LEVITICUS 13
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an
eruption or a spot, and it turns into a leprous disease on the skin of his
body, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the
priests.
3 The priest shall examine the disease on the skin of his body, and
if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be
deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous disease; after the priest has
examined him he shall pronounce him ceremonially unclean.
4 But if the spot is white in the skin of his body, and appears no
deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall
confine the diseased person for seven days.
5 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if he sees
that the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then
the priest shall confine him seven days more.
6 The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the
disease has abated and the disease has not spread in the skin, the priest shall
pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption; and he shall wash his clothes, and
be clean.
7 But if the eruption spreads in the skin after he has shown himself
to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest.
8 The priest shall make an examination, and if the eruption has
spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous
disease.
9 When a person contracts a leprous disease, he shall be brought to
the priest.
10 The priest shall make an examination, and if there is a white
swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw
flesh in the swelling,
11 it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body. The priest
shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not confine him, for he is unclean.
12 But if the disease breaks out in the skin, so that it covers all
the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can
see,
13 then the priest shall make an examination, and if the disease has
covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; since it has
all turned white, he is clean.
14 But if raw flesh ever appears on him, he shall be unclean;
15 the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean.
Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.
16 But if the raw flesh again turns white, he shall come to the
priest;
17 the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white,
the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean. He is clean.
18 When there is on the skin of one's body a boil that has
healed,
19 and in the place of the boil there appears a white swelling or a
reddish-white spot, it shall be shown to the priest.
20 The priest shall make an examination, and if it appears deeper
than the skin and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him
unclean; this is a leprous disease, broken out in the boil.
21 But if the priest examines it and the hair on it is not white, nor
is it deeper than the skin but has abated, the priest shall confine him seven
days.
22 If it spreads in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean;
it is diseased.
23 But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is
the scar of the boil; the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 Or, when the body has a burn on the skin and the raw flesh of the
burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white,
25 the priest shall examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned
white and it appears deeper than the skin, it is a leprous disease; it has
broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. This is a
leprous disease.
26 But if the priest examines it and the hair in the spot is not
white, and it is no deeper than the skin but has abated, the priest shall
confine him seven days.
27 The priest shall examine him the seventh day; if it is spreading
in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. This is a leprous
disease.
28 But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin
but has abated, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce
him clean; for it is the scar of the burn.
29 When a man or woman has a disease on the head or in the
beard,
30 the priest shall examine the disease. If it appears deeper than
the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce him
unclean; it is an itch, a leprous disease of the head or the beard.
31 If the priest examines the itching disease, and it appears no
deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall confine
the person with the itching disease for seven days.
32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch
has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the itch appears to be
no deeper than the skin,
33 he shall shave, but the itch he shall not shave. The priest shall
confine the person with the itch for seven days more.
34 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch
has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the
priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean.
35 But if the itch spreads in the skin after he was pronounced
clean,
36 the priest shall examine him. If the itch has spread in the skin,
the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
37 But if in his eyes the itch is checked, and black hair has grown
in it, the itch is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him
clean.
38 When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white
spots,
39 the priest shall make an examination, and if the spots on the skin
of the body are of a dull white, it is a rash that has broken out on the skin;
he is clean.
40 If anyone loses the hair from his head, he is bald but he is
clean.
41 If he loses the hair from his forehead and temples, he has
baldness of the forehead but he is clean.
42 But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a
reddish-white diseased spot, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald
head or his bald forehead.
43The priest shall examine him; if the diseased swelling is reddish-white
on his bald head or on his bald forehead, which resembles a leprous disease in
the skin of the body,
44 he is leprous, he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him
unclean; the disease is on his head.
45 The person who has the leprous disease shall wear torn clothes and
let the hair of his head be dishevelled; and he shall cover his upper lip and
cry out, "Unclean, unclean."
46 He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is
unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
47 Concerning clothing: when a leprous disease appears in it, in
woollen or linen cloth,
48 in warp or woof of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made
of skin,
49 if the disease shows greenish or reddish in the garment, whether
in warp or woof or in skin or in anything made of skin, it is a leprous disease
and shall be shown to the priest.
50 The priest shall examine the disease, and put the diseased article
aside for seven days.
51 He shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease
has spread in the cloth, in warp or woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use
of the skin, this is a spreading leprous disease; it is un-clean.
52 He shall burn the clothing, whether diseased in warp or woof,
woollen or linen, or anything of skin, for it is a spreading leprous disease;
it shall be burned in fire.
53 If the priest makes an examination, and the disease has not spread
in the clothing, in warp or woof or in anything of skin,
54 the priest shall command them to wash the article in which the
disease appears, and he shall put it aside seven days more.
55 The priest shall examine the diseased article after it has been
washed. If the diseased spot has not changed colour, though the disease has not
spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in fire, whether the leprous spot is
on the inside or on the outside.
56 If the priest makes an examination, and the disease has abated
after it is washed, he shall tear the spot out of the cloth, in warp or woof,
or out of skin.
57 If it appears again in the garment, in warp or woof, or in
anything of skin, it is spreading; you shall burn with fire that in which the
disease appears.
58 But the cloth, warp or woof, or anything of skin from which the
disease disappears when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time
and it shall be clean.
59 This is the ritual for a leprous disease in a cloth of wool or
linen, either in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, to decide whether it is
clean or unclean.
LEVITICUS 14
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 This shall be the ritual for the leprous person at the time of his
cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest;
3 the priest shall go out of the camp and the priest shall make an
examination. If the disease is healed in the leprous person,
4 the priest shall command that two living clean birds and cedar wood
and crimson yarn and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed.
5 The priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over
fresh water in an earthen vessel.
6 He shall take the living bird with the cedar wood and the crimson
yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird
that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
7 He shall sprinkle it seven times upon the one who is to be
cleansed of the leprous disease; then he shall pronounce him clean, and he
shall let the living bird go into the open field.
8 The one 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. After that
he shall come into the camp, but shall live outside his tent seven days.
9 On the seventh day he shall shave all his hair: of head, beard,
eyebrows; he shall shave 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 shall take two male lambs without blemish,
and one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish, and a grain offering of three-tenths
of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
11 The priest who cleanses shall set the person to be cleansed, along
with these things, before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of
meeting.
12 The priest shall take one of the lambs, and offer it as a guilt
offering, along with the log of oil, and raise them as an elevation offering
before the Lord.
13 He shall slaughter the lamb in the place where the sin offering
and the burnt offering are slaughtered in the holy place; for the guilt
offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest: it is most holy.
14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and
put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb
of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.
15 The priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the
palm of his own left hand,
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 Some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on
the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the
right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot, on top of the blood of the
guilt offering.
18 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on
the head of the one to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement on his
behalf before the Lord:
19 the priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for the
one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall slaughter the burnt
offering;
20 and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain
offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement on his behalf and
he shall be clean.
21 But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take one
male lamb for a guilt offering to be elevated, to make atonement on his behalf,
and one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering
and a log of oil;
22 Also two turtledoves or two pigeons, such as he can afford, one
for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
23 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;
24 and the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the
log of oil, and the priest shall raise them as an elevation offering before the
Lord.
25 The priest shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering and
shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and put it on the lobe of
the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand,
and on the big toe of the right foot.
26 The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own
left hand,
27 and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is
in his left hand seven times before the Lord.
28 The priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of
the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand,
and the big toe of the right foot, where the blood of the guilt offering was
placed.
29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on
the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the
Lord.
30 And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons such as he can
afford,
31 one 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 on
behalf of the one being cleansed.
32 This is the ritual for the one who has a leprous disease, who
cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing.
33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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 of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,
"There seems to me to be some sort of disease in my house."
36 The priest shall command that they empty the house before the
priest goes to examine the disease, or all that is in the house will become
unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
37 He shall examine the disease; 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 shall go outside to the door of the house and shut up
the house seven days.
39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day and make an
inspection; if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,
40 the priest shall command that the stones in which the disease
appears be taken out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
41 He shall have the inside of the house scraped thoroughly, and the
plaster that is scraped off shall be dumped in an unclean place outside the
city.
42 They shall take other stones and put them in the place of those
stones, and take other plaster and plaster the house.
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 shall go and make inspection; if the disease has spread
in the house, it is a spreading leprous disease in the house; it is un-clean.
45 He shall have the house torn down, its stones and timber and all
the plaster of the house, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
46 All who enter the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until
the evening;
47 and all who sleep in the house shall wash their clothes; and all
who eat in the house shall wash their clothes.
48 If the priest comes and makes an inspection, and the disease has
not spread in the house after the house was plastered, the priest shall
pronounce the house clean; the disease is healed.
49 For the cleansing of the house he shall take two birds, with cedar
wood and crimson yarn and hyssop,
50 and shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in an
earthen vessel,
51 and shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the crimson yarn,
along with the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird
and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
52 Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and
with the fresh water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood and
hyssop and crimson yarn;
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 This is the ritual for any leprous disease: for an itch,
55 for leprous diseases in clothing and houses,
56 and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot,
57 to determine when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the
ritual for leprous diseases.
LEVITICUS 15
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When any man has a
discharge from his member, his discharge makes him ceremonially unclean.
3 The uncleanness of his discharge is this: whether his member flows
with his discharge, or his member is stopped from discharging, it is
uncleanness for him.
4 Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be
unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.
5 Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in
water, and be unclean until the evening.
6 All who sit on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat
shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
7 All who touch the body of the one with the discharge shall wash
their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
8 If the one with the discharge spits on persons who are clean, then
they shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
9 Any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be
unclean.
10 All who touch anything that was under him shall be unclean until
the evening, and all who carry such a thing shall wash their clothes, and bathe
in water, and be unclean until the evening.
11 All those whom the one with the discharge touches without his
having rinsed his hands in water shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water,
and be unclean until the evening.
12 Any earthen vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall
be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 When the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, he shall
count seven days for his cleansing; he shall wash his clothes and bathe his
body in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
14 On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come
before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the
priest.
15 The priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other
for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before
the Lord for his discharge.
16 If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body
in water, and be unclean until the evening.
17 Everything made of cloth or of skin on which the semen falls shall
be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
18 If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of
them shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
19 When a woman has a discharge of blood that is her regular
discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and
whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
20 Everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be
unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.
21 Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in
water, and be unclean until the evening.
22 Whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his
clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening;
23whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches
it he shall be unclean until the evening.
24 If any man lies with her, and her impurity falls on him, he shall
be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
25 If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time
of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all
the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness; as in the days of
her impurity, she shall be unclean.
26 Every bed on which she lies during all the days of her discharge
shall be treated as the bed of her impurity; and everything on which she sits
shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity.
27 Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his
clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
28 If she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count seven days,
and after that she shall be clean.
29 On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons
and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
30 The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a
burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the
Lord for her unclean discharge.
31 Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their
uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by defiling my
tabernacle that is in their midst.
32 This is the ritual for those who have a discharge: for him who has
an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby,
33 for her who is in the infirmity of her period, for anyone, male or
female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is
unclean.
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