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3 Mosebog 14
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Regler for renselse efter en smitsom sygdom

14 1-2 Herren gav derefter Moses følgende anvisninger for, hvordan urene personer kan blive erklæret rene igen:

3 „Præsten skal gå uden for lejren for at undersøge dem, som er erklæret urene. Hvis præsten kan se, at sygdommen er forsvundet, 4 skal han bede om to levende fugle af den slags, der må spises, noget cedertræ, en purpurrød snor og isopgrene. Tingene skal bruges i renselsesceremonien for dem, som er blevet helbredt. 5 Præsten skal beordre den ene af fuglene slagtet over et lerkar med frisk kildevand. 6 Den anden fugl, som stadig er i live, skal sammen med cedertræet, den purpurrøde snor og isopgrenen dyppes i det opsamlede blod. 7 Så skal præsten syv gange stænke blod over dem, som er blevet helbredt, og erklære dem for raske, idet han slipper den levende fugl løs.

8 Derefter skal de, som er blevet helbredt, vaske deres tøj, barbere håret af og bade, hvorefter de kan vende tilbage til lejren, men de skal holde sig uden for deres families telt i syv dage. 9 På den syvende dag skal de igen barbere håret af og også øjenbrynene, samt skægget for mændenes vedkommende, og de skal bade og vaske deres tøj igen, før de endelig kan erklæres for fuldkommen helbredt for deres sygdom.

10 Næste dag, altså på den ottende dag, skal de hver tage to vædderlam uden fysiske skavanker, et etårs gimmerlam, også uden fysiske skavanker, seks liter fint mel rørt op i olivenolie og en tredjedel liter olivenolie. 11 Så skal præsten, som har foretaget undersøgelsen, bringe de helbredte og deres offergaver frem for Herren ved indgangen til åbenbaringsteltet. 12 Han skal tage det ene af vædderlammene, det, der skal bruges til skyldoffer, sammen med olivenolien og svinge det foran alteret. 13 Så skal han slagte lammet på det indviede sted, hvor syndoffer- og brændofferdyrene slagtes, og kødet fra dette skyldoffer tilfalder præsten, så han kan spise det. Det er jo indviet til Herren. 14 Derefter skal han tage noget af blodet fra skyldofferet og smøre det på de helbredtes højre øreflip, højre tommelfinger og højre storetå. 15 Så skal han hælde noget af olivenolien i sin venstre hånd, 16 dyppe sin højre finger i det og stænke det syv gange foran Herren, 17 og dernæst smøre noget af olien på de helbredtes højre øreflip, tommelfinger og storetå oven på skyldofferdyrets blod. 18 Når det er gjort, skal han hælde resten af olien i sin hånd over deres hoved. På den måde skal han skaffe dem soning hos Herren.

19 Derefter skal præsten ofre gimmerlammet som syndoffer og udføre forsoningsritualet på de helbredtes vegne. Til sidst skal han bringe det andet vædderlam som brændoffer 20 og ofre det på alteret sammen med afgrødeofferet, så han skaffer dem soning. Da kan de endelig erklæres for rene.

21 Hvis de pågældende imidlertid er fattige og ikke har råd til tre lam, kan de nøjes med at bringe et enkelt vædderlam som skyldoffer. Lammet skal svinges foran Herrens alter som soning for dem. Som afgrødeoffer kan de nøjes med at ofre tre liter fint mel rørt op i olivenolie samt en tredjedel liter olivenolie.

22 De skal så i stedet bringe to turtelduer eller to unge duer, afhængigt af hvad de har råd til. Den ene due skal bruges som syndoffer og den anden som brændoffer. 23 På den ottende dag, efter at de er erklæret rene, skal de bringe dyrene til præsten ved indgangen til åbenbaringsteltet. 24 Han skal så tage lammet og svinge det foran Herrens alter sammen med olivenolien, 25 hvorpå han skal slagte lammet og bringe det som skyldoffer og smøre noget af blodet på de helbredtes højre øreflip, tommelfinger og storetå.

