Liber Leviticus, 14

1. locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2. hic est ritus leprosi quando mundandus est adducetur ad sacerdotem

2. This is the rite of a leper, when he is to be cleansed: he shall be brought to the priest:

3. qui egressus e castris cum invenerit lepram esse mundatam

3. Who going out of the camp when he shall And that the leprosy is cleansed,

4. præcipiet ei qui purificatur ut offerat pro se duos passeres vivos quos vesci licitum est et lignum cedrinum vermiculumque et hysopum

4. Shall command him that is to be purified, to offer for himself two living sparrows, which it is lawful to eat, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

5. et unum e passeribus immolari jubebit in vase fictili super aquas viventes

5. And he shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters:

6. alium autem vivum cum ligno cedrino et cocco et hysopo tinguet in sanguine passeris immolati

6. But the other that is alive he shall dip, with the cedar wood, and the scarlet and the hyssop, in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated:

7. quo asperget illum qui mundandus est septies ut jure purgetur et dimittet passerem vivum ut in agrum avolet

7. Wherewith he shall sprinkle him that is to be cleansed seven times, that he may be rightly purified: and he shall let go the living sparrow, that it may fly into the field.

8. cumque laverit homo vestimenta sua radet omnes pilos corporis et lavabitur aqua purificatusque ingredietur castra ita dumtaxat ut maneat extra tabernaculum suum septem diebus

8. And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water: and being purified, he shall enter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days:

9. et die septimo radat capillos capitis barbamque et supercilia ac totius corporis pilos et lotis rursum vestibus et corpore

9. And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head, and his beard and his eyebrows, and the hair of all his body. And having washed again his clothes, and his body,

10. die octavo adsumet duos agnos inmaculatos et ovem anniculam absque macula et tres decimas similæ in sacrificium quæ conspersa sit oleo et seorsum olei sextarium

10. On the eighth day he shall take two lambs without blemish, and an ewe of a year old without blemish, and three tenths of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil apart.

11. cumque sacerdos purificans hominem statuerit eum et hæc omnia coram Domino in ostio tabernaculi testimonii

11. And when the priest that purifieth the man, hath presented him, and all these things before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony,

12. tollet agnum et offeret eum pro delicto oleique sextarium et oblatis ante Dominum omnibus

12. He shall take a. lamb, and offer it for a trespass offering with the sextary of oil: and having offered all before the Lord,

13. immolabit agnum ubi immolari solet hostia pro peccato et holocaustum id est in loco sancto sicut enim pro peccato ita et pro delicto ad sacerdotem pertinet hostia sancta sanctorum est

13. He shall immolate the lamb, where the victim for sin is wont to be immolated, and the holocaust, that is, in the holy place: for as that which is for sin, so also the victim for a trespass offering pertaineth to the priest: it is holy of holies.

14. adsumensque sacerdos de sanguine hostiæ quæ immolata est pro delicto ponet super extremum auriculæ dextræ ejus qui mundatur et super pollices manus dextræ et pedis

14. And the priest taking of the blood of the victim that was immolated for trespass, shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot:

15. et de olei sextario mittet in manum suam sinistram

15. And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left. hand,

16. tinguetque digitum dextrum in eo et asperget septies contra Dominum

16. And shall dip his right finger in it, and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times.

17. quod autem reliquum est olei in leva manu fundet super extremum auriculæ dextræ ejus qui mundatur et super pollices manus ac pedis dextri et super sanguinem qui fusus est pro delicto

17. And the rest of the oil in his left band, he shall pour upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot, and upon the blood that was shed for trespass,

18. et super caput ejus

18. And upon his head.

19. rogabitque pro eo coram Domino et faciet sacrificium pro peccato tunc immolabit holocaustum

19. And he shall pray for him before the Lord, and shall offer the sacrifice for sin: then shall he immolate the holocaust,

20. et ponet illud in altari cum libamentis suis et homo rite mundabitur

20. And put it on the altar with the libations thereof, and the man shall be rightly cleansed.

21. quod si pauper est et non potest manus ejus invenire quæ dicta sunt adsumet agnum pro delicto ad oblationem ut roget pro eo sacerdos decimamque partem similæ conspersæ oleo in sacrificium et olei sextarium

21. But if he be poor, and his hand cannot find the things aforesaid: he shall take a lamb for an offering for trespass, that the priest may pray for him, and a tenth part of hour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil,

22. duosque turtures sive duos pullos columbæ quorum sit unus pro peccato et alter in holocaustum

22. And two turtles or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other for a holocaust:

23. offeretque ea die octavo purificationis suæ sacerdoti ad ostium tabernaculi testimonii coram Domino

23. And he shall offer them on the eighth day of his purification to the priest, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord.

