12 And the priest shall take one of the male lambs and (A)offer it for a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and (B)wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 13 And he shall kill the lamb (C)in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary. For (D)the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; (E)it is most holy. 14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it (F)on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand 16 and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 17 And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. 18 And 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. (G)Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord. 19 The priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterward he shall kill the burnt offering. 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the (H)grain offering on the altar. (I)Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

21 “But (J)if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering (K)to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil; 22 (L)also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford. The one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 23 (M)And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the Lord. 24 (N)And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. (O)And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and 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 and 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 lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put. 29 And 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, of the (P)turtledoves or pigeons, whichever he can afford, 31 one[a] for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering. (Q)And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for him who is being cleansed. 32 This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford (R)the offerings for his cleansing.”

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  1. Leviticus 14:31 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew afford, 31such as he can afford, one

12 “Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering,(A) along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(B) 13 He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area(C) where the sin offering[a] and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;(D) 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.(E) 15 The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,(F) 16 dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the Lord seven times.(G) 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.(H) 18 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed(I) 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.(J) 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,(K) and they will be clean.(L)

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

23 “On the eighth day they must bring them for their cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting,(Q) before the Lord.(R) 24 The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering,(S) together with the log of oil,(T) and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(U) 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.(V) 26 The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,(W) 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.(X) 30 Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, such as the person can afford,(Y) 31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,(Z) together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.(AA)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering; also in verses 19, 22 and 31
  2. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms