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Leviticus 14-16
New American Standard Bible

Law of Cleansing a Person with Leprosy

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the person with leprosy on the day of his cleansing. (A)Now he shall be brought to the priest; 3 and the priest shall go (B)out to a place outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the [a]leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy, 4 then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds, (C)cedar wood, a [b]scarlet string, and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. 5 The priest shall also give orders to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [c]running water. 6 As for the live bird, he shall take it together with (D)the cedar wood, the [d]scarlet string, and the (E)hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the [e]running water. 7 (F)He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field. 8 (G)The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water and (H)be clean. And afterward he may enter the camp, but he (I)shall stay outside his tent for seven days. 9 Then it shall be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his [f]body in water and (J)be clean.

10 “Now on the eighth day he is to take two male lambs without defect, and a yearling ewe lamb without defect, and three-tenths of an [g]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one [h](K)log of oil; 11 and the priest who is going to pronounce him clean shall present the person to be cleansed and [i]the offerings before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 12 Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it as a (L)guilt offering, with the [j](M)log of oil, and present them as a (N)wave offering before the Lord. 13 Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in (O)the place where they slaughter the [k]sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, (P)like the [l]sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14 The priest shall then take some of the blood of the (Q)guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on (R)the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 The priest shall also take some of the [m](S)log of oil, and pour it into his left palm; 16 the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the Lord. 17 Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall (T)put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering; 18 as for the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put it on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make (U)atonement on his behalf before the Lord. 19 The priest shall next offer the [n](V)sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering. 20 The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and (W)he will be clean.

21 “(X)But if he is poor and his [o]means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a (Y)guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an [p]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a [q](Z)log of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young doves, which [r]are within his means. (AA)The one shall be a [s](AB)sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23 (AC)Then on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the Lord. 24 The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and (AD)the [t]log of oil, and the priest shall offer them as a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on (AE)the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 26 The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm; 27 and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the Lord. 28 The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and 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 Moreover, the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the Lord. 30 He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young doves, [u]which are within his means. 31 He shall offer what [v]he can afford, (AF)the one as a [w]sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed. 32 This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose [x]means are limited for his cleansing.”

Cleansing a Leprous House

33 The Lord further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

34 “(AG)When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a spot of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession, 35 then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Something like (AH)a spot of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.’ 36 The priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the spot, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house. 37 So he shall look at the spot, and if the spot on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the [y]surface, 38 the priest shall come out of the house, to the [z]doorway, and [aa]quarantine the house for seven days. 39 Then the priest shall return on the seventh day and [ab]make an inspection. If the spot has indeed spread on the walls of the house, 40 the priest shall order them to pull out the stones with the spot on them and throw them away [ac]at an unclean place outside the city. 41 And he shall have the house scraped all around [ad]inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city. 42 Then they shall take other stones and replace the discarded stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

43 “If, however, the spot breaks out again in the house after he has pulled out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered, 44 then the priest shall come in and [ae]make an inspection. If he sees that the spot has indeed spread in the house, it is (AI)a malignant spot in the house; it is unclean. 45 The owner shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an (AJ)unclean place. 46 Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has [af]quarantined it, becomes (AK)unclean until evening. 47 Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 “If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and [ag]makes an inspection and the spot has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the spot has [ah]not reappeared. 49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take (AL)two birds, cedar wood, a [ai]scarlet string, and hyssop, 50 and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [aj]running water. 51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the (AM)hyssop, and the [ak]scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [al]running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [am]running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the [an]scarlet string. 53 However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”

54 This is the law for any spot of leprosy—even for a (AN)scale, 55 and for the (AO)leprous garment or house, 56 and (AP)for a swelling, for a scab, and for a bright spot— 57 to teach [ao]when they are unclean and [ap]when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

Cleansing Unhealthiness

15 The Lord also spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘(AQ)When any man has a discharge from his [aq]body, [ar]his discharge is unclean. 3 This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge. 4 Every bed on which the man with the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean. 5 Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening; 6 and whoever sits on the thing on which the man with the discharge has been sitting, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 7 Also whoever touches the [as]man with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 8 Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 9 Every saddle on which the man with the discharge rides becomes unclean. 10 Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and the one who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 11 Likewise, whomever the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 12 However, an (AR)earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

13 ‘Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he (AS)shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in [at]running water and will become clean. 14 Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself (AT)two turtledoves or two young doves, and come before the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest; 15 and the priest shall offer them, (AU)one as a [au]sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. So (AV)the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord because of his discharge.

