Leviticus, 14

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

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 for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to 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 out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. Then, if the leprous disease is 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. the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet stuff 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 them to kill one of the birds 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. He shall take the living bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet stuff and the hyssop, and 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 it seven times upon him who is to be cleansed of leprosy; then he shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go 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 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; and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside 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. And on the seventh day he shall shave all his hair off his head; he shall shave off his beard and his eyebrows, all his hair. Then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body 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 male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed 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 who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.

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 of the male lambs, and offer it for a guilt offering, along with 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 kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place; for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; 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. The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt 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 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. Then 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 dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some 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 some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put 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 great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt 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 rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make 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. The priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for him who 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 cereal offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make 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. "But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal 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. also two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he can afford; 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 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 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 guilt 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 guilt offering; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt 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 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 some 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 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 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 the great toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put;

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 on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make 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, of the turtledoves or young pigeons such as he can afford,

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. one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a cereal offering; and the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for him who is being cleansed.

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

32. This is the law for him in whom is a leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing."

33. Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and said:

33. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

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 you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a leprous disease in a house in 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. then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, `There seems to me to be some sort of disease in my 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 goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared 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 examine the disease; and if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,

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 on the seventh day, and look; and if the disease has 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 out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside 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 inside of the house to be scraped round about, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour into an unclean place outside the city;

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

42. then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.

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

43. "If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,

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 go and look; and if the disease has spread in the house, it is a malignant 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, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.

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

46. Moreover he who enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening;

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

47. and he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats 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. "But if the priest comes and makes an examination, and the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease 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 for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop,

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

50. and shall kill 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 shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet stuff, along with the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed 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. Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet stuff;

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. and he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field; so he shall make 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 any leprous disease: for an itch,

55. diseases of clothing and houses,

55. for leprosy in a garment or in a house,

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

56. and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot,

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

57. to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprosy.