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Leviticus 12-19
New American Standard Bible

Laws of Motherhood

12 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying:

‘When a woman gives birth and delivers a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days; (A)as she is in the days of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. 3 Then on (B)the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall stay at home in her condition of [a]blood purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed. 5 But if she gives birth to a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall stay at home in her condition of [b]blood purification for sixty-six days.

6 ‘(C)When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one-year-old lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove (D)as a [c]sin offering. 7 Then he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the [d]flow of her blood. This is the law for her who gives birth to a child, whether a male or a female. 8 But if [e]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take (E)two turtledoves or two young doves, (F)the one as a burnt offering and the other as a [f]sin offering; and the (G)priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

The Test for Leprosy

13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “When someone has on the skin of his [g]body a swelling, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes an infection of [h]leprosy on the skin of his [i]body, (H)then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. 3 The priest shall look at the infected area on the skin of the [j]body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his [k]body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean. 4 But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his [l]body, and [m]it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall [n]isolate the person who has the infection for seven days. 5 Then the priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has [o]not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall [p]isolate him for seven more days. 6 The priest shall then look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infected area has faded and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash. And he shall (I)wash his clothes and be clean.

7 “But if the rash spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest. 8 And the priest shall look, and if the rash has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.

9 “When the infection of leprosy is on someone, then he shall be brought to the priest. 10 The priest shall then look, and if there is a (J)white swelling on the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is new raw flesh in the swelling, 11 it is [q]a chronic leprosy on the skin of his [r]body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not [s]isolate him, for he is unclean. 12 If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the person who has the infection from his head even to his feet, [t]as far as the priest can see, 13 then the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered his entire [u]body, he shall pronounce the one who has the infection clean; it has all turned white and he is clean. 14 But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. 15 The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turns back and is changed to white, then he shall (K)come to the priest, 17 and the priest shall look at him, and behold, if the infected area has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the one who has the infection clean; he is clean.

18 “Now when the [v]body has a boil on its skin and it is healed, 19 and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white, bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest; 20 and the priest shall look, and behold, if [w]it appears to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the infection of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil. 21 But if the priest looks at it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it and it is not deeper than the skin and is faded, then the priest shall [x]isolate him for seven days; 22 and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. 23 But if the bright spot remains in its place and does not spread, it is only the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

24 “Or if the [y]body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, 25 then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has (L)turned white and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. 26 But if the priest looks at it, and indeed, there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall [z]isolate him for seven days; 27 and the priest shall look at him on the seventh day. If it spreads farther in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. 28 But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar of the burn.

29 “Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard, 30 then the priest shall look at the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and there is thin yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. 31 But if the priest looks at the infection of the scale, and indeed, it appears to be no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall [aa]isolate the person with the scaly infection for seven days. 32 And on the seventh day the priest shall look at the infection, and if the scale has not spread and no yellowish hair has [ab]grown in it, and the appearance of the scale is no deeper than the skin, 33 then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the scale; and the priest shall [ac]isolate the person with the scale for seven more days. 34 Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 35 But if the scale spreads farther in the skin after his cleansing, 36 then the priest shall look at him, and if the scale has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for the yellowish hair; he is unclean. 37 If in his sight the scale has remained, however, and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, and he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38 “When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the [ad]body, white bright spots, 39 then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their [ae]bodies are a faint white, it is [af]eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.

40 “Now if a man [ag]loses the hair of his head, he is only (M)bald; he is clean. 41 And if his head becomes bald at the [ah]front and sides, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean. 42 But if on the bald head or the bald forehead there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead. 43 Then (N)the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the [ai]body, 44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head.

45 “As for the person who has the leprous infection, his clothes shall be torn and (O)the hair of his head shall be [aj]uncovered, and he shall (P)cover his [ak]mustache and call out, ‘(Q)Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; he shall live (R)outside the camp.

47 “When a garment has [al]a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment, 48 whether in [am]warp or [an]woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather, 49 if the [ao]mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, whether in the [ap]warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous [aq]mark and it shall be shown to the priest. 50 Then (S)the priest shall look at the mark and shall [ar]quarantine the article with the mark for seven days. 51 He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the [as]warp or in the woof, or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a [at]leprous malignancy, it is unclean. 52 So he shall burn the garment, whether it is the [au]warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather, in which the mark occurs; for it is a [av]leprous malignancy. It shall be burned in the fire.

53 “But if the priest looks, and indeed the mark has not spread in the garment, either in the [aw]warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, 54 then the priest shall order them to wash the thing in which the mark occurs, and he shall [ax]quarantine it for seven more days. 55 After the article with the mark has been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even if the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the back or on the front of it.

