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Leviticus 14 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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Law of Cleansing a Person with Leprosy

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the person with leprosy on the day of his cleansing. (A)Now he shall be brought to the priest; 3 and the priest shall go (B)out to a place outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the [a]leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy, 4 then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds, (C)cedar wood, a [b]scarlet string, and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. 5 The priest shall also give orders to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [c]running water. 6 As for the live bird, he shall take it together with (D)the cedar wood, the [d]scarlet string, and the (E)hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the [e]running water. 7 (F)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. 8 (G)The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water and (H)be clean. And afterward he may enter the camp, but he (I)shall stay outside his tent for seven days. 9 Then it shall 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 [f]body in water and (J)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 [g]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one [h](K)log of oil; 11 and the priest who is going to pronounce him clean shall present the person to be cleansed and [i]the offerings before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 12 Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it as a (L)guilt offering, with the [j](M)log of oil, and present them as a (N)wave offering before the Lord. 13 Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in (O)the place where they slaughter the [k]sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, (P)like the [l]sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14 The priest shall then take some of the blood of the (Q)guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on (R)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. 15 The priest shall also take some of the [m](S)log of oil, and pour it into his left palm; 16 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. 17 Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall (T)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; 18 as for the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put it on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make (U)atonement on his behalf before the Lord. 19 The priest shall next offer the [n](V)sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering. 20 The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and (W)he will be clean.

21 “(X)But if he is poor and his [o]means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a (Y)guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an [p]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a [q](Z)log of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young doves, which [r]are within his means. (AA)The one shall be a [s](AB)sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23 (AC)Then on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the Lord. 24 The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and (AD)the [t]log of oil, and the priest shall offer them as a wave offering before the Lord. 25 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 (AE)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. 26 The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm; 27 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. 28 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. 29 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. 30 He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young doves, [u]which are within his means. 31 He shall offer what [v]he can afford, (AF)the one as a [w]sin offering and the other as 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. 32 This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose [x]means are limited for his cleansing.”

Cleansing a Leprous House

33 The Lord further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

34 “(AG)When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a spot of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession, 35 then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Something like (AH)a spot of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.’ 36 The priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the spot, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house. 37 So he shall look at the spot, and if the spot on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the [y]surface, 38 the priest shall come out of the house, to the [z]doorway, and [aa]quarantine the house for seven days. 39 Then the priest shall return on the seventh day and [ab]make an inspection. If the spot has indeed spread on the walls of the house, 40 the priest shall order them to pull out the stones with the spot on them and throw them away [ac]at an unclean place outside the city. 41 And he shall have the house scraped all around [ad]inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city. 42 Then they shall take other stones and replace the discarded stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

43 “If, however, the spot breaks out again in the house after he has pulled out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered, 44 then the priest shall come in and [ae]make an inspection. If he sees that the spot has indeed spread in the house, it is (AI)a malignant spot in the house; it is unclean. 45 The owner shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an (AJ)unclean place. 46 Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has [af]quarantined it, becomes (AK)unclean until evening. 47 Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 “If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and [ag]makes an inspection and the spot has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the spot has [ah]not reappeared. 49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take (AL)two birds, cedar wood, a [ai]scarlet string, and hyssop, 50 and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [aj]running water. 51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the (AM)hyssop, and the [ak]scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [al]running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [am]running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the [an]scarlet string. 53 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.”

