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Statutes for Cleansing a Leper

(cf. Mat 8:1–4; Luk 5:12–14 )

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Then Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

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Lev 14:2 - “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,

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Lev 14:3 - and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the [fn]infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,

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Lev 14:4 - then the priest shall give a command to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

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Lev 14:5 - “The priest shall also give a command to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [fn]running water.

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Lev 14:6 - “As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the [fn]scarlet string and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the [fn]running water.

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Lev 14:7 - “He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and he shall let the live bird go free over the open field.

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Lev 14:8 - “The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days.

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Lev 14:9 - “And it will 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 [fn]body in water and be clean.

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“Now on the eighth^H8066 day^H3117 he shall take^H3947 two^H8147 male^H3532 lambs^H3532 without^H8549 blemish^H8549, and a yearling^H8141 ewe^H3535 lamb^H3535 without^H8549 blemish^H8549, and three-tenths^H7969^H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine^H5560 flour^H5560 mixed^H1101 with oil^H8081 for a grain offering^H4503, and one^H259 [fn]log^H3849 of oil^H8081;

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Lev 14:11 - and the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man to be cleansed as well as [fn]these things before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Lev 14:12 - “Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it near for a guilt offering, with the [fn]log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh.

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Lev 14:13 - “Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

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Lev 14:14 - “The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it 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.

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Lev 14:15 - “The priest shall also take some of the [fn]log of oil and pour it into his left palm;

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Lev 14:16 - 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 Yahweh.

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Lev 14:17 - “Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall 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;

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Lev 14:18 - but the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before Yahweh.

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Lev 14:19 - “The priest shall next offer the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

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Lev 14:20 - “And the priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

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“But if^H518 he is poor^H1800 and his [fn]means^H3027 are^H369 insufficient^H369^H5381, then he is to take^H3947 one^H259 male^H3532 lamb^H3532 for a guilt^H817 offering^H817 as a wave^H8573 offering^H8573 to make^H3722 atonement^H3722 for him, and one-tenth^H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine^H5560 flour^H5560 mixed^H1101 with oil^H8081 for a grain offering^H4503, and a [fn]log^H3849 of oil^H8081,

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Lev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which [fn]are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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Lev 14:23 - “Then the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before Yahweh.

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Lev 14:24 - “And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the [fn]log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh.

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Lev 14:25 - “Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it 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.

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Lev 14:26 - “The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm;

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Lev 14:27 - and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before Yahweh.

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Lev 14:28 - “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.

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Lev 14:29 - “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 Yahweh.

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Lev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, [fn]which are within his means.

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Lev 14:31 - “He shall offer what [fn]he can afford, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before Yahweh on behalf of the one to be cleansed.

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Lev 14:32 - “This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose [fn]means are limited for his cleansing.”

Statute for Cleansing a Leprous House

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Yahweh^H3068 further spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872 and to Aaron^H175, saying^H559:

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“When^H3588 you enter^H935 the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667, which^H834 I am giving^H5414 you for a possession^H272, and I put^H5414 a mark^H5061 of leprosy^H6883 on a house^H1004 in the land^H776 of your possession^H272,

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Lev 14:35 - then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Something like a mark of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.’

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Lev 14:36 - “The priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the mark, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house.

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Lev 14:37 - “So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface of the wall,

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Lev 14:38 - then the priest shall come out of the house, to the [fn]doorway, and [fn]put the house under isolation for seven days.

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Lev 14:39 - “And the priest shall return on the seventh day and look again. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,

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Lev 14:40 - then the priest shall command them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away [fn]at an unclean place outside the city.

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Lev 14:41 - “And he shall have the house scraped all around [fn]inside, and they shall pour out the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city.

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Lev 14:42 - “Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

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“If^H518, however, the mark^H5061 breaks^H6524 out^H6524 again^H7725 in the house^H1004 after^H310 he has torn^H2502 out^H2502 the stones^H68 and scraped^H7096 the house^H1004, and after^H310 it has been replastered^H2902,

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Lev 14:44 - then the priest shall come in and look again. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is a [fn]leprous malignancy in the house; it is unclean.

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Lev 14:45 - “He shall therefore tear down the house, its stones and its timbers and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place.

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Lev 14:46 - “Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has [fn]put it under isolation becomes unclean until evening.

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Lev 14:47 - “Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

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“If^H518, on the other hand, the priest^H3548 comes^H935 in^H935 and looks^H7200 again, and the mark^H5061 has not indeed^H2009 spread^H6581 in the house^H1004 after^H310 the house^H1004 has been replastered^H2902, then the priest^H3548 shall pronounce^H2891 the house^H1004 clean^H2891 because^H3588 the mark^H5061 has [fn]not^H7495 reappeared^H7495.

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Lev 14:49 - “To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop,

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Lev 14:50 - and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [fn]running water.

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Lev 14:51 - “Then he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the [fn]scarlet string, with the live bird, and he shall dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [fn]running water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times.

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Lev 14:52 - “He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [fn]running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the [fn]scarlet string.

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Lev 14:53 - “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.”

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This^H2088 is the law^H8451 for any^H3605 mark^H5061 of leprosy^H6883—even for a scale^H5424,

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Lev 14:55 - and for the leprous garment or house,

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Lev 14:56 - and for a swelling and for a scab and for a bright spot—

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Lev 14:57 - to instruct [fn]when they are unclean and [fn]when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

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(14:3)

Lit mark, stroke; so in ch

(14:4)

Lit scarlet color and

(14:5)

Lit living

(14:6)

Lit scarlet color and

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Lit living

(14:9)

Lit flesh

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Approx. 6.3 qt. or 6.9 l, an ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l

(14:10)