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Leviticus 14:33-57
Lexham English Bible

Instructions for Cleansing Houses

33 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 34 “When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am about to give to you as your possession, and I put mildew[b] in a house in the land of your possession, 35 then[c] the one who owns the house[d] shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘It appears to me that an infection is in the house.’ 36 And the priest shall issue a command, and they shall clear out the house before the priest comes to examine the infection, so that[e] all that is in the house might not become unclean; and afterward[f] the priest shall go to examine the house. 37 And he shall examine the infection, and if[g] the infection on the house’s wall has yellowish-green or reddish spots and its appearance is deeper than the surface of[h] the wall, 38 then[i] the priest shall go out from the house to the house’s entrance, and he shall confine[j] the house for seven days. 39 And the priest shall return on the seventh day, and he shall examine the infection,[k] and if[l] the infection has spread on the house’s wall, 40 the priest shall issue a command and they shall remove the stones on which is the infection, and they shall throw them outside the city[m] on an unclean place. 41 Then[n] they[o] shall scrape off the plaster[p] from all around the house, and they shall pour out the plaster,[q] which they scraped off, outside the city[r] on an unclean place. 42 And they shall take other stones, and they shall put[s] them in place of those stones, and they[t] shall take other plaster,[u] and they[v] shall replaster[w] the house.

43 “But[x] if the infection should return and it breaks out in the house after they[y] have removed the stones and after scraping off the plaster[z] of the house and after it has been replastered,[aa] 44 then[ab] the priest shall come, and he shall examine the infection,[ac] and if[ad] the infection has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew[ae] in the house—it is unclean. 45 So[af] he shall break down the house, its stones and its wood and all of the house’s plaster,[ag] and he shall bring it all[ah] outside the city[ai] to an unclean place. 46 And the person who enters into the house during all the days that he[aj] confined[ak] it shall become unclean until the evening. 47 And the person who sleeps in the house must wash his garments, and the person who eats in the house shall wash his garments.

48 “And if the priest comes again and examines the house[al] and if[am] the infection has not spread in the house after being replastered,[an] then[ao] the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the infection is healed. 49 And he shall take two birds and cedar wood[ap] and a crimson thread[aq] and hyssop to cleanse the house; 50 and he shall slaughter the first bird over fresh water on a clay vessel. 51 Then[ar] he shall take the cedar wood[as] and the hyssop and the crimson thread[at] and the living bird, and he shall dip them in the slaughtered bird’s blood and in the fresh water, and he shall spatter them[au] on the house seven times. 52 Thus[av] he shall purify the house with the bird’s blood and with the fresh water and with the living bird and with the cedar wood[aw] and with the hyssop and with the crimson thread.[ax] 53 And he shall send the living bird outside the city[ay] into the open field;[az] and so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 “This is the instruction for any infectious skin disease and for the diseased area of skin, 55 and for a mildew[ba] of the garment and for the house, 56 and for the swelling and for the epidermal eruption and for the spot, 57 to teach when something is unclean and when something is clean.[bb] This is the regulation of the infectious skin disease.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:33 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 14:34 Literally “an infection of skin disease”
  3. Leviticus 14:35 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 14:35 Literally “the house is for him”
  5. Leviticus 14:36 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 14:36 Literally “after thus”
  7. Leviticus 14:37 Literally “look” or “behold”
  8. Leviticus 14:37 Implied by the context
  9. Leviticus 14:38 Or “and”
  10. Leviticus 14:38 Or “close up”
  11. Leviticus 14:39 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  12. Leviticus 14:39 Literally “look” or “behold”
  13. Leviticus 14:40 Literally “to from an outside place of the city”
  14. Leviticus 14:41 Or “And”
  15. Leviticus 14:41 Hebrew “he”
  16. Leviticus 14:41 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  17. Leviticus 14:41 See HALOT 862 s.v. 3.b
  18. Leviticus 14:41 Literally “to from an outside place of the city”
  19. Leviticus 14:42 Literally “bring”
  20. Leviticus 14:42 Hebrew “he”
  21. Leviticus 14:42 See HALOT 862 s.v. 3.b
  22. Leviticus 14:42 Hebrew “he”
  23. Leviticus 14:42 Implied by the context; Hebrew “plaster”
  24. Leviticus 14:43 Or “And”
  25. Leviticus 14:43 Hebrew “he”
  26. Leviticus 14:43 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  27. Leviticus 14:43 Implied by the context; or “plaster”
  28. Leviticus 14:44 Or “and”
  29. Leviticus 14:44 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  30. Leviticus 14:44 Literally “look” or “behold”
  31. Leviticus 14:44 Literally “infectious disease”
  32. Leviticus 14:45 Or “And”
  33. Leviticus 14:45 See HALOT 862 s.v. 3.b
  34. Leviticus 14:45 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  35. Leviticus 14:45 Literally “to from an outside place of the city”
  36. Leviticus 14:46 That is, the priest
  37. Leviticus 14:46 Or “closed up”
  38. Leviticus 14:48 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  39. Leviticus 14:48 Literally “look” or “behold”
  40. Leviticus 14:48 Implied by the context; or “plaster”
  41. Leviticus 14:48 Or “and”
  42. Leviticus 14:49 Literally “wood of cedar”
  43. Leviticus 14:49 Literally “crimson thread of the worm”
  44. Leviticus 14:51 Or “And”
  45. Leviticus 14:51 Literally “wood of cedar”
  46. Leviticus 14:51 Literally “the crimson thread of the worm”
  47. Leviticus 14:51 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  48. Leviticus 14:52 Or “And”
  49. Leviticus 14:52 Literally “wood of cedar”
  50. Leviticus 14:52 Literally “the crimson thread of the worm”
  51. Leviticus 14:53 Literally “to from an outside place of the city”
  52. Leviticus 14:53 Literally “to the faces of the field”
  53. Leviticus 14:55 Literally “infectious skin disease”
  54. Leviticus 14:57 Literally “on the day of the unclean and on the day of the clean”
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Leviticus 14:33-57
New Living Translation

Treatment of Contaminated Houses

33 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 34 “When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.[a] 35 The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.’ 36 Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean. 37 Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface, 38 the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days. 39 On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread, 40 the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean. 41 Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town. 42 Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered.

43 “But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered, 44 the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled. 45 It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean. 46 Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening, 47 and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.

48 “But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone. 49 To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. 50 He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water. 51 He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times. 52 When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way, 53 he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.

54 “These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases,[b] including scabby sores; 55 and mildew,[c] whether on clothing or in a house; 56 and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin. 57 This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean.

“These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

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Footnotes

  1. 14:34 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:47.
  2. 14:54 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:2a.
  3. 14:55 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:47.
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