56 “But if the priest looks, and indeed the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or out of the leather, whether from the [ay]warp or from the woof; 57 yet if it appears again in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire. 58 But the garment, whether the warp or the woof, or any article of leather from which the mark has disappeared when you washed it, shall then be washed a second time and will be clean.”

59 This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

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. (T)Now he shall be brought to the priest; 3 and the priest shall go (U)out to a place outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the [az]leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy, 4 then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds, (V)cedar wood, a [ba]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 [bb]running water. 6 As for the live bird, he shall take it together with (W)the cedar wood, the [bc]scarlet string, and the (X)hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the [bd]running water. 7 (Y)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 (Z)The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water and (AA)be clean. And afterward he may enter the camp, but he (AB)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 [be]body in water and (AC)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 [bf]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one [bg](AD)log of oil; 11 and the priest who is going to pronounce him clean shall present the person to be cleansed and [bh]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 (AE)guilt offering, with the [bi](AF)log of oil, and present them as a (AG)wave offering before the Lord. 13 Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in (AH)the place where they slaughter the [bj]sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, (AI)like the [bk]sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14 The priest shall then take some of the blood of the (AJ)guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on (AK)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 [bl](AL)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 (AM)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 (AN)atonement on his behalf before the Lord. 19 The priest shall next offer the [bm](AO)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 (AP)he will be clean.

21 “(AQ)But if he is poor and his [bn]means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a (AR)guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an [bo]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a [bp](AS)log of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young doves, which [bq]are within his means. (AT)The one shall be a [br](AU)sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23 (AV)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 (AW)the [bs]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 (AX)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, [bt]which are within his means. 31 He shall offer what [bu]he can afford, (AY)the one as a [bv]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 [bw]means are limited for his cleansing.”

Cleansing a Leprous House

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

34 “(AZ)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 (BA)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 [bx]surface, 38 the priest shall come out of the house, to the [by]doorway, and [bz]quarantine the house for seven days. 39 Then the priest shall return on the seventh day and [ca]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 [cb]at an unclean place outside the city. 41 And he shall have the house scraped all around [cc]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 [cd]make an inspection. If he sees that the spot has indeed spread in the house, it is (BB)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 (BC)unclean place. 46 Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has [ce]quarantined it, becomes (BD)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 [cf]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 [cg]not reappeared. 49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take (BE)two birds, cedar wood, a [ch]scarlet string, and hyssop, 50 and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [ci]running water. 51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the (BF)hyssop, and the [cj]scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [ck]running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [cl]running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the [cm]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 (BG)scale, 55 and for the (BH)leprous garment or house, 56 and (BI)for a swelling, for a scab, and for a bright spot— 57 to teach [cn]when they are unclean and [co]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, ‘(BJ)When any man has a discharge from his [cp]body, [cq]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 [cr]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 (BK)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 (BL)shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in [cs]running water and will become clean. 14 Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself (BM)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, (BN)one as a [ct]sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. So (BO)the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord because of his discharge.

16 ‘(BP)Now if a [cu]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 (BQ)unclean until evening.

19 ‘(BR)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 (BS)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 ‘(BT)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 [cv]that period, for all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though [cw]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 [cx]her bed at menstruation; and every object on which she sits shall be unclean, like [cy]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 (BU)one as a [cz]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 (BV)defiling My [da]tabernacle that is among them.” 32 This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man [db]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 (BW)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 (BX)at [dc]any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the [dd]atoning cover which is on the ark, or he will die; for (BY)I will appear in the cloud over the [de]atoning cover. 3 Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a [df]bull as a [dg](BZ)sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the (CA)holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his [dh]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 (CB)bathe his [di]body in water and put them on. 5 And he shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel (CC)two male goats as a [dj]sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering. 6 Then (CD)Aaron shall offer the bull as the [dk]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 [dl]the [dm]scapegoat. 9 Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a [dn]sin offering. 10 But the goat on which the lot for [do]the [dp]scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make (CE)atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness [dq]as the [dr]scapegoat.

11 “Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the [ds]sin offering (CF)which is for himself and make atonement for himself and (CG)for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the [dt]sin offering which is for himself. 12 He shall take a (CH)firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the Lord and [du]two handfuls of finely ground (CI)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 (CJ)atoning cover that is on the ark of the testimony, (CK)otherwise he will die. 14 Moreover, (CL)he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it (CM)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, (CN)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 (CO)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 (CP)put it on the horns of the altar on all sides. 19 (CQ)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 (CR)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 [dv]isolated territory; he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

23 “Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off (CS)the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. 24 And (CT)he shall bathe his [dw]body with water in a holy place and put on (CU)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 [dx]as the [dy]scapegoat (CV)shall wash his clothes and bathe his [dz]body with water; then afterward he shall come into the camp. 27 But the bull of the [ea]sin offering and the goat of the [eb]sin offering, (CW)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 (CX)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: (CY)in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble [ec]yourselves and not (CZ)do any work, whether the native, or the stranger who resides among you; 30 for it is on this day that [ed]atonement shall be made for you to (DA)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 (DB)humble [ee]yourselves; it is a permanent statute. 32 So the priest who is anointed and [ef]ordained to serve as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement: he shall put on (DC)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 (DD)the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 34 Now you shall have this as a (DE)permanent statute, to (DF)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.

