Leviticus 1313LeviticusClean and uncleanTargum Onkelos Etheridge

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1. Laws about Skin Diseases

   (Numbers 5:1–4)

2. 1ENGOKEAnd the Lord spake with Mosheh and with Aharon, saying:BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
3. 2ENGOKEA man, in the skin of whose flesh there may be an abscess, or pustule, or brightness, and it be in the skin of his flesh like a stroke of the leprosy, shall be brought unto Aharon the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.BSBBSB: “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
4. 3ENGOKEAnd the priest shall see the plague in the skin of the flesh, and if the hair in the affected spot be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall inspect him and make (pronounce) him to be unclean.BSBBSB: The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.
5. 4ENGOKEBut if a bright spot be in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance be not deeper than the skin, and the hair be not turned white, the priest shall shut up the stricken (man) seven days.BSBBSB: If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
6. 5ENGOKEAnd on the seventh day the priest shall inspect him, and if the plague stands as it did, if the plague hath not increases in the skin, let the priest shut him up a second seven days.BSBBSB: On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.
7. 6ENGOKEAnd the priest shall look upon him on the second seventh day; and, behold, if the plague hath become obscure, and the plague hath not spread in the skin, the priest shall make him to be clean; it is a sore, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.BSBBSB: The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
8. 7ENGOKEBut if the diseased spot increase again in the skin after having been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be brought a second time to the priest.BSBBSB: But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
9. 8ENGOKEAnd the priest inspecting, and, behold, the soreness hath increased in the skin, the priest shall make him to be unclean; it is the leprosy.BSBBSB: The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease.
10. 9ENGOKEWhen the plague of leprosy is in a man, let him be brought to the priest.BSBBSB: When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.
11. 10ENGOKEAnd the priest shall inspect him, and, behold, if the abscess is white in the skin, and it hath turned the hair white, and the sign of quick flesh be in the abscess,BSBBSB: The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
12. 11ENGOKEIt is an old leprosy in the skin of the flesh, and the priest shall make him unclean, but shall not shut him up (to ascertain his uncleanness), for he is unclean.BSBBSB: it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.
13. 12ENGOKEAnd if the leprosy increasing shall increase in the skin, and the leprosy cover the whole skin of the plague (struck man) from his head unto his feet, wherever the eyes of the priest may look,BSBBSB: But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,
14. 13ENGOKEthe priest shall observe, and, behold, (if) the leprosy covereth all his flesh, the plagued shall be (considered) clean; the whole of him is turned white, he is clean.BSBBSB: the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.
15. 14ENGOKEBut in the day that quick flesh appeareth in him he shall be unclean;BSBBSB: But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.
16. 15ENGOKEAnd the priest shall observe the quick flesh, and make him to be unclean. The quick flesh is unclean, it is the leprosy.BSBBSB: When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.
17. 16ENGOKEBut if the quick flesh turn to be white, he shall come to the priest;BSBBSB: But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
18. 17ENGOKEAnd the priest shall observe, and, behold, if the plague is turned white, the priest shall make the plagued to be clean; he is clean.BSBBSB: The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.
19. 18ENGOKEAnd if a man have in him, in his skin, an ulcer, and it hath healed,BSBBSB: When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,
20. 19ENGOKEbut in the place of the ulcer there come a white abscess, or a bright spot, reddish-white, let him show it to the priest,BSBBSB: and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.
21. 20ENGOKEAnd the priest shall inspect, and, behold, if the appearance of it be deeper than the skin, and the hair be turned white, the priest shall make him to be unclean; it is the plague of leprosy increasing in the ulcer.BSBBSB: The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
22. 21ENGOKEBut if the priest look on it, and, behold, the hair is not white, nor (the depth) lower than the skin, and it hath become obscure, the priest shall seclude him seven days;BSBBSB: But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
23. 22ENGOKEAnd if increasing it increaseth in the skin, the priest shall make him to be unclean; it is the plague.BSBBSB: If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.
24. 23ENGOKEBut if the spot abideth in its place, and increaseth not, it is a description of an ulcer, and the priest shall make him clean.BSBBSB: But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
25. 24ENGOKEOr, if a man hath in his skin a burning wound, and there be the sign of a glowing wound whitish-red or (altogether) white,BSBBSB: When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
26. 25ENGOKEthe priest shall look upon it, and, behold, if the hair be white in the bright spot, and the appearance be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy increasing in the wound, and the priest shall make him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy.BSBBSB: the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
27. 26ENGOKEBut if the priest see it, and, behold, the hair is not white in the spot, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is becoming obscure, the priest shall seclude him seven days.BSBBSB: But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
28. 27ENGOKEAnd the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; if, increasing, it increaseth in the skin, the priest shall make him to be unclean; it is the plague of leprosy.BSBBSB: On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
29. 28ENGOKEBut if the spot abideth in its place, and doth not increase in the skin, but hath become obscure, it is (only) a burning sore, and the priest shall make him to be clean, for it is the sign of an inflammation.BSBBSB: But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.
30. 29ENGOKEAnd if a man or a woman have a plague on the head, or in the beard,BSBBSB: If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
31. 30ENGOKEthe priest shall inspect the plague, and, behold, if the appearance is deeper than the skin, and there is in it a thin reddish hair, the priest shall make him unclean; it is a scar (or scurvy), it is leprosy in the head or the beard.BSBBSB: the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
32. 31ENGOKEAnd if the priest observe the plague of the scurvy, and, behold, its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is not black, the priest shall seclude him who hath the plague of the scurvy seven days.BSBBSB: But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
33. 32ENGOKEAnd the priest shall inspect the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf hath not increased, and there is no reddish hair in it, and the appearance of the scurf be not deeper than the skin,BSBBSB: On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
34. 33ENGOKEHe must shave around the scurfed spot; but the spot itself he must not shave; and the priest shall shut him up (who hath) the scurf a second seven days.BSBBSB: then the person must shave himself except for the scaly area. Then the priest shall isolate him for another seven days.
35. 34ENGOKEAnd the priest shall look upon the scurf on the seventh day, and, behold, if the scurf is not increased in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, the priest shall make him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.BSBBSB: On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
36. 35ENGOKEBut if the scurf increase in the skin after that he hath been (pronounced) clean,BSBBSB: If, however, the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing,
37. 36ENGOKEThe priest shall inspect him, and, behold, if the scurf be increased in the skin, the priest need not seek for the reddish hair; he is unclean.BSBBSB: the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
38. 37ENGOKEBut if the scurf abide as it was, and black hair have sprung up in it, the scurf hath healed, he is clean, and the priest shall make him to be clean.BSBBSB: If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.
39. 38ENGOKEAnd if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright white spots,BSBBSB: When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,
40. 39ENGOKEThen the priest shall look, and, behold, if the spots in the skin of their flesh be dim white, it is a freckle growing in the skin; he is clean.BSBBSB: the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.
41. 40ENGOKEAnd if a man’s hair fall off from his head, he is bald, but he is clean.BSBBSB: Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
42. 41ENGOKEAnd if the hair of his head fall off toward his face, he is partly bald, but is clean.BSBBSB: Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.
43. 42ENGOKEBut if in the baldness or partial baldness there be a whitish-red scar, it is leprosy growing in the baldness or partial baldness.BSBBSB: But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.
44. 43ENGOKEThen the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague spot be whitish-red in the baldness or the partial baldness, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,BSBBSB: The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,
45. 44ENGOKEThe man is a leper, he is unclean; and the priest shall verily make him to be unclean; his plague is in his head.BSBBSB: the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.
46. 45ENGOKEAnd the leper in whom is the plague, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bared; and, like the mourner, he shall be covered unto his lip, and shall cry: Be not made unclean! Be not made unclean!BSBBSB: A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
47. 46ENGOKEAll the days that the plague is upon him shall he be unclean; he is unclean; he shall dwell apart, his habitation shall be without the camp.BSBBSB: As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