26 Præsten skal nu hælde olivenolie i sin venstre hånd, 27 dyppe sin højre finger i det og stænke det syv gange på Herrens alter. 28 Derefter skal han smøre noget af den tiloversblevne olivenolie på deres højre øreflip, tommelfinger og storetå oven på skyldofferdyrets blod. 29 Den resterende olie i hans hånd skal han hælde ud over hovedet på dem, på hvis vegne renselsesceremonien udføres, og derved skaffe soning for dem hos Herren.

30 Derpå skal han ofre de to turtelduer eller de to unge duer, hvad nu de helbredte kom med. 31 Den ene af duerne skal bruges til syndoffer og den anden til brændoffer sammen med afgrødeofferet. På den måde skal præsten skaffe dem soning hos Herren.”

32 Disse regler gælder for dem, som ikke er i stand til at bringe de ofre, der normalt kræves i forbindelse med renselsesceremonien.

33 Derefter sagde Herren til Moses og Aron: 34 „Når I ankommer til Kana’ans land, som jeg har givet jer lovning på, kan det ske, at der kommer mug eller svamp i et hus. 35 I så fald skal husets ejer henvende sig til præsten og ikke lægge skjul på sin mistanke om, at der er noget smitsomt i hans hus. 36 Så skal præsten beordre huset ryddet, før han går i gang med at undersøge det, så ikke hele indboet bliver urent. 37 Hvis han i husets vægge opdager grønlige eller rødlige pletter, der går dybere end selve overfladen, 38 skal han afspærre huset i syv dage 39 og derefter komme og inspicere det igen. Viser det sig nu, at pletterne på væggen har bredt sig, 40 skal præsten beordre den del af væggen fjernet og materialerne anbragt på en dertil indrettet losseplads uden for byen. 41 Derefter skal han sørge for, at husets indervægge bliver skrabet grundigt, og at al det afskrabede materiale bliver smidt på lossepladsen uden for byen. 42 Så skal der sættes nye sten ind i stedet for de gamle, og væggen skal pudses med ny mørtel.

43 Hvis pletterne nu viser sig igen, 44 skal præsten komme tilbage og undersøge huset på ny. Hvis han ser, at pletterne har bredt sig, er der tale om noget smitsomt, og huset er urent. 45 Derfor skal han beordre huset revet ned, og han skal sørge for, at både sten, tømmer og puds bliver fjernet og smidt på lossepladsen.

46 Enhver, der overtræder forbudet om at gå ind i det afspærrede hus, skal regnes for uren indtil aften, 47 og enhver, som sover eller spiser i huset, skal vaske sit tøj bagefter.

48 Men hvis præsten ved den næste undersøgelse kan se, at der ikke er nye pletter, skal han foretage den ceremonielle renselse, for huset er nu uden for smittefare. 49 Renselsen foregår ved, at han tager to fugle, et stykke cedertræ, en purpurrød snor og en isopgren. 50 Den ene fugl skal han slagte over et lerkar med frisk kildevand 51-52 og derefter dyppe cedertræet, isopgrenen, den purpurrøde snor og den levende fugl i det opsamlede blod. Så skal han bestænke huset syv gange, for at huset kan blive renset, 53 og lade den levende fugl slippe fri uden for byen. Det er den fremgangsmåde, som må følges, når et hus er urent, og der skal skaffes soning for det, så det kan blive renset.”

54 Det var reglerne for, hvordan man kan fastslå angreb af smitsomme sygdomme 55 på tøj og i huse 56 og i forbindelse med pletter på huden, udslæt og sår. 57 Ved at følge de her regler, kan I afgøre, om der er tale om angreb af en smitsom sygdom eller ej. Derfor blev denne lov givet.