Blood for Atonement

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded, saying, 3 “Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp, 4 and (DG)has not brought it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the [eg]tabernacle of the Lord, bloodshed is to be counted against that person. He has shed blood, and that person shall be cut off from among his people. 5 This shall be done so that the sons of Israel will bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing [eh]in the open field—so that they will bring them to the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord. 6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and (DH)offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing aroma to the Lord. 7 And (DI)they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the [ei]goat demons with which they play the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’

8 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Anyone from the house of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 and (DJ)does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to [ej]offer it to the Lord, that person also shall be cut off from his people.

10 ‘(DK)And anyone from the house of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, who eats any blood, (DL)I will set My face against that person who eats the blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For (DM)the [ek]life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for (DN)it is the blood by reason of the [el]life that makes atonement.’ 12 Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who resides among you eat blood.’ 13 So when anyone from the sons of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, [em]while hunting catches an animal or a bird which may be eaten, (DO)he shall pour out its blood and cover it with dirt.

14 “(DP)For as for the [en]life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its [eo]life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the [ep]life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’ 15 And (DQ)any person who eats an animal which dies or is torn by animals, whether he is a native or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, then (DR)he shall bear the responsibility for his [eq]guilt.”

Laws on Immoral Relations

18 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘(DS)I am the Lord your God. 3 You shall not do [er]what is (DT)done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do [es]what is (DU)done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. 4 You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, [et]to live in accord with them; (DV)I am the Lord your God. 5 So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, (DW)which, if [eu]a person [ev]follows them, then he will live by them; I am the Lord.

6 ‘None of you shall approach any blood relative [ew]of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. 7 (DX)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. 8 (DY)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. 9 As for (DZ)the nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness. 10 The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for [ex]their nakedness is yours. 11 The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, born to your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 12 (EA)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative. 13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. 14 (EB)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. 15 (EC)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 16 (ED)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. 17 (EE)You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is an outrageous sin. 18 And you shall not [ey]marry a woman in addition to her sister [ez]as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

19 ‘(EF)Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her (EG)menstrual impurity. 20 And (EH)you shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. 21 You shall not give any of your children (EI)to [fa]offer them to Molech, nor shall you (EJ)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. 22 (EK)You shall not sleep with a male as [fb]one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination. 23 (EL)Also you shall not have sexual intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to [fc]mate with it; it is a perversion.

24 ‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things (EM)the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled. 25 For the land has become defiled, (EN)therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land (EO)has vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you 27 (for the people of the land who were there before you did all these abominations, and the land has become defiled), 28 so that the land will not vomit you out should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which was there before you. 29 For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. 30 So you are to keep (EP)your [fd]commitment to Me not to practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves with them; (EQ)I am the Lord your God.’”

Idolatry Forbidden

19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘(ER)You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you (ES)shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep (ET)My Sabbaths; (EU)I am the Lord your God. 4 Do not turn to (EV)idols or make for yourselves cast metal (EW)gods; I am the Lord your God.

5 ‘Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. 6 It shall be eaten on the same day you offer it, and on the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire. 7 So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is unclean; it will not be accepted. 8 And everyone who eats it will bear the consequences for his guilt, because he has profaned the holy thing of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

Various Laws

9 ‘(EX)Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.

11 ‘(EY)You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, (EZ)nor lie to one another. 12 And (FA)you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to (FB)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

13 ‘(FC)You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. (FD)The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning. 14 You shall not curse a person who is deaf, nor (FE)put a stumbling block before a person who is blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.

15 ‘(FF)You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor give preference to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly. 16 You shall not go about as (FG)a slanderer among your people; and you are not to [fe]jeopardize the [ff](FH)life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

17 ‘You (FI)shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you (FJ)may certainly rebuke your neighbor, but you are not to incur sin because of him. 18 (FK)You shall not take vengeance, (FL)nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but (FM)you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

19 ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not cross-breed two kinds of your cattle; (FN)you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of material mixed together.

20 ‘(FO)Now if a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free. 21 He shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting, (FP)a ram as a guilt offering. 22 The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.

23 ‘Now when you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as [fg]forbidden. For three years it shall be [fh]forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten. 24 And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. 25 But in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, so that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.

26 ‘You shall not eat any meat (FQ)with the blood. You shall not practice (FR)divination nor soothsaying. 27 (FS)You shall not round off the [fi]hairline of your heads, nor trim the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuts in your [fj]body for the [fk]dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.

29 ‘(FT)Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not fall into prostitution, and the land does not become full of outrageous sin. 30 You shall (FU)keep My Sabbaths and (FV)revere My sanctuary; I am the Lord.

31 ‘Do not turn to [fl](FW)mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

32 ‘(FX)You shall stand up in the presence of the grayheaded and honor [fm]elders, and you shall [fn]fear your God; I am the Lord.

33 ‘(FY)When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not [fo]do him wrong. 34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and (FZ)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

35 ‘(GA)You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume. 36 You shall have (GB)accurate balances, accurate weights, an accurate [fp]ephah, and an accurate [fq]hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. 37 So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the Lord.’”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:4 Lit blood of purifying; i.e., ritually clean blood from childbirth
  2. Leviticus 12:5 See note v 4
  3. Leviticus 12:6 Or purification offering
  4. Leviticus 12:7 Lit fountain
  5. Leviticus 12:8 Lit her hand does not find enough for
  6. Leviticus 12:8 Or purification offering
  7. Leviticus 13:2 Lit flesh
  8. Leviticus 13:2 I.e., or a serious, unspecified disease, and so throughout the ch
  9. Leviticus 13:2 Lit flesh
  10. Leviticus 13:3 Lit flesh
  11. Leviticus 13:3 Lit flesh
  12. Leviticus 13:4 Lit flesh
  13. Leviticus 13:4 Lit the appearance of it is not deeper
  14. Leviticus 13:4 Lit separate
  15. Leviticus 13:5 Lit stood
  16. Leviticus 13:5 Lit separate
  17. Leviticus 13:11 Lit aging
  18. Leviticus 13:11 Lit flesh
  19. Leviticus 13:11 Lit separate
  20. Leviticus 13:12 Lit to the entire sight of the priest’s eyes
  21. Leviticus 13:13 Lit flesh
  22. Leviticus 13:18 Lit flesh
  23. Leviticus 13:20 Lit the appearance of it is deeper
  24. Leviticus 13:21 Lit separate
  25. Leviticus 13:24 Lit flesh
  26. Leviticus 13:26 Lit separate
  27. Leviticus 13:31 Lit separate
  28. Leviticus 13:32 Lit been
  29. Leviticus 13:33 Lit separate
  30. Leviticus 13:38 Lit flesh
  31. Leviticus 13:39 Lit flesh
  32. Leviticus 13:39 Lit vitiligo
  33. Leviticus 13:40 Lit becomes bald on his head
  34. Leviticus 13:41 Lit border of his face
  35. Leviticus 13:43 Lit flesh
  36. Leviticus 13:45 Or disheveled
  37. Leviticus 13:45 I.e., mouth
  38. Leviticus 13:47 Lit an infection, and so throughout the ch
  39. Leviticus 13:48 I.e., lengthwise material in weaving
  40. Leviticus 13:48 I.e., material woven crosswise
  41. Leviticus 13:49 Lit infestation; possibly material already contaminated prior to weaving
  42. Leviticus 13:49 See notes v 48
  43. Leviticus 13:49 Lit infestation; possibly material already contaminated prior to weaving
  44. Leviticus 13:50 Lit separate
  45. Leviticus 13:51 See notes v 48
  46. Leviticus 13:51 Lit malignant leprosy
  47. Leviticus 13:52 See notes v 48
  48. Leviticus 13:52 Lit malignant leprosy
  49. Leviticus 13:53 See notes v 48
  50. Leviticus 13:54 Lit separate
  51. Leviticus 13:56 See notes v 48
  52. Leviticus 14:3 I.e., or a serious, unspecified disease, and so throughout the ch
  53. Leviticus 14:4 Lit scarlet color and
  54. Leviticus 14:5 Lit living
  55. Leviticus 14:6 Lit scarlet color and
  56. Leviticus 14:6 Lit living
  57. Leviticus 14:9 Lit flesh
  58. Leviticus 14:10 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  59. Leviticus 14:10 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  60. Leviticus 14:11 Lit them
  61. Leviticus 14:12 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  62. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering
  63. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering
  64. Leviticus 14:15 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  65. Leviticus 14:19 Or purification offering
  66. Leviticus 14:21 Lit hand is not reaching
  67. Leviticus 14:21 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  68. Leviticus 14:21 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  69. Leviticus 14:22 Lit his hand reaches
  70. Leviticus 14:22 Or purification offering
