Leviticus 14:1-8

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Rules for the people after a disease of the skin leaves them

14 The Lord said to Moses, ² ‘These rules are for a person who has had a disease on his skin. They are rules about how to make him clean. When the disease leaves the person, you must bring him to the priest. ³ The priest must go outside the camp and he must look at the person. If the disease has gone away, ⁴ he must speak to the person. He must tell the person that he must bring two birds. They must be birds that are good for food. The birds must be alive. They must also bring wood from the cedar tree, red wool and some hyssop. ⁵ The priest will bring a pot with water in it. He will hold one of the birds over the pot and he will kill it. ⁶ The priest will take the other bird and the wood from the cedar tree. He will take the red wool and the hyssop. He will put all of them into the blood of the dead bird. ⁷ The priest will shake the blood over the person who had the disease. He will do this seven times. The priest will then say that the person is clean. The priest will let the live bird go. It will fly away.

⁸ The person who had the disease must wash his clothes. He must wash his body with water and he must cut off all his hair. Then he will be clean. He can go into the camp. But he must stay outside the home that he has made from animal skins for seven days.