16 ‘(AW)Now if a [av]man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening. 17 As for any garment or any leather on which there is a seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening. 18 If a man sleeps with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be (AX)unclean until evening.

19 ‘(AY)When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. 20 Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 22 Whoever touches any object on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 23 Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening. 24 (AZ)If a man actually sleeps with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

25 ‘(BA)Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond [aw]that period, for all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though [ax]in her menstrual impurity; she is unclean. 26 Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like [ay]her bed at menstruation; and every object on which she sits shall be unclean, like [az]her uncleanness at that time. 27 Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 28 When she becomes clean from her discharge, she shall count off for herself seven days; and afterward she will be clean. 29 Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young doves, and bring them to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting. 30 And the priest shall offer the (BB)one as a [ba]sin offering, and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the Lord because of her impure discharge.’

31 “And so you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their (BC)defiling My [bb]tabernacle that is among them.” 32 This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man [bc]who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it, 33 and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.

Law of Atonement

16 Now the Lord spoke to Moses after (BD)the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the Lord and died. 2 The Lord said to Moses:

“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter (BE)at [bd]any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the [be]atoning cover which is on the ark, or he will die; for (BF)I will appear in the cloud over the [bf]atoning cover. 3 Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a [bg]bull as a [bh](BG)sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the (BH)holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his [bi]body, and he shall be wrapped about the waist with the linen sash and the linen turban wound around his forehead (these are holy garments). He shall (BI)bathe his [bj]body in water and put them on. 5 And he shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel (BJ)two male goats as a [bk]sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering. 6 Then (BK)Aaron shall offer the bull as the [bl]sin offering, which is for himself, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household. 7 He shall then take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 8 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for [bm]the [bn]scapegoat. 9 Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a [bo]sin offering. 10 But the goat on which the lot for [bp]the [bq]scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make (BL)atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness [br]as the [bs]scapegoat.

11 “Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the [bt]sin offering (BM)which is for himself and make atonement for himself and (BN)for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the [bu]sin offering which is for himself. 12 He shall take a (BO)firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the Lord and [bv]two handfuls of finely ground (BP)sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil. 13 He shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud of incense may cover the (BQ)atoning cover that is on the ark of the testimony, (BR)otherwise he will die. 14 Moreover, (BS)he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it (BT)with his finger on the atoning cover on the east side; also in front of the atoning cover he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

15 “Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering, (BU)which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the atoning cover and in front of the atoning cover. 16 (BV)He shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their unlawful acts regarding all their sins; and he shall do so for the tent of meeting which remains with them in the midst of their impurities. 17 When he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. 18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it; he shall take some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat, and (BW)put it on the horns of the altar on all sides. 19 (BX)With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and consecrate it from the impurities of the sons of Israel.

20 “When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat. 21 Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and (BY)confess over it all the wrongdoings of the sons of Israel and all their unlawful acts regarding all their sins; and he shall place them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands ready. 22 Then the goat shall carry on itself all their wrongdoings to an [bw]isolated territory; he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

23 “Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off (BZ)the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. 24 And (CA)he shall bathe his [bx]body with water in a holy place and put on (CB)his clothes, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people. 25 Then he shall offer up in smoke the fat of the sin offering on the altar. 26 The one who released the goat [by]as the [bz]scapegoat (CC)shall wash his clothes and bathe his [ca]body with water; then afterward he shall come into the camp. 27 But the bull of the [cb]sin offering and the goat of the [cc]sin offering, (CD)whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be taken outside the camp, and they shall burn their hides, their flesh, and their refuse in the fire. 28 Then the (CE)one who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; and afterward he shall come into the camp.

