 36 The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mold, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house. 37 He is to examine the mold on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish(BD) depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall, 38 the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.(BE) 39 On the seventh day(BF) the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mold has spread on the walls, 40 he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town.(BG) 41 He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town. 42 Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.

43 “If the defiling mold reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered, 44 the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; the house is unclean.(BH) 45 It must be torn down—its stones, timbers and all the plaster—and taken out of the town to an unclean place.

46 “Anyone who goes into the house while it is closed up will be unclean till evening.(BI) 47 Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.(BJ)

48 “But if the priest comes to examine it and the mold has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean,(BK) because the defiling mold is gone. 49 To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.(BL) 50 He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.(BM) 51 Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop,(BN) the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.(BO) 52 He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn. 53 Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields(BP) outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.(BQ)”

54 These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease,(BR) for a sore, 55 for defiling molds(BS) in fabric or in a house, 56 and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot,(BT) 57 to determine when something is clean or unclean.

These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.(BU)

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:3 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 7, 32, 54 and 57.
  2. Leviticus 14:10 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms
  3. Leviticus 14:10 That is, about 1/3 quart or about 0.3 liter; also in verses 12, 15, 21 and 24
  4. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering; also in verses 19, 22 and 31
  5. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
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