Leviticus, 14

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2. 'This is the law to be applied on the day of the purification of someone who has suffered from a contagious skin-disease. Such a person will be taken to the priest,

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 will go outside the camp. If he finds on examination that the person has recovered from the disease,

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. he will order the following to be brought for his purification: two live birds that are clean, some cedar wood, scarlet material and hyssop.

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. He will then order one of the birds to be slaughtered in an earthenware pot over running water.

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

6. He will then take the live bird, the cedar wood, the scarlet material and the hyssop and dip all this (including the live bird) into the blood of the bird slaughtered 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. He will then sprinkle the person to be purified of the skin-disease seven times, and having declared the person clean, will set the live bird free to fly off into the countryside.

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. The person who is being purified will then wash all clothing, shave off all hair, and wash, and will then be clean. After this he will return to the camp, although he will remain outside his tent for seven days.

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. On the seventh day he will shave off all his hair-head, beard and eyebrows; he will shave off all his hair. After washing his clothing and his body he will be clean.

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. 'On the eighth day he will take two unblemished lambs, an unblemished ewe one year old, three-tenths of wheaten flour mixed with oil for the cereal offering, and one log of oil.

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. The priest who is performing the purification will place the person who is being purified, with all his offerings, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.

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. He will then take one of the lambs and offer it as a sacrifice of reparation, as also the log of oil. With these he will make the gesture of offering before Yahweh.

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. He will then slaughter the lamb on that spot inside the holy place where the victims for the sacrifice for sin and for the burnt offering are slaughtered. This reparatory offering, like the sacrifice for sin, will revert to the priest: it is especially holy.

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. The priest will then take some blood of this sacrifice and put it on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person who is being purified.

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. He will then take the log of oil and pour a little into the hollow of his left hand.

15. And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil, and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand:

16. He will dip a finger of his right hand into the oil in the hollow of his left hand, and sprinkle the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.

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. He will then take some of the oil left in the hollow of his hand and put it on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified, in addition to the blood of the sacrifice of reparation.

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. The rest of the oil in the hollow of his hand he will put on the head of the person who is being purified. This is how the priest will perform the rite of expiation for such a person before Yahweh.

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. 'The priest will then offer the sacrifice for sin, and perform the rite of expiation for uncleanness for the person who is being purified. After this, he will slaughter the burnt offering

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 offer this and the cereal offering on the altar. So, when the priest has performed the rite of expiation for him the person will be clean.

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. 'If he is poor and cannot afford all this, he need take only one lamb, the one for the sacrifice of reparation, and this will be presented with the gesture of offering to perform the rite of expiation for him. And for the cereal offering he will only take one-tenth of wheaten flour mixed with oil, and the log of oil,

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, whichever he can afford, one for a sacrifice for sin and the other for the burnt offering.

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. He will bring these on the eighth day to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh, for his purification.

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. The priest will take the lamb for the sacrifice of reparation and the log of oil, and present them before Yahweh with the gesture of offering.

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. He will then slaughter the lamb for the sacrifice of reparation, take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand and the big toe of the right foot of the person who is being purified.

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. He will pour the oil into the hollow of his left hand,

26. And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:

27. and with his finger sprinkle the oil in the hollow of his left hand seven times before Yahweh.

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. He will then put some of the oil on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand and the big toe of the right foot of the person who is being purified, as he did with the blood of the sacrifice of reparation.

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. The remainder of the oil in the hollow of his hand he will put on the head of the person who is being purified, thus performing the rite of expiation for him before Yahweh.

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. Of the two turtledoves or two young pigeons -- whatever he has been able to afford -- he will offer

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

31. a sacrifice for sin with one, and with the other a burnt offering with a cereal offering -- whatever he has been able to afford. This is how the priest will perform before Yahweh the rite of expiation for the person who is being purified.

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. 'Such is the law concerning someone with a contagious skin-disease who cannot afford the means of purification.'

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. Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and said:

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

34. 'When you reach Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, if I infect a house with a disease in the country which you are to possess,

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. the owner will come and inform the priest and say, "I have seen something like a skin-disease in the house."

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. The priest will order the house to be emptied before he goes to examine the infection, or everything in the house will become unclean; after which, the priest will go inside and examine 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 if on examination he finds the walls of the house pitted with reddish or greenish depressions which appear to be eating away the wall,

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. the priest will then go out of the house, to the door, and shut it up for seven days.

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

39. On the seventh day, the priest will come back and if on examination he finds that the infection has spread over the walls of the house,

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. he will order the infected stones to be removed and thrown into some unclean place outside the town.

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. He will then have all the inside of the house scraped, and the plaster that comes off will be emptied in an unclean place outside the town.

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. The stones will then be replaced with new ones and the house given a new coat of plaster.

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. 'If the infection spreads again after the stones have been removed and the house scraped and replastered,

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. the priest will come and examine it. If he finds that the infection has spread, this means that there is a contagious disease in the house: it is unclean.

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. It must be pulled down and the stones, woodwork and all the plaster be taken to an unclean place outside the town.

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. 'Anyone who enters the house while it is closed will be unclean until evening.

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

47. Anyone who sleeps there will wash his clothes. Anyone who eats there will wash his clothes.

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

48. But if the priest finds, when he comes to examine the infection, that it has not spread in the house since it was plastered, he will declare the house clean, for the infection is cured.

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. 'As a sacrifice for the defilement of the house, he will take two birds, some cedar wood, scarlet material and hyssop.

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

50. He will slaughter one of the birds in an earthenware pot over running water.

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

51. He will then take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet material and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the running water and sprinkle the house seven times;

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 after offering the sacrifice for the defilement of the house with the blood of the bird, the running water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet material,

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. he will set the live bird free to fly out of the town into the countryside. Once the rite of expiation has been performed for the house in this way it will be clean.

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. 'Such is the law governing all kinds of skin-disease and tinea,

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

55. diseases of clothing and houses,

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

56. swellings, scabs and spots. It defines the occasions when things are unclean and when clean.

56. And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

57. Such is the law on skin-diseases.'

57. To teach when [it is] unclean, and when [it is] clean: this [is] the law of leprosy.