An Annual Atonement

29 “This shall be a permanent statute for you: (CF)in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble [cd]yourselves and not (CG)do any work, whether the native, or the stranger who resides among you; 30 for it is on this day that [ce]atonement shall be made for you to (CH)cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 31 It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, so that you may (CI)humble [cf]yourselves; it is a permanent statute. 32 So the priest who is anointed and [cg]ordained to serve as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement: he shall put on (CJ)the linen garments, the holy garments, 33 and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for (CK)the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 34 Now you shall have this as a (CL)permanent statute, to (CM)make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year.” And just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so he did.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:3 I.e., or a serious, unspecified disease, and so throughout the ch
  2. Leviticus 14:4 Lit scarlet color and
  3. Leviticus 14:5 Lit living
  4. Leviticus 14:6 Lit scarlet color and
  5. Leviticus 14:6 Lit living
  6. Leviticus 14:9 Lit flesh
  7. Leviticus 14:10 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  8. Leviticus 14:10 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  9. Leviticus 14:11 Lit them
  10. Leviticus 14:12 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  11. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering
  12. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering
  13. Leviticus 14:15 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  14. Leviticus 14:19 Or purification offering
  15. Leviticus 14:21 Lit hand is not reaching
  16. Leviticus 14:21 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  17. Leviticus 14:21 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  18. Leviticus 14:22 Lit his hand reaches
  19. Leviticus 14:22 Or purification offering
  20. Leviticus 14:24 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  21. Leviticus 14:30 Lit from which his hand reaches
  22. Leviticus 14:31 Lit his hand reaches
  23. Leviticus 14:31 Or purification offering
  24. Leviticus 14:32 Lit hand does not reach
  25. Leviticus 14:37 Lit wall
  26. Leviticus 14:38 Lit doorway of the house
  27. Leviticus 14:38 Lit separate
  28. Leviticus 14:39 Lit look
  29. Leviticus 14:40 Lit to
  30. Leviticus 14:41 Lit from the house
  31. Leviticus 14:44 Lit look
  32. Leviticus 14:46 Lit separated
  33. Leviticus 14:48 Lit looks
  34. Leviticus 14:48 Lit healed
  35. Leviticus 14:49 Lit scarlet color
  36. Leviticus 14:50 Lit living
  37. Leviticus 14:51 Lit scarlet color
  38. Leviticus 14:51 Lit living
  39. Leviticus 14:52 Lit living
  40. Leviticus 14:52 Lit scarlet color
  41. Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of uncleanness
  42. Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of cleanness
  43. Leviticus 15:2 Lit flesh, and so throughout the ch
  44. Leviticus 15:2 Or by his discharge, he is unclean
  45. Leviticus 15:7 Lit flesh
  46. Leviticus 15:13 Lit living
  47. Leviticus 15:15 Or purification offering
  48. Leviticus 15:16 Lit man’s...goes out from him
  49. Leviticus 15:25 Lit her menstrual impurity
  50. Leviticus 15:25 Lit in the days of
  51. Leviticus 15:26 Lit the bed of her menstrual impurity
  52. Leviticus 15:26 Lit the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity
  53. Leviticus 15:30 Or purification offering
  54. Leviticus 15:31 Or dwelling place
  55. Leviticus 15:32 Lit whose seminal emission goes out from him
  56. Leviticus 16:2 I.e., of his own choosing
  57. Leviticus 16:2 Also called mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  58. Leviticus 16:2 Also called mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  59. Leviticus 16:3 Or bull of the herd
  60. Leviticus 16:3 Or purification offering
  61. Leviticus 16:4 Lit flesh
  62. Leviticus 16:4 Lit flesh
  63. Leviticus 16:5 Or purification offering
  64. Leviticus 16:6 Or purification offering
  65. Leviticus 16:8 Or possibly, Azazel (a name)
  66. Leviticus 16:8 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  67. Leviticus 16:9 Or purification offering
  68. Leviticus 16:10 Or possibly, Azazel (a name)
  69. Leviticus 16:10 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  70. Leviticus 16:10 Or possibly, for Azazel
  71. Leviticus 16:10 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  72. Leviticus 16:11 Or purification offering
  73. Leviticus 16:11 Or purification offering
  74. Leviticus 16:12 Lit the filling of the hollow of his hands
  75. Leviticus 16:22 Or infertile
  76. Leviticus 16:24 Lit flesh
  77. Leviticus 16:26 Or possibly, for Azazel (a name)
  78. Leviticus 16:26 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  79. Leviticus 16:26 Lit flesh
  80. Leviticus 16:27 Or purification offering
  81. Leviticus 16:27 Or purification offering
  82. Leviticus 16:29 Lit your souls
  83. Leviticus 16:30 Lit he shall make atonement
  84. Leviticus 16:31 Lit your souls
  85. Leviticus 16:32 Lit whose hand is filled
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Cleansing From Defiling Skin Diseases

