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<a href ="../mark/1.htm#40">Mark 1:40–45</a>; <a href ="../luke/5.htm#12">Luke 5:12–16</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> in a clay pot. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The priest is to take some of the blood from 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. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the priest is to put some of the oil remaining 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 top of the blood of the guilt offering. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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 <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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 of an ephah of fine flour<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then the priest is to pour some of the oil into his left palm <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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. <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford, <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed. <A name="33"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.” <A name="34"></a><p class="hdg">Signs of Home Contamination<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> into a house in that land, <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’ <A name="37"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house. <A name="38"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>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, <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days. <A name="40"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls, <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city. <A name="43"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house. <A name="44"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered, <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>the priest must come and inspect it. <p class="reg"> If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean. <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place. <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening. <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes. <A name="49"></a><p class="hdg">Cleansing a Home<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>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. <A name="50"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house; <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot. <A name="52"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>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. <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>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. <A name="54"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>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. <A name="55"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak, <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>for mildew in clothing or in a house, <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>and for a swelling, rash, or spot, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>tzaraath</i>, traditionally translated as <i>leprosy</i>, were used for various skin diseases; also in verses 3, 7, 32, 54, and 57.<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>flowing water</i> or <i>living water</i>; here and in verses 6, 50, 51, and 52<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Three-tenths of an ephah</i> is approximately 6 dry quarts or 6.6 liters (probably about 7.6 pounds or 3.5 kilograms of flour).<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>one log of oil</i>; that is, approximately 0.33 quarts or 0.31 liters; also in verses 12, 15, 21, and 24<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>A tenth of an ephah</i> is approximately 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters (probably about 2.6 pounds or 1.2 kilograms of flour).<br><span class="fnverse">31</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> LXX and Syriac; Hebrew includes <i>as he is able to afford,</i><br><span class="fnverse">34</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>tzaraath</i>, traditionally translated as <i>leprosy</i> regarding skin diseases, are translated as <i>mildew</i> regarding blemishes on garments, utensils, or buildings; here and throughout the remainder of this chapter.<br><span class="fnverse">57</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> The Hebrew translated here as <i>skin diseases and mildew</i> is one singular term; see the footnotes for verses 2 and 34.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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