  71. Leviticus 14:24 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  72. Leviticus 14:30 Lit from which his hand reaches
  73. Leviticus 14:31 Lit his hand reaches
  74. Leviticus 14:31 Or purification offering
  75. Leviticus 14:32 Lit hand does not reach
  76. Leviticus 14:37 Lit wall
  77. Leviticus 14:38 Lit doorway of the house
  78. Leviticus 14:38 Lit separate
  79. Leviticus 14:39 Lit look
  80. Leviticus 14:40 Lit to
  81. Leviticus 14:41 Lit from the house
  82. Leviticus 14:44 Lit look
  83. Leviticus 14:46 Lit separated
  84. Leviticus 14:48 Lit looks
  85. Leviticus 14:48 Lit healed
  86. Leviticus 14:49 Lit scarlet color
  87. Leviticus 14:50 Lit living
  88. Leviticus 14:51 Lit scarlet color
  89. Leviticus 14:51 Lit living
  90. Leviticus 14:52 Lit living
  91. Leviticus 14:52 Lit scarlet color
  92. Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of uncleanness
  93. Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of cleanness
  94. Leviticus 15:2 Lit flesh, and so throughout the ch
  95. Leviticus 15:2 Or by his discharge, he is unclean
  96. Leviticus 15:7 Lit flesh
  97. Leviticus 15:13 Lit living
  98. Leviticus 15:15 Or purification offering
  99. Leviticus 15:16 Lit man’s...goes out from him
  100. Leviticus 15:25 Lit her menstrual impurity
  101. Leviticus 15:25 Lit in the days of
  102. Leviticus 15:26 Lit the bed of her menstrual impurity
  103. Leviticus 15:26 Lit the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity
  104. Leviticus 15:30 Or purification offering
  105. Leviticus 15:31 Or dwelling place
  106. Leviticus 15:32 Lit whose seminal emission goes out from him
  107. Leviticus 16:2 I.e., of his own choosing
  108. Leviticus 16:2 Also called mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  109. Leviticus 16:2 Also called mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  110. Leviticus 16:3 Or bull of the herd
  111. Leviticus 16:3 Or purification offering
  112. Leviticus 16:4 Lit flesh
  113. Leviticus 16:4 Lit flesh
  114. Leviticus 16:5 Or purification offering
  115. Leviticus 16:6 Or purification offering
  116. Leviticus 16:8 Or possibly, Azazel (a name)
  117. Leviticus 16:8 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  118. Leviticus 16:9 Or purification offering
  119. Leviticus 16:10 Or possibly, Azazel (a name)
  120. Leviticus 16:10 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  121. Leviticus 16:10 Or possibly, for Azazel
  122. Leviticus 16:10 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  123. Leviticus 16:11 Or purification offering
  124. Leviticus 16:11 Or purification offering
  125. Leviticus 16:12 Lit the filling of the hollow of his hands
  126. Leviticus 16:22 Or infertile
  127. Leviticus 16:24 Lit flesh
  128. Leviticus 16:26 Or possibly, for Azazel (a name)
  129. Leviticus 16:26 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins
  130. Leviticus 16:26 Lit flesh
  131. Leviticus 16:27 Or purification offering
  132. Leviticus 16:27 Or purification offering
  133. Leviticus 16:29 Lit your souls
  134. Leviticus 16:30 Lit he shall make atonement
  135. Leviticus 16:31 Lit your souls
  136. Leviticus 16:32 Lit whose hand is filled
  137. Leviticus 17:4 Lit dwelling place
  138. Leviticus 17:5 Lit on the face of the field
  139. Leviticus 17:7 Or goat idols
  140. Leviticus 17:9 Lit do
  141. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul
  142. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul
  143. Leviticus 17:13 Lit who hunts game, animal
  144. Leviticus 17:14 Lit soul
  145. Leviticus 17:14 Lit soul
  146. Leviticus 17:14 Lit soul
  147. Leviticus 17:16 Or wrongdoing
  148. Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of
  149. Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of
  150. Leviticus 18:4 Lit to walk in them
  151. Leviticus 18:5 Lit the person
  152. Leviticus 18:5 Lit does them
  153. Leviticus 18:6 Lit of his flesh
  154. Leviticus 18:10 Lit they are your nakedness
  155. Leviticus 18:18 Lit take
  156. Leviticus 18:18 Lit to be
  157. Leviticus 18:21 Lit make them pass over
  158. Leviticus 18:22 Lit a woman’s bed
  159. Leviticus 18:23 Or lie
  160. Leviticus 18:30 Lit obligation
  161. Leviticus 19:16 Lit stand on
  162. Leviticus 19:16 Lit blood
  163. Leviticus 19:23 Lit uncircumcised
  164. Leviticus 19:23 Lit uncircumcised
  165. Leviticus 19:27 Lit side
  166. Leviticus 19:28 Lit flesh
  167. Leviticus 19:28 Lit soul
  168. Leviticus 19:31 Or ghosts or spirits
  169. Leviticus 19:32 Lit the face of the old
  170. Leviticus 19:32 Or revere
  171. Leviticus 19:33 Lit oppress him
  172. Leviticus 19:36 I.e., a dry measure, about 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  173. Leviticus 19:36 I.e., a liquid measure, about 1 gallon or 3.8 liters
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Purification After Childbirth

