Leviticus 14:33-57
New American Standard Bible
Cleansing a Leprous House
33 The Lord further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
34 “(A)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 (B)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 [a]surface, 38 the priest shall come out of the house, to the [b]doorway, and [c]quarantine the house for seven days. 39 Then the priest shall return on the seventh day and [d]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 [e]at an unclean place outside the city. 41 And he shall have the house scraped all around [f]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 [g]make an inspection. If he sees that the spot has indeed spread in the house, it is (C)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 (D)unclean place. 46 Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has [h]quarantined it, becomes (E)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 [i]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 [j]not reappeared. 49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take (F)two birds, cedar wood, a [k]scarlet string, and hyssop, 50 and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [l]running water. 51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the (G)hyssop, and the [m]scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [n]running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [o]running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the [p]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 (H)scale, 55 and for the (I)leprous garment or house, 56 and (J)for a swelling, for a scab, and for a bright spot— 57 to teach [q]when they are unclean and [r]when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.
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- Leviticus 14:37 Lit wall
- Leviticus 14:38 Lit doorway of the house
- Leviticus 14:38 Lit separate
- Leviticus 14:39 Lit look
- Leviticus 14:40 Lit to
- Leviticus 14:41 Lit from the house
- Leviticus 14:44 Lit look
- Leviticus 14:46 Lit separated
- Leviticus 14:48 Lit looks
- Leviticus 14:48 Lit healed
- Leviticus 14:49 Lit scarlet color
- Leviticus 14:50 Lit living
- Leviticus 14:51 Lit scarlet color
- Leviticus 14:51 Lit living
- Leviticus 14:52 Lit living
- Leviticus 14:52 Lit scarlet color
- Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of uncleanness
- Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of cleanness
Leviticus 14:33-57
International Standard Version
Infected Dwellings
33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan that I’m about to give you as your own possession, and if I put a contagion in a house in the land that you possess, 35 then the owner of the house is to approach the priest and tell him, ‘There appears to be a contagion in the house.’
36 “The priest is to command that the house be cleared before he[a] comes to examine the contagion so that not everything in the house becomes unclean. After this,[b] the priest is to enter the house and examine it. 37 He is to determine if the contagion is indeed on the walls of the house, with greenish or reddish streaks, and to determine if it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall. 38 The priest is to leave through the entrance to the house and seal the house for seven days. 39 He is to return after seven days to examine it. If the contagion has spread to the walls of the house, 40 then the priest is to command that they take out the contaminated stones and discard them in an unclean place outside the city.
41 “Now as for the house, they are to scrape off inside and outside the house and then discard the torn out plaster in an unclean place outside the city. 42 They are then to take other stones and bring them to replace those stones. Lastly, they are to replaster the house.”
Destruction of Infected Dwellings
43 “If the contagion returns and spreads throughout the house after the stones have been removed, after the house has been scraped out, and after it has been re-coated, 44 and the priest comes, undertakes an examination, and determines that the contagion has spread in the house, it’s a chronic fungal infection in the house. It’s unclean. 45 He is to pull down the house, its stones, its lumber, and all the plaster on the house, and discard them in an unclean place outside the city. 46 Moreover, whoever enters the house during the time it was isolated is to be considered unclean until the evening. 47 Whoever has slept in the house is to wash his clothes, along with whoever has eaten in the house.
48 “But if the priest comes in to conduct an examination and determines that the contagion has not spread throughout the house after the house has been repaired, then the priest may declare the house clean, because the contagion has been cleansed. 49 In order to cleanse the house, he is to take two birds, some cedar wood, two crimson threads, and some hyssop. 50 Then he is to slaughter one bird on an earthen vessel over flowing water. 51 He is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the two crimson threads, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird over flowing water. Then he is to sprinkle the house seven times. 52 He is to clean the house with the blood of the bird over flowing water, including cleansing[c] the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the crimson thread. 53 Then he is to send the bird away, outside the city, facing the fields, to make atonement for the house. Then it is to be considered clean.
54 “This is the law for every contagion of infectious skin disease and scabs, 55 for fungal infections on clothing or in a house, 56 and for swelling of the skin, scabs, and bright spots, 57 to distinguish when[d] it’s unclean and clean. This is the law for infectious skin diseases.”
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- Leviticus 14:36 Lit. priest
- Leviticus 14:36 The Heb. lacks after this
- Leviticus 14:52 The Heb. lacks including cleansing
- Leviticus 14:57 Lit. in the day
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