Christian Standard Bible

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1The LORD spoke to Moses:

1And the LORD said to Moses,

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“The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,

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

3who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,

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.

4he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

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

5The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with 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 will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered 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.

7The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.

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.

8“The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for 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.

9On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially 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“On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup of olive 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.

11Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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.

12The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special 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.

13He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.

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 will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to 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.

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

15“Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil 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.

16He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it 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.

17The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is 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.

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.

18The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person 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.

19“Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter 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 offer it on the altar along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person who was healed, and the person will be ceremonially 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 anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil.

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

22The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for 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.

23On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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.

24The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to 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.

25Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to 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.

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

26“The priest will also pour some of the olive 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.

27He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it 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.

28The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is 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.

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.

29The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.

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

30“Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person 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 of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.

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

32These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.” Treatment of Contaminated Houses

33The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

33Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

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 arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.

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

35The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.’

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.

36Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.

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,

37Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface,

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

38the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for 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,

39On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,

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

40the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean.

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.

41Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.

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

42Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered.

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“But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,

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

44the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled.

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

45It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.

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

46Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening,

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

47and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.

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 returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone.

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

49To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

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

50He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with 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.

51He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will 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.

52When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,

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.

53he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.

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

54“These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, including scabby sores;

55for mildew in clothing or on a house,

55and mildew, whether on clothing or in a house;

56and for a swelling, scab, or spot,

56and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin.

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

57This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean. “These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

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