24. qui suscipiens agnum pro delicto et sextarium olei levabit simul

24. And the priest receiving the lamb for trespass, and the sextary of oil, shall elevate them together.

25. immolatoque agno de sanguine ejus ponet super extremum auriculæ dextræ illius qui mundatur et super pollices manus ejus ac pedis dextri

25. And the lamb being immolated, he shall put of the blood thereof upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot:

26. olei vero partem mittet in manum suam sinistram

26. But he shall pour part of the oil into his own left hand,

27. in quo tinguens digitum dextræ manus asperget septies contra Dominum

27. And dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord:

28. tangetque extremum dextræ auriculæ illius qui mundatur et pollices manus ac pedis dextri in loco sanguinis qui effusus est pro delicto

28. And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot, in the place of the blood that was shed for trespass.

29. reliquam autem partem olei quæ est in sinistra manu mittet super caput purificati ut placet pro eo Dominum

29. And the other part of the oil that is in his left hand, he shall pour upon the head of the purified person, that he may appease the Lord for him.

30. et turturem sive pullum columbæ offeret

30. And he shall offer a turtle, or young pigeon,

31. unum pro delicto et alterum in holocaustum cum libamentis suis

31. One for trespass, and the other for a holocaust, with their libations.

32. hoc est sacrificium leprosi qui habere non potest omnia in emundationem sui

32. This is the sacrifice of a leper, that is not able to have all things that appertain to his cleansing.

33. locutus est Dominus ad Mosen et Aaron dicens

33. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

34. cum ingressi fueritis terram Chanaan quam ego dabo vobis in possessionem si fuerit plaga lepræ in ædibus

34. When you shall be come into the land of Chanaan, which I will give you for a possession, if there be the plague of leprosy in a house,

35. ibit cujus est domus nuntians sacerdoti et dicet quasi plaga lepræ videtur mihi esse in domo mea

35. He whose house it is, shall go and tell the priest, saying: It seemeth to me, that there is the plague of leprosy in my house,

36. at ille præcipiet ut efferant universa de domo priusquam ingrediatur eam et videat utrum lepra sit ne inmunda fiant omnia quæ in domo sunt intrabitque postea ut consideret domus lepram

36. And he shall command, that they carry forth all things out of the house, before he go into it, and see whether it have the leprosy, lest all things become unclean that are in the house. And after- wards he shall go in to view the leprosy of the house.

37. et cum viderit in parietibus illius quasi valliculas pallore sive rubore deformes et humiliores superficie reliqua

37. And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all the rest,

38. egredietur ostium domus et statim claudet eam septem diebus

38. He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up seven days,

39. reversusque die septimo considerabit eam si invenerit crevisse lepram

39. And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread,

40. jubebit erui lapides in quibus lepra est et proici eos extra civitatem in loco inmundo

40. He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place:

41. domum autem ipsam radi intrinsecus per circuitum et spargi pulverem rasuræ extra urbem in loco inmundo

41. And that the house be scraped on the inside round about, and the dust of the scraping be scattered without the city into an unclean place:

42. lapidesque alios reponi pro his qui ablati fuerint et luto alio liniri domum

42. And that other stones be laid in the place of them that were taken away, and the house be plastered with other mortar.

43. sin autem postquam eruti sunt lapides et pulvis elatus et alia terra lita

43. But if, after the stones be taken out, and the dust scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth,

44. ingressus sacerdos viderit reversam lepram et parietes aspersos maculis lepra est perseverans et inmunda domus

44. The priest going in perceive that the leprosy is returned, and the walls full of spots, it is a lasting leprosy, and the house is unclean:

45. quam statim destruent et lapides ejus ac ligna atque universum pulverem proicient extra oppidum in loco inmundo

45. And they shall destroy it forthwith, and shall cast the stones and timber thereof, and all the dust without the town into an unclean place.

46. qui intraverit domum quando clausa est inmundus erit usque ad vesperum

46. He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be unclean until evening,

47. et qui dormierit in ea et comederit quippiam lavabit vestimenta sua

47. And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his clothes.

48. quod si introjens sacerdos viderit lepram non crevisse in domo postquam denuo lita est purificabit eam reddita sanitate

48. But if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is not spread in the house, after it was plastered again, he shall purify it, it being cured,

49. et in purificationem ejus sumet duos passeres lignumque cedrinum et vermiculum atque hysopum

49. And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

50. et immolato uno passere in vase fictili super aquas vivas

50. And having immolated one sparrow In an earthen vessel over living waters,

51. tollet lignum cedrinum et hysopum et coccum et passerem vivum et intinguet omnia in sanguine passeris immolati atque in aquis viventibus et asperget domum septies

51. He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living sparrow, and shall dip all in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated, and in the living water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times:

52. purificabitque eam tam in sanguine passeris quam in aquis viventibus et in passere vivo lignoque cedrino et hysopo atque vermiculo

52. And shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow, as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and with the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet.

53. cumque dimiserit passerem avolare in agrum libere orabit pro domo et jure mundabitur

53. And when he hath let go the sparrow to fly freely away into the field, he shall pray for the house, and it shall be rightly cleansed.

54. ista est lex omnis lepræ et percussuræ

54. This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke.

55. lepræ vestium et domorum

55. Of the leprosy of garments and houses,

56. cicatricis et erumpentium papularum lucentis maculæ et in varias species coloribus inmutatis

56. Of a scar and of blisters breaking out, of a shining spot, and when the colours are diversely changed:

57. ut possit sciri quo tempore mundum quid vel inmundum sit

57. That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean.