Leviticus 14

Purification of Diseased Skin Infections

1 The Lord spoke to Moses:2 “This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, whent he is brought to the priest.t3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection.t If the infection of the diseased person has been healed,t4 then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric,t and some twigs of hyssops be taken upt for the one being cleansed.t5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughteredt into a clay vessel over fresh water.ts6 Thens he is to take the live bird along with the piece of cedar wood, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the twigs of hyssop, and he is to dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird slaughtered over the fresh water,

7 and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansedt from the disease, pronounce him clean,t and send the live bird away over the open countryside.s

The Seven Days of Purification

8 “The one being cleansedt must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean.t Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days.

9 When the seventh day comest he must shave all his hair – his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair – and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.t

The Eighth Day Atonement Rituals

10 “On the eighth day het must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil,t and one log of olive oil,t

11 and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offeringst before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.
12 “The priest is to take one male lambt and present it for a guilt offeringt along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the Lord.t13 He must then slaughtert the male lamb in the place wheret the sin offerings and the burnt offerings are slaughtered,t in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;t it is most holy.14 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed,t on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toet of his right foot.15 The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand.t16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oilt that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.17 The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his handt on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering,

18 and the remainder of the olive oilt that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord.
19 “The priest must then perform the sin offeringt and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that het is to slaughter the burnt offering,

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

The Eighth Day Atonement Rituals for the Poor Person

21 “If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means,t he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,t

22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons,t which are within his means.t One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.t
23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrancet of the Meeting Tent before the Lord,24 and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave themt as a wave offering before the Lord.25 Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed,t on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toet of his right foot.26 The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand,t27 and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefingert seven times before the Lord.28 Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his handt on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering,

29 and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the handt of the priest he is to putt on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.
30 “He will then make one of the turtledovest or young pigeons, which are within his means,s31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering.t So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the Lord.

32 This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection,t who does not have sufficient means for his purification.”t

Purification of Disease-Infected Houses

33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to givet to you for a possession, and I putt a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess,t35 then whoever owns the houset must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’36 Then the priest will command that the house be clearedt before the priest enters to examine the infectiont so that everything in the houset does not become unclean,s and afterwardt the priest will enter to examine the house.37 He is to examine the infection, and ift the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions,t and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall,t38 then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days.t39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and ift the infection has spread in the walls of the house,40 then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrownt outside the cityt into an unclean place.41 Then he is to have the house scrapedt all around on the inside,t and the plastert which is scraped offt must be dumped outside the cityt into an unclean place.

42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones,t and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.
43 “If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered,t44 the priest is to come and examine it, and ift the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean.45 He must tear down the house,t its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of itt outside the city to an unclean place.46 Anyone who enterst the house all the days the priestt has quarantined it will be unclean until evening.

47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.
48 “If, however, the priest enterst and examines it, and thet infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed.49 Then het is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssopt to decontaminatets the house,50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water.t51 He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.52 So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric,

53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the cityt into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.

Summary of Purification Regulations for Infections

54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall,t55 for the diseased garment,s for the house,s56 for the swelling,s for the scab,s and for the bright spot,s

57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean.t This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.”ts

LEVITICUS 14

The Ceremony for People //Healed of Leprosy

1 The [Lord] told Moses to say to the people:
2-3  t After you think you are healed of leprosy, t you must ask for a priest to come outside the camp and examine you. And if you are well, 4 he will order someone to bring out two live birds that are acceptable for sacrifice, together with a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, and a branch from a hyssop plant. 5 The priest will order someone to kill one of the birds over a clay pot of spring water. 6 Then he will dip the other bird, the cedar, the red yarn, and the hyssop in the blood of the dead bird.

7 Next, he will sprinkle you seven times with the blood and say, “You are now clean.” Finally, he will release the bird and let it fly away.
8 After this you must wash your clothes, shave your entire body, and take a bath before you are completely clean. You may move back into camp, but you must not enter your tent for seven days.

9 Then you must once again shave your head, face, and eyebrows, as well as the hair on the rest of your body. Finally, wash your clothes and take a bath, and you will be completely clean.
10 On the eighth day you must bring to the priest two rams and a year-old female lamb that have nothing wrong with them; also bring a 30 centiliters of olive oil and 3 kilograms of your finest flour mixed with oil. 11 Then the priest will present you and your offerings to me at the entrance to my sacred tent. 12 There he will offer one of the rams, together with the oil, as a sacrifice to make things right.t He will also lift them upt to show that they are dedicated to me.

13 This sacrifice is very holy. It belongs to the priest and must be killed in the same place where animals are killed as sacrifices for sins and as sacrifices to please me.t
14 The priest will smear some of the blood from this sacrifice on your right ear lobe, some on your right thumb, and some on the big toe of your right foot. 15 He will then pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his left hand, 16 dip a finger of his right hand into the oil, and sprinkle some of it seven times toward the sacred tent. 17 Next, the priest will smear some of the oil on your right ear lobe, some on your right thumb, and some on the big toe of your right foot,

18-20 and he will pour the rest of the oil from his palm on your head. Then he will offer the other two animals—one as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me, together with a grain sacrifice. After this you will be completely clean.
21 If you are poor and cannot afford to offer this much, you may offer a ram as a sacrifice to make things right, together with 30 centiliters of olive oil and one kilogram of flour mixed with oil as a grain sacrifice. The priest will then lift these upt to dedicate them to me. 22 Depending on what you can afford, you must also offer either two doves or two pigeons, one as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me.

23 The priest will offer these to me in front of the sacred tent on the eighth day.

24-25 The priest will kill this ram for the sacrifice to make things right, and he will lift it upt with the olive oil in dedication to me. Then he will smear some of the blood on your right ear lobe, some on your right thumb, and some on the big toe of your right foot.
26 The priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his left hand, 27 then dip a finger of his right hand in the oil and sprinkle some of it seven times toward the sacred tent. 28 He will smear some of the oil on your right ear lobe, some on your right thumb, and some on the big toe of your right foot, just as he did with the blood of the sacrifice to make things right.

29-31 And he will pour the rest of the oil from his palm on your head.
Then, depending on what you can afford, he will offer either the doves or the pigeons together with the grain sacrifice. One of the birds is the sacrifice for sin, and the other is the sacrifice to please me. After this you will be completely clean.

32 These are the things you must do if you have leprosy and cannot afford the usual sacrifices to make you clean.

When There Is Mildew in a House

33 The [Lord] told Moses and Aaron to say to the people:
34 After I have given you the land of Canaan as your permanent possession, here is what you must do, if I ever put mildewt on the walls of any of your homes.

35 First, you must say to a priest, “I think there is mildew on the wall of my house.”

36 The priest will reply, “Empty the house before I inspect it, or else everything in it will be unclean.”
37 If the priest discovers greenish or reddish spots that go deeper than the surface of the walls, 38 he will have the house closed for seven days. 39 Then he will return and check to see if the mildew has spread. 40-41 If so, he will order someone to scrape the plaster from the walls, remove the stones covered with mildew, then haul everything off and dump it in an unclean place outside the town.

42 Afterwards the wall must be repaired with new stones and fresh plaster.
43 If the mildew appears a second time, 44 the priest will come and say, “This house is unclean. It's covered with mildew that can't be removed.” 45 Then he will have the house torn down and every bit of wood, stone, and plaster hauled off to an unclean place outside the town. 46 Meanwhile, if any of you entered the house while it was closed, you will be unclean until evening.

47 And if you either slept or ate in the house, you must wash your clothes.
48 On the other hand, if the priest discovers that mildew hasn't reappeared after the house was newly plastered, he will say, “This house is clean—the mildew has gone.” 49 Then, to show that the house is now clean, he will get two birds, a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, and a branch from a hyssop plant and bring them to the house. 50 He will kill one of the birds over a clay pot of spring water 51-52 and let its blood drain into the pot. Then he will dip the cedar, the hyssop, the yarn, and the other bird into the mixture of blood and water. Next, he will sprinkle the house seven times with the mixture, then the house will be completely clean.

53 Finally, he will release the bird and let it fly away, ending the ceremony for purifying the house.
54-57 These are the things you must do if you discover that you are unclean because of an itch or a sore, or that your clothing or house is unclean because of mildew.