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Law of Cleansing a Person with Leprosy

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the person with leprosy on the day of his cleansing. aNow he shall be brought to the priest; and the priest shall go aout to a place outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the 1leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy, then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds, acedar wood, a 1scarlet string, and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. The priest shall also give orders to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over 1running water. As for the live bird, he shall take it together with athe cedar wood, the 1scarlet string, and the bhyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the 2running water. aHe shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field. aThe one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water and bbe clean. And afterward he may enter the camp, but he cshall stay outside his tent for seven days. Then it shall be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his 1body in water and abe clean.

10 “Now on the eighth day he is to take two male lambs without defect, and a yearling ewe lamb without defect, and three-tenths of an 1ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one 2alog of oil; 11 and the priest who is going to pronounce him clean shall present the person to be cleansed and 1the offerings before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 12 Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it as a aguilt offering, with the 1blog of oil, and present them as a cwave offering before the LORD. 13 Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in athe place where they slaughter the 1sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, blike the 2sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14 The priest shall then take some of the blood of the aguilt offering, and the priest shall put it on bthe lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 The priest shall also take some of the 1alog of oil, and pour it into his left palm; 16 the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD. 17 Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall aput some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering; 18 as for the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put it on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make aatonement on his behalf before the LORD. 19 The priest shall next offer the 1asin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering. 20 The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and ahe will be clean.

21 aBut if he is poor and his 1means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a bguilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an 2ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a 3clog of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young doves, which 1are within his means. aThe one shall be a 2bsin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23 aThen on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the LORD. 24 The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and athe 1log of oil, and the priest shall offer them as a wave offering before the LORD. 25 Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on athe lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 26 The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm; 27 and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD. 28 The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one 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 guilt offering. 29 Moreover, the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the LORD. 30 He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young doves, 1which are within his means. 31 He shall offer what 1he can afford, athe one as a 2sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed. 32 This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose 1means are limited for his cleansing.”

Cleansing a Leprous House

33 The LORD further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

34 aWhen you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a spot of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession, 35 then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Something like aa spot of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.’ 36 The priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the spot, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house. 37 So he shall look at the spot, and if the spot on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the 1surface, 38 the priest shall come out of the house, to the 1doorway, and 2quarantine the house for seven days. 39 Then the priest shall return on the seventh day and 1make an inspection. If the spot has indeed spread on the walls of the house, 40 the priest shall order them to pull out the stones with the spot on them and throw them away 1at an unclean place outside the city. 41 And he shall have the house scraped all around 1inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city. 42 Then they shall take other stones and replace the discarded stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

43 If, however, the spot breaks out again in the house after he has pulled out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered, 44 then the priest shall come in and 1make an inspection. If he sees that the spot has indeed spread in the house, it is aa malignant spot in the house; it is unclean. 45 The owner shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an aunclean place. 46 Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has 1quarantined it, becomes aunclean until evening. 47 Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and 1makes an inspection and the spot has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the spot has 2not reappeared. 49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take atwo birds, cedar wood, a 1scarlet string, and hyssop, 50 and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over 1running water. 51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the ahyssop, and the 1scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the 2running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the 1running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the 2scarlet string. 53 However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”

54 This is the law for any spot of leprosy—even for a ascale, 55 and for the aleprous garment or house, 56 and afor a swelling, for a scab, and for a bright spot 57 to teach 1when they are unclean and 2when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

Law of Cleansing a Leper

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. aNow he shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall go aout to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the 1infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper, then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and acedar wood and a 1scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. The priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over 1running water. As for the live bird, he shall take it together with athe cedar wood and the 1scarlet string and the bhyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the 2running water. aHe shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field. aThe one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and bbe clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he cshall stay outside his tent for seven days. It will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his 1body in water and abe clean.

10 “Now on the eighth day he is to take two male lambs without defect, and a yearling ewe lamb without defect, and three-tenths of an 1ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one 2alog of oil; 11 and the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man to be cleansed and the 1aforesaid before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 12 Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it for a aguilt offering, with the 1blog of oil, and present them as a cwave offering before the LORD. 13 Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in athe place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, blike the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14 The priest shall then take some of the blood of the aguilt offering, and the priest shall put it on bthe lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 The priest shall also take some of the 1alog of oil, and pour it into his left palm; 16 the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD. 17 Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering; 18 while the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make aatonement on his behalf before the LORD. 19 The priest shall next offer the asin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering. 20 The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and ahe will be clean.

21 aBut if he is poor and his 1means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a bguilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an 2ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a 3clog of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which 1are within his means, athe one shall be a bsin offering and the other a burnt offering. 23 aThen the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the LORD. 24 The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and athe 1log of oil, and the priest shall offer them for a wave offering before the LORD. 25 Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on athe lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 26 The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm; 27 and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD. 28 The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one 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 guilt offering. 29 Moreover, the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the LORD. 30 He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, 1which are within his means. 31 He shall offer what 1he can afford, athe one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed. 32 This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose 1means are limited for his cleansing.”