12 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.(A) 3 On the eighth day(B) the boy is to be circumcised.(C) 4 Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over. 5 If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

6 “‘When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over,(D) she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb(E) for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.[a](F) 7 He shall offer them before the Lord to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood.

“‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl. 8 But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons,(G) one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering.(H) In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.(I)’”

Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases

13 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “When anyone has a swelling(J) or a rash or a shiny spot(K) on their skin that may be a defiling skin disease,[b](L) they must be brought to Aaron the priest(M) or to one of his sons[c] who is a priest. 3 The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean.(N) 4 If the shiny spot(O) on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.(P) 5 On the seventh day(Q) the priest is to examine them,(R) and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to isolate them for another seven days. 6 On the seventh day the priest is to examine them again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them clean;(S) it is only a rash. They must wash their clothes,(T) and they will be clean.(U) 7 But if the rash does spread in their skin after they have shown themselves to the priest to be pronounced clean, they must appear before the priest again.(V) 8 The priest is to examine that person, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.

9 “When anyone has a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to the priest. 10 The priest is to examine them, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling, 11 it is a chronic skin disease(W) and the priest shall pronounce them unclean. He is not to isolate them, because they are already unclean.

12 “If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, 13 the priest is to examine them, and if the disease has covered their whole body, he shall pronounce them clean. Since it has all turned white, they are clean. 14 But whenever raw flesh appears on them, they will be unclean. 15 When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall pronounce them unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; they have a defiling disease.(X) 16 If the raw flesh changes and turns white, they must go to the priest. 17 The priest is to examine them, and if the sores have turned white, the priest shall pronounce the affected person clean;(Y) then they will be clean.

18 “When someone has a boil(Z) on their skin and it heals, 19 and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white(AA) spot(AB) appears, they must present themselves to the priest. 20 The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean. It is a defiling skin disease(AC) that has broken out where the boil was. 21 But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days. 22 If it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling disease. 23 But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.(AD)

24 “When someone has a burn on their skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn, 25 the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.(AE) 26 But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and if it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days.(AF) 27 On the seventh day the priest is to examine that person,(AG) and if it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease. 28 If, however, the spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a scar from the burn.(AH)

29 “If a man or woman has a sore on their head(AI) or chin, 30 the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease on the head or chin. 31 But if, when the priest examines the sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.(AJ) 32 On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore,(AK) and if it has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be more than skin deep, 33 then the man or woman must shave themselves, except for the affected area, and the priest is to keep them isolated another seven days. 34 On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore,(AL) and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce them clean. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean.(AM) 35 But if the sore does spread in the skin after they are pronounced clean, 36 the priest is to examine them, and if he finds that the sore has spread in the skin, he does not need to look for yellow hair; they are unclean.(AN) 37 If, however, the sore is unchanged so far as the priest can see, and if black hair has grown in it, the affected person is healed. They are clean, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.

38 “When a man or woman has white spots on the skin, 39 the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; they are clean.

40 “A man who has lost his hair and is bald(AO) is clean. 41 If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean. 42 But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a defiling disease breaking out on his head or forehead. 43 The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like a defiling skin disease, 44 the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.

45 “Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes,(AP) let their hair be unkempt,[d] cover the lower part of their face(AQ) and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’(AR) 46 As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.(AS)

Regulations About Defiling Molds

47 “As for any fabric that is spoiled with a defiling mold—any woolen or linen clothing, 48 any woven or knitted material of linen or wool, any leather or anything made of leather— 49 if the affected area in the fabric, the leather, the woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a defiling mold and must be shown to the priest.(AT) 50 The priest is to examine the affected area(AU) and isolate the article for seven days. 51 On the seventh day he is to examine it,(AV) and if the mold has spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a persistent defiling mold; the article is unclean.(AW) 52 He must burn the fabric, the woven or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has been spoiled; because the defiling mold is persistent, the article must be burned.(AX)

53 “But if, when the priest examines it, the mold has not spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather article, 54 he shall order that the spoiled article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days. 55 After the article has been washed, the priest is to examine it again, and if the mold has not changed its appearance, even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it, no matter which side of the fabric has been spoiled. 56 If, when the priest examines it, the mold has faded after the article has been washed, he is to tear the spoiled part out of the fabric, the leather, or the woven or knitted material. 57 But if it reappears in the fabric, in the woven or knitted material, or in the leather article, it is a spreading mold; whatever has the mold must be burned. 58 Any fabric, woven or knitted material, or any leather article that has been washed and is rid of the mold, must be washed again. Then it will be clean.”

