1 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “ This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,

This shall be the law of the leper on the day when he is to be pronounced clean: he shall be brought to the priest;

3 a nd the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,

The priest shall go out of the camp; and shall examine him, and if the disease is healed in the leper,

4 t hen the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

Then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds and cedar wood and scarlet and hyssop.

5 T he priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over fresh, running water.

6 A s for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the running water.

As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird killed over the running water;

7 H e 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.

And he shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.

8 T he one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days.

He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but stay outside his tent seven days.

9 I t will 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 body in water and be clean.

But on the seventh day he shall shave all his hair off his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and his; and he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and 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 ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil;

On the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

11 a nd the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man to be cleansed and the aforesaid before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting;

12 T hen the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it for a guilt offering, with the log of oil, and present them as a wave offering before the Lord.

The priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt or trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

13 N ext he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

He shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the sacred place; for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the guilt or trespass offering; it is most holy;

14 T he priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it 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.

And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt or trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

15 T he priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into his left palm;

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;

16 t he 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.

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord;

17 O f the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall 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;

And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt or trespass offering.

18 w hile the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord.

And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him who is to be cleansed and make atonement for him before the Lord.

19 T he priest shall next offer the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

And the priest shall offer the sin offering and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterward kill the burnt offering.

20 T he priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the cereal offering on the altar; and he shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

21 “ But if he is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

If the cleansed leper is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take one lamb for a guilt or trespass offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering, and a log of oil,

22 a nd two turtledoves or two young pigeons which are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he can afford, one for a sin offering, the other for a burnt offering.

23 T hen the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the Lord.

He shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, before the Lord.

24 T he priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall offer them for a wave offering before the Lord.

And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt or trespass offering, and the log of oil, and shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

25 N ext 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 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.

And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt or trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

26 T he priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm;

And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,

27 a nd with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the Lord.

And shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.

28 T he 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.

The priest shall put some of the oil in his hand on the tip of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the places where he has put the blood of the guilt offering.

29 M oreover, 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.

The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord.

30 H e shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means.

And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,

31 H e shall offer what he can afford, the one for a sin offering and the other for 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.

As he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the cereal offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the Lord.

32 T his is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his cleansing.” Cleansing a Leprous House

This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get what is required for his cleansing.

33 T he Lord further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

34 “ When you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession,

When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the disease of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession,

35 t hen the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘ Something like a mark of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.’

Then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, It seems to me there is some sort of disease in my house.

36 T he priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the mark, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house.

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before goes in to examine the disease, so that all that is in the house may not be declared unclean; afterward shall go in to see the house.

37 S o he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface,

He shall examine the disease, and if it is in the walls of the house with depressed spots of dark green or dark red appearing beneath the wall,

38 t hen the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.

Then the priest shall go out of the door and shut up the house seven days.

39 T he priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,

The priest shall come again on the seventh day and shall look; and if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

40 t hen the priest shall order them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away at an unclean place outside the city.

He shall command that they take out the diseased stones and cast them into an unclean place outside the city.

41 H e shall have the house scraped all around inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city.

He shall cause the house to be scraped within round about and the plaster or mortar that is scraped off to be emptied out in an unclean place outside the city.

42 T hen they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

And they shall put other stones in the place of those stones, and he shall plaster the house with fresh mortar.

43 “ If, however, the mark breaks out again in the house after he has torn out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered,

If the disease returns, breaking out in the house after he has removed the stones and has scraped and plastered the house,

44 t hen the priest shall come in and make an inspection. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is a malignant mark in the house; it is unclean.

Then the priest shall come and look, and if the disease is spreading in the house, it is a rotting or corroding leprosy in the house; it is unclean.

45 H e shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, and its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place.

He shall tear down the house—its stones and its timber and all the plaster or mortar of the house—and shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.

46 M oreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has quarantined it, becomes unclean until evening.

Moreover, he who enters the house during the whole time that it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening.

47 L ikewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

And he who lies down or eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 “ If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and makes an inspection and the mark has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the mark has not reappeared.

But if the priest inspects it and the disease has not spread after the house was plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the disease is healed.

49 T o cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop,

He shall take to cleanse the house two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop;

50 a nd he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water,

51 T hen he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52 H e shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet string.

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, the running water, the living bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet.

53 H owever, 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.”

But he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field; so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 T his is the law for any mark of leprosy—even for a scale,

This is the law for all kinds of leprous diseases, and mangelike conditions,

55 a nd for the leprous garment or house,

For the leprosy of a garment or of a house,

56 a nd for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot—

And for a swelling or an eruption or a scab or a bright spot,

57 t o teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

To teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.