14 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:(A) 3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.(B) If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[a](C) 4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop(D) be brought for the person to be cleansed.(E) 5 Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.(F) 6 He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.(G) 7 Seven times(H) he shall sprinkle(I) the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.(J)

8 “The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes,(K) shave off all their hair and bathe with water;(L) then they will be ceremonially clean.(M) After this they may come into the camp,(N) but they must stay outside their tent for seven days. 9 On the seventh day(O) they must shave off all their hair;(P) they must shave their head, their beard, their eyebrows and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe themselves with water, and they will be clean.(Q)

10 “On the eighth day(R) they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb(S) a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah[b](T) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering,(U) and one log[c] of oil.(V) 11 The priest who pronounces them clean shall present(W) both the one to be cleansed and their offerings before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(X)

12 “Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering,(Y) along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(Z) 13 He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area(AA) where the sin offering[d] and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;(AB) it is most holy. 14 The priest is to 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, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.(AC) 15 The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,(AD) 16 dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the Lord seven times.(AE) 17 The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.(AF) 18 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed(AG) and make atonement for them before the Lord.

19 “Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from their uncleanness.(AH) After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering 20 and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for them,(AI) and they will be clean.(AJ)

21 “If, however, they are poor(AK) and cannot afford these,(AL) they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah[e] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two doves or two young pigeons,(AM) such as they can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.(AN)

23 “On the eighth day they must bring them for their cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting,(AO) before the Lord.(AP) 24 The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering,(AQ) together with the log of oil,(AR) and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(AS) 25 He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.(AT) 26 The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,(AU) 27 and with his right forefinger sprinkle some of the oil from his palm seven times before the Lord. 28 Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering—on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. 29 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for them before the Lord.(AV) 30 Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, such as the person can afford,(AW) 31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,(AX) together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.(AY)”

32 These are the regulations for anyone who has a defiling skin disease(AZ) and who cannot afford the regular offerings(BA) for their cleansing.

Cleansing From Defiling Molds

33 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan,(BB) which I am giving you as your possession,(BC) and I put a spreading mold in a house in that land, 35 the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like a defiling mold in my house.’ 36 The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mold, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house. 37 He is to examine the mold on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish(BD) depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall, 38 the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.(BE) 39 On the seventh day(BF) the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mold has spread on the walls, 40 he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town.(BG) 41 He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town. 42 Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.

43 “If the defiling mold reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered, 44 the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; the house is unclean.(BH) 45 It must be torn down—its stones, timbers and all the plaster—and taken out of the town to an unclean place.

46 “Anyone who goes into the house while it is closed up will be unclean till evening.(BI) 47 Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.(BJ)

48 “But if the priest comes to examine it and the mold has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean,(BK) because the defiling mold is gone. 49 To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.(BL) 50 He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.(BM) 51 Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop,(BN) the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.(BO) 52 He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn. 53 Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields(BP) outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.(BQ)”

54 These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease,(BR) for a sore, 55 for defiling molds(BS) in fabric or in a house, 56 and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot,(BT) 57 to determine when something is clean or unclean.

These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.(BU)

Discharges Causing Uncleanness

15 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge,(BV) such a discharge is unclean. 3 Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:

4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean. 5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes(BW) and bathe with water,(BX) and they will be unclean till evening.(BY) 6 Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

7 “‘Whoever touches the man(BZ) who has a discharge(CA) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

8 “‘If the man with the discharge spits(CB) on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

9 “‘Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean, 10 and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things(CC) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

11 “‘Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

12 “‘A clay pot(CD) that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article(CE) is to be rinsed with water.