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Levítico 14
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)

Purificación del leproso. Rito inicial

14 El Señor dijo a Moisés:

2 — Este será el ritual para la purificación del leproso: el día en que haya de purificarse, será llevado al sacerdote 3 que saldrá fuera del campamento y examinará al enfermo. Si comprueba que la lepra está curada, 4 el sacerdote ordenará traer, para el que ha de purificarse, dos aves vivas y puras, junto con madera de cedro, una cinta escarlata e hisopo. 5 El sacerdote ordenará inmolar una de las aves sobre una vasija de barro con agua corriente. 6 Después tomará el ave aún viva, la madera de cedro, la cinta escarlata y el hisopo, y los mojará en la sangre del ave inmolada sobre la vasija con agua corriente; 7 rociará siete veces al que va a ser purificado de la lepra y lo declarará puro; al ave viva la dejará en libertad por el campo. 8 Y el que se purifica lavará sus ropas, se afeitará completamente, se bañará y quedará puro. Después podrá entrar en el campamento, pero vivirá siete días fuera de su tienda.

9 Pasados los siete días, se rapará la cabeza, la barba, las cejas y todo el pelo; lavará sus ropas, se bañará y quedará puro.

Sacrificio de purificación

10 El día octavo tomará dos corderos sin defecto alguno y una cordera de un año, también sin defecto alguno, junto con seis kilos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para la ofrenda de cereal y un cuarto de litro de aceite.

11 El sacerdote que efectúa la purificación presentará ante el Señor, a la entrada de la Tienda del encuentro, a la persona que se ha de purificar junto con sus ofrendas; 12 a continuación el sacerdote tomará un cordero como reparación con un cuarto de litro de aceite, haciendo el rito de la elevación en presencia del Señor. 13 Y degollará el cordero en el lugar del santuario donde se inmolan las víctimas del sacrificio por el pecado y se ofrece el holocausto, pues tanto la víctima del sacrificio por el pecado, como la del sacrificio de reparación, les corresponde al sacerdote; es algo muy sagrado. 14 El sacerdote tomará parte de la sangre del sacrificio de reparación y untará con ella el lóbulo de la oreja derecha de la persona que se purifica, el pulgar de su mano derecha y el pulgar de su pie derecho. 15 Asimismo el sacerdote tomará el cuarto de litro de aceite, lo echará sobre la palma de su mano izquierda, 16 mojará su dedo derecho en el aceite que tiene en su mano izquierda, y asperjará con su dedo el aceite siete veces en presencia del Señor. 17 Con el aceite restante que hay en su mano, el sacerdote untará el lóbulo de la oreja derecha de quien se purifica, el pulgar de su mano derecha y el pulgar de su pie derecho, encima de donde había untado con la sangre de la ofrenda de reparación. 18 Y el resto del aceite que aún le quede en su mano, lo derramará sobre la cabeza de quien se purifica. De esta manera el sacerdote hará expiación por él en presencia del Señor. 19 El sacerdote presentará luego la ofrenda de purificación, y hará expiación por el que se ha de purificar de su impureza. Seguidamente inmolará la víctima del holocausto 20 y ofrecerá sobre el altar el holocausto y la ofrenda de cereal. El sacerdote hará de esta manera expiación por el oferente que recobrará el estado de pureza.

La ofrenda del pobre

21 Pero si quien se ha de purificar es pobre y carece de medios suficientes, entonces traerá un cordero como ofrenda de reparación; hará el rito de la elevación y el de expiación, y traerá también dos kilos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para la ofrenda de cereal, un cuarto de litro de aceite, 22 y dos tórtolas o dos pichones, según sus recursos: uno para la ofrenda de purificación y el otro para el holocausto. 23 Al octavo día los presentará al sacerdote para su purificación; lo hará a la entrada de la Tienda del encuentro en presencia del Señor. 24 Tomará entonces el sacerdote el cordero de la ofrenda de reparación y el cuarto de litro de aceite, haciendo con ellos el rito de la elevación ante el Señor, 25 inmolará el cordero del sacrificio de reparación, tomará un poco de la sangre de la víctima inmolada y untará con ella el lóbulo de la oreja derecha, el pulgar de la mano derecha y el pulgar del pie derecho de la persona que se purifica. 26 Luego el sacerdote echará un poco del aceite sobre la palma de su mano izquierda 27 y, con el índice de su mano derecha, hará siete aspersiones ante el Señor utilizando el aceite que tiene en su mano izquierda. 28 A continuación, con el aceite que tiene en su mano, el sacerdote untará el lóbulo de la oreja derecha, el pulgar de la mano derecha y el pulgar del pie derecho de quien se purifica, por encima del lugar untado con la sangre de la ofrenda de reparación. 29 Y lo que reste del aceite que tiene en su mano, lo derramará el sacerdote sobre la cabeza de la persona que se purifica, para hacer expiación por ella en presencia del Señor. 30 Luego ofrecerá las dos tórtolas o los dos pichones, según sus recursos: 31 uno en ofrenda de purificación y el otro en holocausto; presentará, además, la ofrenda de cereal. Así hará el sacerdote expiación en presencia del Señor por la persona que se purifica. 32 Esta es la norma para quien haya padecido de lepra y no tenga recursos suficientes para su purificación.

La lepra de las casas

33 El Señor habló a Moisés y a Aarón, y les dijo:

34 — Cuando entren en la tierra de Canaán, que les entrego en posesión, si yo hiciera aparecer manchas en alguna casa de su tierra, 35 el propietario de la casa avisará al sacerdote y le dirá “Algo como lepra ha aparecido en mi casa”. 36 Antes de entrar a examinarla, el sacerdote ordenará desocupar inmediatamente la casa para evitar que sea contaminado todo lo que hay en ella; a continuación el sacerdote entrará a examinarla. 37 Y si al examinarla, se ven en las paredes de la casa manchas verdosas o rojizas que aparentan estar más hundidas que la superficie de la pared, 38 el sacerdote saldrá a la entrada de la casa y la clausurará durante siete días. 39 Al séptimo día el sacerdote retornará a la casa y, si comprueba que la mancha se ha extendido por las paredes, 40 ordenará que se arranquen las piedras manchadas y que se arrojen en lugar impuro fuera de la ciudad. 41 Ordenará también raspar toda la casa por dentro y el polvo de las raspaduras será arrojado a un lugar impuro fuera de la ciudad. 42 Pondrán otras piedras en lugar de las que se quitaron y recubrirán nuevamente con barro el interior de la casa. 43 Y si, después que se arrancaron las piedras, se raspó la casa y se volvió a recubrir, salen nuevas manchas, 44 entonces el sacerdote volverá a examinarla: si resulta que las manchas se han extendido por toda la casa, es un caso de lepra maligna en la casa; la casa es impura: 45 deberá ser demolida y sus piedras, sus maderos y la argamasa de sus muros, serán arrojados a un lugar impuro fuera de la ciudad. 46 Y cualquiera que hubiere entrado en aquella casa durante los días en que estuvo clausurada, quedará impuro hasta la noche. 47 Igualmente, el que haya dormido o comido en dicha casa, deberá lavar sus ropas.

48 Pero si el sacerdote entra y, al examinar la casa, observa que las manchas no se han extendido después que la casa fue recubierta, declarará pura la casa, porque la infección ha desaparecido. 49 Para purificar la casa el sacerdote tomará dos aves, madera de cedro, una cinta escarlata e hisopo; 50 inmolará una de las aves en una vasija de barro que contenga agua corriente; 51 luego tomará la madera de cedro, el hisopo, la cinta escarlata, la púrpura y el ave viva, mojará todo en la sangre del ave inmolada sobre la vasija con agua corriente y asperjará la casa siete veces. 52 Así purificará la casa con la sangre del ave inmolada, con el agua corriente, con el pájaro vivo, la madera de cedro, el hisopo y la cinta escarlata. 53 Al ave viva la dejará en libertad por el campo. De esta manera hará expiación por la casa, y esta quedará pura.

Conclusión

54 Este es el ritual a seguir acerca de toda mancha de lepra y de tiña, 55 sea lepra de vestidos o de casas, 56 y acerca de inflamaciones, erupciones y manchas blancuzcas, 57 en orden a determinar cuándo algo es puro y cuándo es impuro. Esta es la norma tocante a la lepra.

