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- Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
- "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,
- and 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,
- then 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.
- "The priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.
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- The LORD said to Moses,
- "These are the regulations for the diseased person at the time of his ceremonial cleansing, when he is brought to the priest:
- The priest is to go outside the camp and examine him. If the person has been healed of his infectious skin disease,
- the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
- Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.
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- "As 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.
- "He 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.
- "The 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.
- "It 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.
- "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;
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- He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.
- Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the infectious disease and pronounce him clean. Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields.
- "The person to be cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. After this he may come into the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days.
- On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair; he must shave his head, his beard, his eyebrows and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
- "On the eighth day he must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil.
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- and 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.
- "Then 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.
- "Next 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.
- "The 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.
- "The priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into his left palm;
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- The priest who pronounces him clean shall present both the one to be cleansed and his offerings before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- "Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- He is to slaughter the lamb in the holy place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
- 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 his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
- The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,
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- the 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.
- "Of 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;
- while 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.
- "The 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.
- "The 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.
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- dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the LORD seven times.
- 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 his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
- The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed and make atonement for him before the LORD.
- "Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering
- and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for him, and he will be clean.
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- "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,
- and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
- "Then the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the LORD.
- "The 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.
- "Next 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.
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- "If, however, he is poor and cannot afford these, he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, together with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,
- and two doves or two young pigeons, which he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
- "On the eighth day he must bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, before the LORD.
- The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering, together with the log of oil, and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- 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 his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
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- "The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm;
- and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD.
- "The 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.
- "Moreover, 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.
- "He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means.
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- The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,
- and with his right forefinger sprinkle some of the oil from his palm seven times before the LORD.
- 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 his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
- 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 him before the LORD.
- Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, which the person can afford,
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- "He 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.
- "This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his cleansing."
- The LORD further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
- "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,
- then 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.'
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- one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed."
- These are the regulations for anyone who has an infectious skin disease and who cannot afford the regular offerings for his cleansing.
- The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- "When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in that land,
- the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, 'I have seen something that looks like mildew in my house.'
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- "The 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.
- "So 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,
- then the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.
- "The priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,
- then 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.
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- The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house.
- He is to examine the mildew on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall,
- the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.
- On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,
- he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town.
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- "He 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.
- "Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.
- "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,
- then 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.
- "He 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.
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- He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town.
- Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.
- "If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered,
- the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.
- It must be torn down--its stones, timbers and all the plaster--and taken out of the town to an unclean place.
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- "Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has quarantined it, becomes unclean until evening.
- "Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
- "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.
- "To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop,
- and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.
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- "Anyone who goes into the house while it is closed up will be unclean till evening.
- Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash his clothes.
- "But if the priest comes to examine it and the mildew has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
- To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.
- He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.
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- "Then 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.
- "He 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.
- "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."
- This is the law for any mark of leprosy--even for a scale,
- and for the leprous garment or house,
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- Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
- He shall purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn.
- Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean."
- These are the regulations for any infectious skin disease, for an itch,
- for mildew in clothing or in a house,
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- and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot--
- to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.
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- and for a swelling, a rash or a bright spot,
- to determine when something is clean or unclean. These are the regulations for infectious skin diseases and mildew.
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