13 “‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days(CF) for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.(CG) 14 On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons(CH) and come before the Lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering[f](CI) and the other for a burnt offering.(CJ) In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.(CK)

16 “‘When a man has an emission of semen,(CL) he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.(CM) 17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. 18 When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen,(CN) both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

19 “‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period(CO) will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.

20 “‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.(CP) 22 Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, they will be unclean till evening.

24 “‘If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow(CQ) touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.

25 “‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period(CR) or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period. 26 Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. 27 Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

28 “‘When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean. 29 On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons(CS) and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 30 The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge.(CT)

31 “‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,[g](CU) which is among them.’”

32 These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,(CV) 33 for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.(CW)

The Day of Atonement(CX)

16 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the Lord.(CY) 2 The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses(CZ) into the Most Holy Place(DA) behind the curtain(DB) in front of the atonement cover(DC) on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear(DD) in the cloud(DE) over the atonement cover.

3 “This is how Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place:(DF) He must first bring a young bull(DG) for a sin offering[h] and a ram for a burnt offering.(DH) 4 He is to put on the sacred linen tunic,(DI) with linen undergarments next to his body; he is to tie the linen sash around him and put on the linen turban.(DJ) These are sacred garments;(DK) so he must bathe himself with water(DL) before he puts them on.(DM) 5 From the Israelite community(DN) he is to take two male goats(DO) for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

6 “Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household.(DP) 7 Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8 He is to cast lots(DQ) for the two goats—one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat.[i](DR) 9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering. 10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement(DS) by sending it into the wilderness as a scapegoat.

11 “Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household,(DT) and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. 12 He is to take a censer full of burning coals(DU) from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense(DV) and take them behind the curtain. 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover(DW) above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.(DX) 14 He is to take some of the bull’s blood(DY) and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover.(DZ)

15 “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people(EA) and take its blood behind the curtain(EB) and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle(EC) it on the atonement cover and in front of it. 16 In this way he will make atonement(ED) for the Most Holy Place(EE) because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting,(EF) which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 No one is to be in the tent of meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out, having made atonement for himself, his household and the whole community of Israel.

18 “Then he shall come out to the altar(EG) that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.(EH) 19 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.(EI)

20 “When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.(EJ) 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat(EK) and confess(EL) over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins(EM) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

23 “Then Aaron is to go into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments(EN) he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is to leave them there.(EO) 24 He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area(EP) and put on his regular garments.(EQ) Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people,(ER) to make atonement for himself and for the people.(ES) 25 He shall also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

26 “The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat(ET) must wash his clothes(EU) and bathe himself with water;(EV) afterward he may come into the camp. 27 The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp;(EW) their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up. 28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.(EX)

29 “This is to be a lasting ordinance(EY) for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month(EZ) you must deny yourselves[j](FA) and not do any work(FB)—whether native-born(FC) or a foreigner residing among you— 30 because on this day atonement will be made(FD) for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.(FE) 31 It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves;(FF) it is a lasting ordinance.(FG) 32 The priest who is anointed and ordained(FH) to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments(FI) 33 and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, for the tent of meeting and the altar, and for the priests and all the members of the community.(FJ)

34 “This is to be a lasting ordinance(FK) for you: Atonement is to be made once a year(FL) for all the sins of the Israelites.”

And it was done, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:3 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 7, 32, 54 and 57.
  2. Leviticus 14:10 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms
  3. Leviticus 14:10 That is, about 1/3 quart or about 0.3 liter; also in verses 12, 15, 21 and 24
  4. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering; also in verses 19, 22 and 31
  5. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
  6. Leviticus 15:15 Or purification offering; also in verse 30
  7. Leviticus 15:31 Or my tabernacle
  8. Leviticus 16:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter
  9. Leviticus 16:8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 10 and 26.
  10. Leviticus 16:29 Or must fast; also in verse 31
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