Cleansing a Leprous House

33 The LORD further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

34 aWhen you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession, 35 then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Something like aa mark of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.’ 36 The priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the mark, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house. 37 So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the 1surface, 38 then the priest shall come out of the house, to the 1doorway, and 2quarantine the house for seven days. 39 The priest shall return on the seventh day and 1make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house, 40 then the priest shall order them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away 1at an unclean place outside the city. 41 He shall have the house scraped all around 1inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city. 42 Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

43 If, however, the mark breaks out again in the house after he has torn out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered, 44 then the priest shall come in and 1make an inspection. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is aa malignant mark in the house; it is unclean. 45 He shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, and its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an aunclean place. 46 Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has 1quarantined it, becomes aunclean until evening. 47 Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and 1makes an inspection and the mark has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the mark has 2not reappeared. 49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take atwo birds and cedar wood and a 1scarlet string and hyssop, 50 and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over 1running water. 51 Then he shall take the cedar wood and the ahyssop and the 1scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as in the 2running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the 1running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the 2scarlet string. 53 However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”

54 This is the law for any mark of leprosy—even for a ascale, 55 and for the aleprous garment or house, 56 and afor a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot 57 to teach 1when they are unclean and 2when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

Law of Cleansing a Leper

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his ceremonial cleansing. aHe shall be brought to the priest at a meeting place outside the camp; the priest shall go aout of the camp to meet him; and the priest shall examine him, and if the leper has been healed of the infection of leprosy, then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and acedar wood and scarlet string and 1hyssop for the one to be cleansed. Heb 9:19-22 Next the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed as a sacrifice in an earthenware container over fresh 1running water. As for the live bird, he shall take it together with athe cedar wood and the scarlet string and the bhyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird sacrificed over the running water. aHe shall sprinkle the blood seven times on the one to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him ceremonially clean. Then he shall let the live bird go free over the open field. Heb 9:13-15 aThe one to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water; and he shall bbe clean. After that he may come into the camp, but he shall cstay outside of his tent for seven days. On the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair on his body. Then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and abe clean.

10 “Now on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering, and one alog (about a pint) of oil; 11 and the priest who cleanses him shall present the man to be cleansed and his offerings before the LORD at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting. 12 Then the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it as a aguilt offering, with the blog of oil, and present them as a cwave offering before the LORD. 13 He shall kill the male lamb in athe place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the sacred place the courtyard of the tabernacle; for the guilt offering, blike the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the aguilt offering and put it on the blobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 The priest shall also take some of the alog of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand; 16 and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD. 17 Of the rest of the oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. 18 The remaining oil that is in the priest’s palm shall be put on the head of the one to be cleansed. The priest shall make aatonement for him before the LORD. 19 Next the priest shall offer the asin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterward kill the burnt offering. 20 The priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and ahe shall be clean.

21 aBut if the cleansed leper is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one lamb as a bguilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a clog of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he can afford, aone shall be a bsin offering, the other a burnt offering. 23 He shall bring them on athe eighth day for his ceremonial cleansing to the priest at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, before the LORD. 24 The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and athe log of oil, and shall present them as a wave offering before the LORD. 25 Next he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on athe lobe of the right ear of the one 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 his left palm, 27 and with his right finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD. 28 The priest shall put some of the oil in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the places where he has put the blood of the guilt offering. 29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm shall be put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD. 30 Then he shall offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means. 31 He shall offer what he can afford, aone as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. The priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed. 32 This is the law for the one in whom there is an infection of leprosy, 1whose means are limited for his ceremonial cleansing.”

Cleansing an Infected House

33 The LORD further spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

34 aWhen you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put 1a mark of leprosy on a house in your land, 35 then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like aa mark of leprosy in my house.’ 36 The priest shall order that they empty the house before he goes in to examine the mark, so that everything in the house will not have to be declared unclean; afterward he shall go in to see the house. 37 He shall examine the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface, 38 the priest shall go out of the house, to the doorway, and 1quarantine the house for seven days. 39 The priest shall return on the seventh day and look; and if the mark has spread on the walls of the house, 40 he shall order them to tear out the contaminated stones and throw them into an unclean place outside the city. 41 He shall have the entire inside area of the house scraped, and the plaster that is scraped off shall be dumped in an unclean place outside the city. 42 Then they shall take new stones and replace the contaminated stones, and he shall take plaster and replaster the house.

43 “If, however, the mark breaks out again in the house after he has removed the stones and has scraped and replastered the house, 44 then the priest shall come and look again, and if the mark has spread in the house, it is aa malignant leprosy in the house; it is ceremonially unclean. 45 He shall tear down the house—its stones and its timber and all the plaster of the house—and shall take everything outside the city to an aunclean place. 46 Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that it is quarantined becomes aunclean until evening. 47 And whoever lies down in the house to rest shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 “But if the priest comes in and inspects it and the mark has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean because the mark has not reappeared. 49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take atwo birds and cedar wood and scarlet string and hyssop; 50 and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware container over running water, 51 and he shall take the cedar wood and the ahyssop and the scarlet string, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string. 53 But he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”

54 This is the law for any mark of leprosy—even for a ascale, 55 and for the aleprous garment or house, 56 and afor a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot on the skin— 57 to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy in regard to both persons and property.

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