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1The LORD spoke to Moses:

1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2"This is the law concerning the person afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing. He is to be brought to the priest,

2“This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,

3who will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,

3and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person,

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

4the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop.

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

5And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water.

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

6He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.

7He will then sprinkle the blood seven times on the one who is to be cleansed from the skin disease. He is to pronounce him clean and release the live bird over the open countryside.

7And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

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

8And 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 may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days.

9He is to shave off all his hair again on the seventh day: his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; he is clean.

9And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair from his head, his beard, and his eyebrows. He shall shave off all his hair, and then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean.

10"On the eighth day he must take two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished year-old ewe lamb, a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one-third of a quart of olive 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 grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

11The priest who performs the cleansing will place the person who is to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

11And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

12The priest is to take one male lamb and present it as a guilt offering, along with the one-third quart of olive oil, and he will present them as a presentation offering before the LORD.

12And 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.

13He is to slaughter the male lamb at the place in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered, for like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is especially holy.

13And he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

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

14The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

15Then the priest will take some of the one-third quart of olive oil and pour it into his left palm.

15Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand

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

16and 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.

17From the oil remaining in his palm the priest will put some on the lobe of the right ear 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.

17And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is 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.

18What is left of the oil in the priest's palm he is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed. In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD.

18And 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.

19The priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he will slaughter the burnt offering.

19The 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.

20The priest is to offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. The priest will make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

20And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

21"But if he is poor and cannot afford these, he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be presented in order to make atonement for him, along with two quarts of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, one-third of a quart of olive 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 grain offering, and a log of oil;

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

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

23On the eighth day he is to bring these things for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the LORD.

23And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the LORD.

24The priest will take the male lamb for the guilt offering and the one-third quart of olive oil, and present them as a presentation offering before the LORD.

24And 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.

25After he slaughters the male 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.

25And 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 lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

26Then the priest will pour some of the oil into his left palm.

26And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,

27With his right finger the priest will sprinkle some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

27and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD.

28The priest will 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 place as the blood of the guilt offering.

28And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put.

29What is left of the oil in the priest's palm he is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed to make atonement for him before the LORD.

29And 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.

30He is to then sacrifice one type of what he can afford, either the turtledoves or young pigeons,

30And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons, whichever he can afford,

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

31one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for him who is being cleansed.

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

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

33The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

33The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

34"When you enter the land of Canaan that I am giving you as a possession, and I place a mildew contamination in a house in the land you possess,

34“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession,

35the owner of the house is to come and tell the priest: Something like mildew contamination has appeared in my house.

35then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘There seems to me to be some case of disease in my house.’

36The priest must order them to clear the house before he enters to examine the contamination, so that nothing in the house becomes unclean. Afterward the priest will come to examine the house.

36Then 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.

37He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,

37And 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,

38the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days.

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

39The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house,

39And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

40the priest must order that the stones with the contamination be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

40then 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.

41He is to have the inside of the house completely scraped, and have the plaster that is scraped off dumped in an unclean place outside the city.

41And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city.

42Then they are to take different stones to replace the former ones and take additional plaster to replaster the house.

42Then 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 contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been 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,

44the priest is to come and examine it. If the contamination has spread in the house, it is harmful mildew; the house is unclean.

44then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean.

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

45And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place.

46Whoever enters the house during any of the days the priest quarantines it will be unclean until evening.

46Moreover, whoever enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening,

47Whoever lies down in the house is to wash his clothes, and whoever eats in it is to wash his clothes.

47and whoever sleeps in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48"But when the priest comes and examines it, if the contamination has not spread in the house after it was replastered, he is to pronounce the house clean because the contamination has disappeared.

48“But if the priest comes and looks, and if 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.

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

49And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop,

50and he is to slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot containing fresh water.

50and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water

51He will 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.

51and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water and sprinkle the house seven times.

52He will purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

52Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn.

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

53And he shall let the live bird go out of the city into the open country. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.”

54"This is the law for any skin disease or mildew, for a scaly outbreak,

54This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch,

55for mildew in clothing or on a house,

55for leprous disease in a garment or in a house,

56and for a swelling, scab, or spot,

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

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

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

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