CHAPTER 14
“This
is
the law
of the one afflicted with a skin disease
on the day
of his cleansing,
when he is brought
to
the priest.
The priest
is to go
outside
the camp
to examine him,
and if
the skin disease
of the afflicted person
has healed,
the priest
shall order
that two
live
clean
birds,
cedar
wood,
scarlet yarn,
and hyssop
be brought
for the one to be cleansed.
Then the priest
shall command
that one
of the birds
be slaughtered
over
fresh
water
in
a clay
pot.
And he is to take
the live
bird
together with the cedar
wood,
scarlet yarn,
and hyssop,
and dip
them
into the blood
of the bird
that was slaughtered
over
the fresh
water.
Seven
times
he shall sprinkle
the one to be cleansed
of
the skin disease.
Then he shall pronounce him clean
and release
the live
bird
into
the open
field.
The one being cleansed
must wash
his clothes,
shave off
all
his hair,
and bathe
with water,
that he may be clean.
Afterward,
he may enter
the camp,
but he must remain
outside
his tent
for seven
days.
On the seventh
day
he must shave off
all
his hair—
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 is to bring
two
unblemished
male lambs,
an
unblemished
ewe lamb
a year old,
a grain offering
of three-tenths of an ephah
of fine flour
mixed
with olive oil,
and one
log
of olive oil.
The priest
who performs the cleansing
shall present
the one
to be cleansed,
together with these offerings,
before
the LORD
at the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting.
Then the priest
is to take
one
of the male lambs
and present
it as a guilt offering,
along with the log
of olive oil;
and he must wave
them
as a wave offering
before
the LORD.
Then he is to slaughter
the lamb
in the holy
place
where
the sin offering
and 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
from 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.
dip
his right
forefinger
into
the oil
in
his left
palm,
and sprinkle
some of
the oil
with his finger
seven
times
before
the LORD.
And 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
is to put
on
the head
of the one to be cleansed,
to 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,
with
the grain offering,
to make atonement
for him,
and he will be clean.
If, however,
the person
is poor
and cannot
afford these offerings,
he is to take
one
male lamb
as a guilt offering
to be waved
to make atonement
for him,
along with a tenth an ephah
of fine flour
mixed
with olive oil
for a grain offering,
a log
of olive oil,
and two
turtledoves
or
two
young
pigeons,
whichever
he can afford,
one
to be
a sin offering
and the other
a burnt offering.
On the eighth
day
he is to bring
them
for his cleansing
to
the priest
at
the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting
before
the LORD.
The priest
shall take
the lamb
for the guilt offering,
along with
the log
of olive oil,
and wave
them
as a wave offering
before
the LORD.
And after he slaughters
the lamb
for the guilt offering,
the priest
is to take
some of the blood
of the guilt offering
and put
it on
the right
earlobe
of the one to be cleansed,
on
the thumb
of his right
hand,
and on
the big toe
of his right
foot.
and sprinkle
with his right
forefinger
some of
the oil
in
his left
palm
seven
times
before
the LORD.
The priest
shall also put
some of
the oil
in
his palm
on
the right
earlobe
of the one to be cleansed,
on
the thumb
of his right
hand,
and on
the big toe
of his right
foot—
on
the same places
as the blood
of the guilt offering.
The rest
of
the oil
in his
palm,
the priest
is to put
on
the head
of the one to be cleansed,
to make atonement
for him
before
the LORD.
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
for
the one to be cleansed.
“When
you enter
the land
of Canaan,
which
I
am giving
you
as your possession,
and I put
a contamination
of mildew
into a house
in that land,
the owner
of the house
shall come
and tell
the priest,
‘Something like mildew
has appeared
in my
house.’
The priest
must order that
the house
be cleared
before
he
enters it
to examine
the mildew,
lest
everything
in the house
becomes unclean.
After
this,
the priest
shall go in
to inspect
the house.
He is to examine
the house,
and if
the mildew
on the walls
consists of green
or
red
depressions
that appear
to be beneath
the surface of the wall,
On the seventh
day
the priest
is to return
and inspect the house.
If
the mildew
has spread
on the walls,
he
must order
that
the contaminated
stones
be pulled out
and thrown
into
an unclean
place
outside
the city.
And
he shall order the inside
of the house
completely
scraped,
and the plaster
that
is scraped off
must be dumped
into
an unclean
place
outside
the city.
So different
stones
must be obtained
to replace
the contaminated ones,
and additional
mortar
to replaster
the house.
If
the mildew
reappears
in the house
after
the stones
have been torn out
and
the house
has been scraped
and replastered,
the priest
must come
and inspect it.
If
the mildew
has spread
in the house,
it is
a destructive
mildew;
the house
is unclean.
It
must be torn down
with its stones,
its timbers,
and all
its
plaster,
and taken
outside
the city
to
an unclean
place.
Anyone who enters
the house
during any
of the days
that it is closed up
will be unclean
until
evening.
If, however,
the priest
comes
and inspects it,
and
the mildew
has not
spread
after
the house
has been replastered,
he
shall pronounce the house
clean,
because
the mildew
is gone.
Then he shall take
the cedar
wood,
the hyssop,
the scarlet yarn,
and the live
bird,
dip
them in the blood
of the slaughtered
bird
and the fresh
water,
and sprinkle
the house
seven
times.
And he shall cleanse
the house
with the bird’s
blood,
the fresh
water,
the live
bird,
the cedar
wood,
the hyssop,
and the scarlet yarn.
Finally, he is to release
the live
bird
into
the open
fields
outside
the city.
In this way he will make atonement
for
the house,
and it will be clean.
to determine
when
something is clean
or unclean.
This
is the law
regarding skin diseases and mildew.”