Leviticus 14

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.

3 The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,

4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

5 Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

6 And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

7 Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.

8 The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.

9 On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.

10 On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.

11 The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

12 Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

13 Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

14 The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

15 Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,

16 dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

17 And the priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, 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 rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

19 Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering

20 and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

21 If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

23 On the eighth day he is to bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD.

24 The priest shall take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

25 And after he slaughters the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

26 Then the priest is to pour some of the oil into his left palm

27 and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

28 The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot—on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.

29 The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

30 Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,

31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.

32 This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”

33 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

34 “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,

35 the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’

36 The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

37 He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,

38 the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.

39 On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,

40 he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

41 And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.

42 So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.

43 If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,

44 the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.

45 It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.

46 Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.

47 And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

48 If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.

49 He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

50 and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52 And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

53 Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.

54 This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,

55 for mildew in clothing or in a house,

56 and for a swelling, rash, or spot,

57 to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, [if] the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and 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 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

10 ¶ And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

11 And the priest that maketh [him] clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

12 And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD:

13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering [is] the priest's, [so is] the trespass offering: it [is] most holy:

14 And the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put [it] upon the tip 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:

15 And the priest shall take [some] of the log 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 hand, and shall 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 tip 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 blood of the trespass offering:

18 And 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: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.

19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:

20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

21 ¶ And if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

22 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.

24 And 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 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering, and put [it] upon the tip 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:

26 And the priest shall pour 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 And the priest shall put of the oil that [is] in his hand upon the tip 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 of the blood of the trespass offering:

29 And 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 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;

31 [Even] such as he is able to get, the one [for] a sin offering, and the other [for] a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.

32 This [is] the law [of him] in whom [is] the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing.

33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me [there is] as it were a plague in the house:

36 Then the priest shall command that they 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 afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, [if] the plague [be] in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight [are] lower 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 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, [if] the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague [is], and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

42 And they shall take other stones, and put [them] in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.

43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;

44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, [if] the plague be spread in the house, it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house: it [is] unclean.

45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place.

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

47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it], and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and 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 And he shall cleanse 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:

53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

54 ¶ This [is] the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

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

56 And for a rising, 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.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

2 This is the law concerning the leper, when he shall be cleansed. He shall come to the priest,

3 And the priest shall come out of the camp, and see how the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper;

4 And he shall command him that is to be cleansed to take two live fowls that are clean, and cedar wood, and the wool of brass, and hyssop.

5 And he shall command that one bird be slain in an earthen vessel by running water.

6 And he shall take the living bird, and the cedar wood, and the wool of raisin, and the hyssop, and dip it in the blood of the slain bird, by the running water.

7 And sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from leprosy seven times; and so cleanse him, and let the living bird fly into the open field.

8 And he that is 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 go into the camp: but he shall tarry out of his tent seven days.

9 And on the seventh day he shall shave off all the hair of his head, and of his beard, and of his eyebrows, and all his hair shall be shaven off: and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

10 And on the eighth day he shall take two lambs without change, and one ewe lamb of the first year without change, and three tenths of fine flour for a meat offering mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

11 And the priest shall present the same cleansed, and these things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

12 And he shall take one lamb, and offer it for a trespass offering with the log oil, and shall wave it before the LORD;

13 And afterward they shall kill the lamb, when they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, even in the holy place: for as the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering of the priest: for it is the most holy.

14 And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip 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.

15 And afterward he shall take of the oil out of the log, and pour it into his (the priest's) left hand,

16 And he shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

17 And the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall he put upon the cartilage of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon his right thumb, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.

18 And the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall he put upon the head of him that is cleansed, and make an atonement for him before the LORD.

19 And he shall make a sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is clean for his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering.

20 And he shall offer it upon the altar with the meat offering, and make an atonement for him; and he shall be clean.

21 But if he be poor, and have not so much as this in his hand, let him take a lamb for a trespass offering, to make an atonement for him; and a tithe of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering, and a log of oil.

22 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, which he may purchase with his hand: the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering;

23 And on the eighth day of his cleansing bring them unto the priest at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.

24 And the priest shall take the lamb for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and shall wave it all before the LORD;

25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and take of the blood of the same trespass offering, and put it upon the cartilage of his right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot;

26 And pour the oil into his (the priest's) left hand.

27 And with his right finger shall he sprinkle the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD.

28 And the rest of the blood that is in his hand shall he put upon the cartilage of his right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.

29 And the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall he put upon the head of him that is cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD,

30 and afterward out of the one turtledove, or young pigeon, as his hand hath pleased to acquire,

31 One sin offering, and the other a burnt offering with the meat offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for him that is clean before the LORD.

32 Let this be the law for the leper, who cannot acquire with his hand what belongs to his cleansing.

33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

34 And it shall come to pass, when ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I will give you for a possession, that there shall be a plague of leprosy in the house of your possession,

35 And he that is of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying: It looketh upon me as if a plague were upon my house.

36 And the priest shall command them to make an end of the house, before the priest go in to see the plague, lest all that is in the house be unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house.

37 And if he look upon the plague, and find that there be yellow or reddish dimples in the wall of the house, and that the appearance thereof be deeper than the wall,

38 Then he shall go out at the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

39 And when he cometh again the seventh day, and seeth that the plague hath eaten upon the wall of the house,

40 And he shall break out the stones that have the mark therein, and cast them out of the city into an unclean place.

41 And the house shall be scraped round about on the inner side, and the glue that is scraped shall be cast out of the city into an unclean place.

42 And take other stones, and put them in their place, and take other glue, and cast it upon the house.

43 And it shall come to pass, when the plague is come again, and shall break out upon the house, after that the stones are taken out, and the house is cast in another way,

44 Then the priest shall go in. And when he seeth that the plague hath eaten in the house, it is surely a leprosy that eateth in the house, and is unclean.

45 Therefore they shall break down the house, both the stone and the timber, and all the glue that is upon the house, and shall bring it out of the city into an unclean place.

46 And whosoever entereth into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

47 And whosoever lieth within, or eateth within, shall wash his clothes.

48 And if the priest, when he is come in, seeth that the plague hath not spread abroad in the house, after that the house is cast down, then he shall cleanse it: for the plague is healed.

49 And he shall take for a sin offering for the house two birds, and cedar wood, and wool of the color of rose, and hyssop.

50 And kill the one bird in an earthen vessel by running water.

51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the wool of the color of the rose, and the hyssop, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird by the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with hyssop, and with wool of the color of raisins.

53 And he shall let the living bird fly out of the city into the open field, and make an atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 This is the law concerning all manner of leprosy and scabies:

55 About the leprosy of the garments and the houses,

56 About the bumps, gnats and pus white,

57 That it may be known whether a thing is unclean or clean: this is the law of leprosy.