48. Laws about Mildew

49. 47ENGOKEThe garment which hath the plague of leprosy in it, whether it be in a garment of woollen or of linen,BSBBSB: If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,
50. 48ENGOKEWhether in the warp or in the woof of linen or of woolen, or in leather, or anything made of skin:BSBBSB: any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—
51. 49ENGOKEIf the plague be green or red in the garment or in the skin, whether in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and must be showed to the priest.BSBBSB: and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.
52. 50ENGOKEAnd the priest shall look at the plague, and shut it up seven days.BSBBSB: And the priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the contaminated fabric for seven days.
53. 51ENGOKEAnd he shall look at the plague on the seventh day; if the plague hath increased in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in a skin, or anything made of skin for work, it is a plague of consuming leprosy, it is unclean.BSBBSB: On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean.
54. 52ENGOKEAnd he shall burn the garment, whether it be in warp or woof, of wool, or of linen, or anything (made) of skin, which hath the plague in it; for it is a consuming leprosy; he shall burn it in fire.BSBBSB: He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.
55. 53ENGOKEBut if the priest look, and, behold, the plague hath not increased in the garment, whether in warp or woof, or in anything of skin;BSBBSB: But when the priest reexamines it, if the mildew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather article,
56. 54ENGOKEThen the priest shall direct, and they shall wash that wherein is the plague, and he shall shut it up a second seven days.BSBBSB: the priest is to order the contaminated article to be washed and isolated for another seven days.
57. 55ENGOKEAnd the priest shall look after that they have washed the plague, and, behold, if (the state of) the plague hath not increased, it is (nevertheless) unclean; thou shalt burn it with fire, it is a fretting leprosy, whether in its smoothness or its roughness (i.e., its right or wrong side).BSBBSB: After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine it, and if the mildewed article has not changed in appearance, it is unclean. Even though the mildew has not spread, you must burn it, whether the rot is on the front or back.
58. 56ENGOKEAnd if the priest look, and, behold, the plague hath become obscure after they have washed it, he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or of the woof.BSBBSB: If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.
59. 57ENGOKEAnd if it reappear in the garment, in warp or woof, or increase in any vessel of skin, thou shalt burn in fire that which hath the plague in it.BSBBSB: But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.
60. 58ENGOKEAnd the garment, or warp, or woof, or anything of skin which hath been washed, and the plague hath gone form it, shall be dipped the second time, and shall be clean.BSBBSB: If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.
61. 59ENGOKEThis is the law for the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen, in the warp or the woof, or anything of skin, to make it to be clean or unclean.BSBBSB: This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”

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