Leviticus 14 (UDB)

1Yahweh also said to Moses,Then the LORD said to Moses,

2"These are the regulations for anyone who has been healed of a contagious skin disease.“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.

3Other people must tell the priest about that person. The priest will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has been healed,The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,

4the priest will say that someone must bring two live birds that are acceptable to Yahweh, along with some cedar wood, some scarlet yarn, and some hyssop.the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

5Then the priest will command that one of the birds be killed while it is being held over a clay pot containing water from a spring; that is, fresh water.Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

6Then the priest will dip the other bird, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into that water, which now has blood from the bird that was killed.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.

7Then he must sprinkle some of the water and blood on the person who was healed. He must sprinkle it on him seven times. Then he will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. And the priest will release the other bird and allow it to fly away.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.

8Then the person who was healed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe. After he does those things, he is allowed to return to the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days.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.

9On the seventh day, he must again shave off all his hair, including his beard and his eyebrows. Then he must again wash his clothes and bathe. After he does those things, he will be allowed to be with other people again.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.

10The next day that person must bring two male lambs and one female lamb; the female lamb must be one year old, and the animals must have no defects. He must also bring about six and one-half liters of a fine flour offering, mixed with olive oil, to be an offering, and about one-third liter of olive oil.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.

11The priest who declared that the person's skin disease has ended must bring that person and his offerings to Yahweh at the entrance to the sacred tent.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.

12Then the priest must take one of the male lambs and lift it high, along with the olive oil, to show that he is giving this to Yahweh as a guilt offering—because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him.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.

13Then the priest must slaughter the lamb in the special place where the priests kill the other sacrifices as well. Like the offering to enable people to be forgiven, God considers this guilt offering to be very special, and so the meat from it belongs to the priest.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.

14The priest must take some of that animal's blood and put it on the person's right earlobe, on his right thumb, and on his right big toe.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.

15Then the priest must take some of the olive oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,

16Then he must dip his right forefinger into that oil and sprinkle it in front of Yahweh seven times.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.

17Next, the priest must put some of that oil in his hand on the person's right earlobe, on his right thumb, and on his right big toe. He must put the oil in those three places, exactly where he has already put the blood.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.

18The priest must put what is left of the oil in his hand onto the person's head; this will show that Yahweh has forgiven that person's sins.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.

19Then the priest must slaughter the female lamb that the person brought; this will be the offering for the person's sins, so that Yahweh will forgive him. After that, the priest will slaughter the second male lamb and burn it whole on the altar.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

20He will also burn on the altar the offering made from flour, along with the whole burnt offering. Then the person will be acceptable in the camp; he will be allowed to be with the other people.and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

21But if the person who has gotten well is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must bring to the priest one male lamb for the priest to lift it up and offer it to Yahweh. This will be a sacrifice because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him. He must also bring about two liters of flour offering mixed with about one-third liter of olive oil; this will be an offering made from flour. He must also bring about one-third liter of olive oil.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 mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

22He must also bring doves or two pigeons, one to offer to Yahweh for his sins, and one for the priest to burn completely on the altar.and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

23On that same day, the eighth day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent, to offer them to Yahweh.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.

24Then the priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering and the olive oil, and he will raise them up as an offering to Yahweh and present them to him.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.

25Then the priest will slaughter that lamb and catch some of the blood in a bowl. He will take some of the blood and put it onto the person's right earlobe, his right thumb, and his right big toe.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.

26Then the priest must take some of the olive oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.Then the priest is to pour some of the oil into his left palm

27Then he must dip his right forefinger into that oil and sprinkle it in front of Yahweh seven times.and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

28He must put some of the oil in his palm on exactly the same places where he put the blood.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.

29He must put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the person whose has gotten well. This will show that Yahweh has forgiven that person's sins.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.

30Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or young pigeons, whichever kind that person has brought.Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,

31One will be a sin offering and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering made from flour. By doing that, the priest will atone for that person's sins.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.

32These are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again."This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”

33Yahweh also said to Aaron and Moses,Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

34"I am about to give you the land of Canaan to belong to your people permanently. When you enter that land, there will be times when I cause mildew to appear inside one of your houses.“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,

35If that happens, the owner of that house must go to the priest and tell him, 'There is something in my house that looks like mildew.'the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’

36Then the priest will say to him, 'Take everything out of the house before I enter it to examine the mildew. If you do not do that, I will declare that everything in the house is contaminated.'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.

37After the owner takes everything outside of his house, the priest will go in and inspect the house. If the mildew has caused greenish or reddish spots on the walls that seem to be deeper than only on the surface of the walls,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,

38the priest will go outside of the house and lock it up for seven days.the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.

39On the seventh day, he must go into the house and inspect it again. If the mildew on the walls has spread,On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,

40the priest will tell someone to tear out all the stones in the walls that have mildew on them and throw them in the dump outside the town.he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

41Then the owner must scrape all the walls inside the house, and everything that is scraped off must be thrown into a dump outside the town.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.

42Then the owner must get new stones to replace the ones that had mildew on them, and take new clay and plaster to cover the stones in the walls of the house.So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.

43If the mildew appears again in the house after that is done,If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,

44the priest must go and examine the house again. If the mildew has spread inside the house, it will be clear that the mildew is the kind that destroys houses, and no one will be allowed to live in it.the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.

45It must be completely torn down—the stones, the timber and the plaster—and all those things must be thrown into a dump outside the town.It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.

46Anyone who goes into that house while it is locked up will not be allowed to be with other people until sunset of that day.Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.

47Anyone who sleeps in that house or eats in that house during that time must wash his clothes.And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

48But when the priest comes to examine the house after it has been plastered, if the mildew has not spread, he will declare that people may live in it, because the mildew is gone.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.

49But before people are allowed to live in it, the priest must take two birds, some cedar wood, some red yarn, and some hyssop.He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

50He must kill one of the birds while holding it over a clay pot containing water taken from a spring.and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

51Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red yarn, and the living bird, and dip them into the blood of the dead bird, and sprinkle some of that blood and water on the house seven times.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.

52By doing all those things he will enable the house to be fit for the owner to live in again.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.

53Then he must release the other bird and allow it to fly away. By doing that, he will finish the ritual for causing the house to be acceptable for people to live in it again.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.

54Those are the regulations for contagious diseases, for itching sores,This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,

55for mildew on clothes or in a house,for mildew in clothing or in a house,

56and for swellings, rashes, or bright spots on sores;and for a swelling, rash, or spot,

57these regulations will determine whether people will still be permitted to touch those things or not."to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

Leviticus 14

Cleansing from Skin Diseases

Signs of Home Contamination

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