54 This is the law for any spot of leprosy—even for a (AN)scale, 55 and for the (AO)leprous garment or house, 56 and (AP)for a swelling, for a scab, and for a bright spot— 57 to teach [ao]when they are unclean and [ap]when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:3 I.e., or a serious, unspecified disease, and so throughout the ch
  2. Leviticus 14:4 Lit scarlet color and
  3. Leviticus 14:5 Lit living
  4. Leviticus 14:6 Lit scarlet color and
  5. Leviticus 14:6 Lit living
  6. Leviticus 14:9 Lit flesh
  7. Leviticus 14:10 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  8. Leviticus 14:10 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  9. Leviticus 14:11 Lit them
  10. Leviticus 14:12 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  11. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering
  12. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering
  13. Leviticus 14:15 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  14. Leviticus 14:19 Or purification offering
  15. Leviticus 14:21 Lit hand is not reaching
  16. Leviticus 14:21 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  17. Leviticus 14:21 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  18. Leviticus 14:22 Lit his hand reaches
  19. Leviticus 14:22 Or purification offering
  20. Leviticus 14:24 About 0.6 pt. or 0.3 liter
  21. Leviticus 14:30 Lit from which his hand reaches
  22. Leviticus 14:31 Lit his hand reaches
  23. Leviticus 14:31 Or purification offering
  24. Leviticus 14:32 Lit hand does not reach
  25. Leviticus 14:37 Lit wall
  26. Leviticus 14:38 Lit doorway of the house
  27. Leviticus 14:38 Lit separate
  28. Leviticus 14:39 Lit look
  29. Leviticus 14:40 Lit to
  30. Leviticus 14:41 Lit from the house
  31. Leviticus 14:44 Lit look
  32. Leviticus 14:46 Lit separated
  33. Leviticus 14:48 Lit looks
  34. Leviticus 14:48 Lit healed
  35. Leviticus 14:49 Lit scarlet color
  36. Leviticus 14:50 Lit living
  37. Leviticus 14:51 Lit scarlet color
  38. Leviticus 14:51 Lit living
  39. Leviticus 14:52 Lit living
  40. Leviticus 14:52 Lit scarlet color
  41. Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of uncleanness
  42. Leviticus 14:57 Lit on the day of cleanness

Cross references

  1. Leviticus 14:2 : Matt 8:4; Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; 17:14
  2. Leviticus 14:3 : Lev 13:46
  3. Leviticus 14:4 : Lev 14:6, 49, 51, 52; Num 19:6
  4. Leviticus 14:6 : Lev 14:4
  5. Leviticus 14:6 : Ps 51:7
  6. Leviticus 14:7 : Ezek 36:25
  7. Leviticus 14:8 : Lev 11:25; 13:6; Num 8:7
  8. Leviticus 14:8 : Lev 14:9, 20
  9. Leviticus 14:8 : Num 5:2, 3; 12:14, 15; 2 Chr 26:21
  10. Leviticus 14:9 : Lev 14:8, 20
  11. Leviticus 14:10 : Lev 14:12, 15, 21, 24
  12. Leviticus 14:12 : Lev 5:6, 18; 6:6; 14:19
  13. Leviticus 14:12 : Lev 14:10
  14. Leviticus 14:12 : Ex 29:22-24, 26
  15. Leviticus 14:13 : Ex 29:11; Lev 1:11; 4:24
  16. Leviticus 14:13 : Lev 6:24-30; 7:7
  17. Leviticus 14:14 : Lev 14:19
  18. Leviticus 14:14 : Ex 29:20; Lev 8:23, 24
  19. Leviticus 14:15 : Lev 14:10
  20. Leviticus 14:17 : Lev 14:28
  21. Leviticus 14:18 : Lev 4:26; Num 15:28; Heb 2:17
  22. Leviticus 14:19 : Lev 14:12
  23. Leviticus 14:20 : Lev 14:8, 9
  24. Leviticus 14:21 : Lev 5:11; 12:8; 27:8
  25. Leviticus 14:21 : Lev 14:22
  26. Leviticus 14:21 : Lev 14:10
  27. Leviticus 14:22 : Lev 5:7
  28. Leviticus 14:22 : Lev 14:21, 24, 25
  29. Leviticus 14:23 : Lev 14:10, 11
  30. Leviticus 14:24 : Lev 14:10
  31. Leviticus 14:25 : Lev 14:14
  32. Leviticus 14:31 : Lev 5:7
  33. Leviticus 14:34 : Gen 17:8; Num 32:22; Deut 7:1; 32:49
  34. Leviticus 14:35 : Ps 91:10
  35. Leviticus 14:44 : Lev 13:51
  36. Leviticus 14:45 : Lev 14:41
  37. Leviticus 14:46 : Num 19:7, 10, 21, 22
  38. Leviticus 14:49 : Lev 14:4
  39. Leviticus 14:51 : 1 Kin 4:33; Ps 51:7
  40. Leviticus 14:54 : Lev 13:30
  41. Leviticus 14:55 : Lev 13:47-52
  42. Leviticus 14:56 : Lev 13:2

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