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The Ritual for Cleansing Healed Lepers(A)

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the [a]leper for the day of his cleansing: He (B)shall be brought to the priest. 3 And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed, if the [b]leprosy is healed in the leper, 4 then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, (C)cedar wood, (D)scarlet, and (E)hyssop. 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water. 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water. 7 And he shall (F)sprinkle it (G)seven times on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose in the open field. 8 He who is to be cleansed (H)shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and (I)wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and (J)shall stay outside his tent seven days. 9 But on the (K)seventh day he shall shave all the hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows—all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes and wash his body in water, and he shall be clean.

10 “And on the eighth day (L)he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as (M)a grain offering, and one log of oil. 11 Then the priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 12 And the priest shall take one male lamb and (N)offer it as a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and (O)wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. 13 Then he shall kill the lamb (P)in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a holy place; for (Q)as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering. (R)It is most holy. 14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it (S)on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand. 16 Then the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall (T)sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 17 And of the rest of the oil in his hand, the priest shall put some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering. 18 The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. (U)So the priest shall make [c]atonement for him before the Lord.

19 “Then the priest shall offer (V)the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall kill the burnt offering. 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be (W)clean.

21 “But (X)if he is poor and cannot afford it, then he shall take one male lamb as a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, [d]one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 (Y)and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford: one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 23 (Z)He shall bring them to the priest on the eighth day for his cleansing, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, before the Lord. 24 (AA)And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, (AB)and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 26 And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. 27 Then the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. 28 And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering. 29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer one of (AC)the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he can afford— 31 such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the Lord. 32 This is the law for one who had a leprous sore, who cannot afford (AD)the usual cleansing.”

The Law Concerning Leprous Houses

33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 34 (AE)“When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give you as a possession, and (AF)I put the [e]leprous plague in a house in the land of your possession, 35 and he who owns the house comes and tells the priest, saying, ‘It seems to me that there is (AG)some plague in the house,’ 36 then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it to examine the plague, that all that is in the house may not be made unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to examine the house. 37 And he shall examine the plague; and indeed if the plague is on the walls of the house with ingrained streaks, greenish or reddish, which appear to be [f]deep in the wall, 38 then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and [g]shut up the house seven days. 39 And the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look; and indeed if the plague has spread on the walls of the house, 40 then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which is the plague, and they shall cast them into an unclean place outside the city. 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. 42 Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house.

43 “Now if the plague comes back and breaks out in the house, after he has taken away the stones, after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered, 44 then the priest shall come and look; and indeed if the plague has spread in the house, it is (AH)an active leprosy in the house. It is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, its stones, its timber, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place. 46 Moreover he who goes into the house at all while it is shut up shall be [h]unclean (AI)until evening. 47 And he who lies down in the house shall (AJ)wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 “But if the priest comes in and examines it, and indeed the plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49 And (AK)he shall take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. 50 Then he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water; 51 and he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 And he shall [i]cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the running water and the living bird, with the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet. 53 Then he shall let the living bird loose outside the city in the open field, and (AL)make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 “This is the law for any (AM)leprous sore and scale, 55 for the (AN)leprosy of a garment (AO)and of a house, 56 (AP)for a swelling and a scab and a bright spot, 57 to (AQ)teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:2 See note at 13:2
  2. Leviticus 14:3 Heb. saraath, disfiguring skin diseases, including leprosy, and so in vv. 2–32
  3. Leviticus 14:18 Lit. covering
  4. Leviticus 14:21 Approximately two dry quarts
  5. Leviticus 14:34 Decomposition by mildew, mold, dry rot, etc., and so in vv. 34–53
  6. Leviticus 14:37 Lit. lower than the wall
  7. Leviticus 14:38 quarantine
  8. Leviticus 14:46 defiled
  9. Leviticus 14:52 ceremonially cleanse
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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)

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
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