14:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 14:2 “This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when 1 he is brought to the priest. 2 14:3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. 3 If the infection of the diseased person has been healed, 4 14:4 then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, 5 and some twigs of hyssop 6 be taken up 7 for the one being cleansed. 8 14:5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered 9 into a clay vessel over fresh water. 10 14:6 Then 11 he is to take the live bird along with the piece of cedar wood, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the twigs of hyssop, and he is to dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird slaughtered over the fresh water, 14:7 and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed 12 from the disease, pronounce him clean, 13 and send the live bird away over the open countryside. 14
14:8 “The one being cleansed 15 must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. 16 Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. 14:9 When the seventh day comes 17 he must shave all his hair – his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair – and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean. 18
14:10 “On the eighth day he 19 must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, 20 and one log of olive oil, 21 14:11 and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings 22 before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.
14:12 “The priest is to take one male lamb 23 and present it for a guilt offering 24 along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the Lord. 25 14:13 He must then slaughter 26 the male lamb in the place where 27 the sin offering 28 and the burnt offering 29 are slaughtered, 30 in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; 31 it is most holy. 14:14 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, 32 on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe 33 of his right foot. 14:15 The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand. 34 14:16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil 35 that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 14:17 The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his hand 36 on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering, 14:18 and the remainder of the olive oil 37 that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord.
14:19 “The priest must then perform the sin offering 38 and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he 39 is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer 40 the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean.
14:21 “If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, 41 he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil, 42 14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 43 which are within his means. 44 One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 45
14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance 46 of the Meeting Tent before the Lord, 14:24 and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them 47 as a wave offering before the Lord. 14:25 Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, 48 on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe 49 of his right foot. 14:26 The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand, 50 14:27 and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger 51 seven times before the Lord. 14:28 Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand 52 on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, 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, 14:29 and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand 53 of the priest he is to put 54 on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.
14:30 “He will then make one of the turtledoves 55 or young pigeons, which are within his means, 56 14:31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. 57 So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the Lord. 14:32 This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, 58 who does not have sufficient means for his purification.” 59
14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 14:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give 60 to you for a possession, and I put 61 a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, 62 14:35 then whoever owns the house 63 must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’ 14:36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared 64 before the priest enters to examine the infection 65 so that everything in the house 66 does not become unclean, 67 and afterward 68 the priest will enter to examine the house. 14:37 He is to examine the infection, and if 69 the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, 70 and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, 71 14:38 then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. 72 14:39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if 73 the infection has spread in the walls of the house, 14:40 then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown 74 outside the city 75 into an unclean place. 14:41 Then he is to have the house scraped 76 all around on the inside, 77 and the plaster 78 which is scraped off 79 must be dumped outside the city 80 into an unclean place. 14:42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, 81 and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.
14:43 “If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered, 82 14:44 the priest is to come and examine it, and if 83 the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. 14:45 He must tear down the house, 84 its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it 85 outside the city to an unclean place. 14:46 Anyone who enters 86 the house all the days the priest 87 has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. 14:47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.
14:48 “If, however, the priest enters 88 and examines it, and the 89 infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed. 14:49 Then he 90 is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop 91 to decontaminate 92 the house, 14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. 93 14:51 He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 14:52 So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, 14:53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the city 94 into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.
14:54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, 95 14:55 for the diseased garment, 96 for the house, 97 14:56 for the swelling, 98 for the scab, 99 and for the bright spot, 100 14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. 101 This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” 102
15:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man 103 has a discharge 104 from his body, 105 his discharge is unclean. 15:3 Now this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge 106 – whether his body secretes his discharge or blocks his discharge, he is unclean. All the days that his body has a discharge or his body blocks his discharge, 107 this is his uncleanness. 108
15:4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, 109 and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. 110 15:5 Anyone who touches his bed 111 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 112 15:6 The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:7 The one who touches the body 113 of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:8 If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, 114 that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:9 Any means of riding 115 the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean. 15:10 Anyone who touches anything that was under him 116 will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items 117 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:11 Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water 118 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:12 A clay vessel 119 which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.
15:13 “‘When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, 120 and be clean. 15:14 Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 121 and he is to present himself 122 before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent and give them to the priest, 15:15 and the priest is to make one of them a sin offering 123 and the other a burnt offering. 124 So the priest 125 is to make atonement for him before the Lord for 126 his discharge.
15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, 127 he must bathe his whole body in water 128 and be unclean until evening, 15:17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. 15:18 When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, 129 they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge 130 and her discharge is blood from her body, 131 she is to be in her menstruation 132 seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 15:20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 15:21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:22 Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:23 If there is something on the bed or on the furniture she sits on, 133 when he touches it 134 he will be unclean until evening, 15:24 and if a man actually has sexual intercourse with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him, 135 then he will be unclean seven days and any bed he lies on will be unclean.
15:25 “‘When a woman’s discharge of blood flows 136 many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, 137 all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation – she is unclean. 15:26 Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation, 15:27 and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 138
15:28 “‘If 139 she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean. 15:29 Then on the eighth day she must take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons 140 and she must bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, 15:30 and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 141 So the priest 142 is to make atonement for her before the Lord from her discharge of impurity.
15:31 “‘Thus you 143 are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they 144 do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst. 15:32 This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission 145 and becomes unclean by it, 146 15:33 the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, 147 and a man 148 who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.’”