59 These are the regulations concerning defiling molds in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.

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:(AY) 3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.(AZ) If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[e](BA) 4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop(BB) be brought for the person to be cleansed.(BC) 5 Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.(BD) 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.(BE) 7 Seven times(BF) he shall sprinkle(BG) 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.(BH)

8 “The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes,(BI) shave off all their hair and bathe with water;(BJ) then they will be ceremonially clean.(BK) After this they may come into the camp,(BL) but they must stay outside their tent for seven days. 9 On the seventh day(BM) they must shave off all their hair;(BN) 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.(BO)

10 “On the eighth day(BP) they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb(BQ) a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah[f](BR) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering,(BS) and one log[g] of oil.(BT) 11 The priest who pronounces them clean shall present(BU) both the one to be cleansed and their offerings before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(BV)

12 “Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering,(BW) along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(BX) 13 He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area(BY) where the sin offering[h] and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;(BZ) 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.(CA) 15 The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,(CB) 16 dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the Lord seven times.(CC) 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.(CD) 18 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed(CE) 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.(CF) 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,(CG) and they will be clean.(CH)

21 “If, however, they are poor(CI) and cannot afford these,(CJ) 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[i] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two doves or two young pigeons,(CK) such as they can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.(CL)

23 “On the eighth day they must bring them for their cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting,(CM) before the Lord.(CN) 24 The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering,(CO) together with the log of oil,(CP) and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(CQ) 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.(CR) 26 The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,(CS) 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.(CT) 30 Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, such as the person can afford,(CU) 31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,(CV) together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.(CW)”

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

Cleansing From Defiling Molds

33 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan,(CZ) which I am giving you as your possession,(DA) 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(DB) 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.(DC) 39 On the seventh day(DD) 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.(DE) 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.(DF) 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.(DG) 47 Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.(DH)

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,(DI) 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.(DJ) 50 He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.(DK) 51 Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop,(DL) 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.(DM) 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(DN) outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.(DO)”

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

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

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,(DT) 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(DU) and bathe with water,(DV) and they will be unclean till evening.(DW) 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(DX) who has a discharge(DY) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

8 “‘If the man with the discharge spits(DZ) 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(EA) 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(EB) that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article(EC) is to be rinsed with water.

13 “‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days(ED) for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.(EE) 14 On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons(EF) 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[j](EG) and the other for a burnt offering.(EH) In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.(EI)

16 “‘When a man has an emission of semen,(EJ) he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.(EK) 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,(EL) 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(EM) 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.(EN) 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(EO) 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(EP) 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(EQ) 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.(ER)

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,[k](ES) which is among them.’”

32 These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,(ET) 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.(EU)

The Day of Atonement(EV)

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

3 “This is how Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place:(FD) He must first bring a young bull(FE) for a sin offering[l] and a ram for a burnt offering.(FF) 4 He is to put on the sacred linen tunic,(FG) with linen undergarments next to his body; he is to tie the linen sash around him and put on the linen turban.(FH) These are sacred garments;(FI) so he must bathe himself with water(FJ) before he puts them on.(FK) 5 From the Israelite community(FL) he is to take two male goats(FM) 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.(FN) 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(FO) for the two goats—one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat.[m](FP) 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(FQ) 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,(FR) and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. 12 He is to take a censer full of burning coals(FS) from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense(FT) 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(FU) above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.(FV) 14 He is to take some of the bull’s blood(FW) 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.(FX)

15 “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people(FY) and take its blood behind the curtain(FZ) and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle(GA) it on the atonement cover and in front of it. 16 In this way he will make atonement(GB) for the Most Holy Place(GC) 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,(GD) 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(GE) 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.(GF) 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.(GG)

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.(GH) 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat(GI) and confess(GJ) 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(GK) 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(GL) he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is to leave them there.(GM) 24 He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area(GN) and put on his regular garments.(GO) Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people,(GP) to make atonement for himself and for the people.(GQ) 25 He shall also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

26 “The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat(GR) must wash his clothes(GS) and bathe himself with water;(GT) 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;(GU) 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.(GV)

29 “This is to be a lasting ordinance(GW) for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month(GX) you must deny yourselves[n](GY) and not do any work(GZ)—whether native-born(HA) or a foreigner residing among you— 30 because on this day atonement will be made(HB) for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.(HC) 31 It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves;(HD) it is a lasting ordinance.(HE) 32 The priest who is anointed and ordained(HF) to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments(HG) 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.(HH)

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

And it was done, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Eating Blood Forbidden

17 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons(HK) and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord has commanded: 3 Any Israelite who sacrifices an ox,[o] a lamb(HL) or a goat(HM) in the camp or outside of it 4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting(HN) to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord(HO)—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.(HP) 5 This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the Lord, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings.(HQ) 6 The priest is to splash the blood against the altar(HR) of the Lord(HS) at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(HT) 7 They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols[p](HU) to whom they prostitute themselves.(HV) This is to be a lasting ordinance(HW) for them and for the generations to come.’(HX)

8 “Say to them: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9 and does not bring it to the entrance to the tent(HY) of meeting(HZ) to sacrifice it to the Lord(IA) must be cut off from the people of Israel.

10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(IB) and I will cut them off from the people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood,(IC) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[q](ID) 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”

13 “‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth,(IE) 14 because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”(IF)

15 “‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything(IG) found dead or torn by wild animals(IH) must wash their clothes and bathe with water,(II) and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening;(IJ) then they will be clean. 16 But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be held responsible.(IK)’”

Unlawful Sexual Relations

18 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God.(IL) 3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(IM) 4 You must obey my laws(IN) and be careful to follow my decrees.(IO) I am the Lord your God.(IP) 5 Keep my decrees and laws,(IQ) for the person who obeys them will live by them.(IR) I am the Lord.

6 “‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

7 “‘Do not dishonor your father(IS) by having sexual relations with your mother.(IT) She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

8 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;(IU) that would dishonor your father.(IV)

9 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,(IW) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.(IX)

10 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.

11 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

12 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister;(IY) she is your father’s close relative.

13 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister,(IZ) because she is your mother’s close relative.

14 “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.(JA)

15 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.(JB) She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.(JC)

16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;(JD) that would dishonor your brother.

17 “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.(JE) Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister(JF) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

19 “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness(JG) of her monthly period.(JH)

20 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife(JI) and defile yourself with her.

21 “‘Do not give any of your children(JJ) to be sacrificed to Molek,(JK) for you must not profane the name of your God.(JL) I am the Lord.(JM)

22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;(JN) that is detestable.(JO)

23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.(JP)

24 “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you(JQ) became defiled.(JR) 25 Even the land was defiled;(JS) so I punished it for its sin,(JT) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.(JU) 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws.(JV) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28 And if you defile the land,(JW) it will vomit you out(JX) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

29 “‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people. 30 Keep my requirements(JY) and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.(JZ)’”

Various Laws

19 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel(KA) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,(KB) am holy.(KC)

3 “‘Each of you must respect your mother and father,(KD) and you must observe my Sabbaths.(KE) I am the Lord your God.(KF)

4 “‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves.(KG) I am the Lord your God.(KH)

5 “‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. 6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up.(KI) 7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.(KJ) 8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible(KK) because they have desecrated what is holy(KL) to the Lord; they must be cut off from their people.(KM)

9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges(KN) of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(KO) 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time(KP) or pick up the grapes that have fallen.(KQ) Leave them for the poor and the foreigner.(KR) I am the Lord your God.

11 “‘Do not steal.(KS)

“‘Do not lie.(KT)

“‘Do not deceive one another.(KU)

12 “‘Do not swear falsely(KV) by my name(KW) and so profane(KX) the name of your God. I am the Lord.

13 “‘Do not defraud or rob(KY) your neighbor.(KZ)

“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker(LA) overnight.(LB)

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:6 Or purification offering; also in verse 8
  2. Leviticus 13:2 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin; here and throughout verses 3-46.
  3. Leviticus 13:2 Or descendants
  4. Leviticus 13:45 Or clothes, uncover their head
  5. 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.
  6. Leviticus 14:10 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms
  7. Leviticus 14:10 That is, about 1/3 quart or about 0.3 liter; also in verses 12, 15, 21 and 24
  8. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering; also in verses 19, 22 and 31
  9. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
  10. Leviticus 15:15 Or purification offering; also in verse 30
  11. Leviticus 15:31 Or my tabernacle
  12. Leviticus 16:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter
  13. Leviticus 16:8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 10 and 26.
  14. Leviticus 16:29 Or must fast; also in verse 31
  15. Leviticus 17:3 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
  16. Leviticus 17:7 Or the demons
  17. Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood
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