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LEVIT IC U S 1 4
be ceremonially clean and may return to the
camp. However, they must remain outside their
tents for seven days. 9 On the seventh day they
must again shave all the hair from their heads,
including the hair of the beard and eyebrows.
They must also wash their clothes and bathe
themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.
10 “On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-yearold female lamb, all with no defects, along with
a grain offering of six quarts* of choice flour
moistened with olive oil, and a cup* of olive
oil. 11 Then the officiating priest will present
that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the Lord at the entrance of the
Tabernacle.* 12 The priest will take one of the
male lambs and the olive oil and present them
as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special
offering before the Lord. 13 He will then slaughter
the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with
the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the
priest. It is a most holy offering. 14 The priest will
then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the
thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the
right foot of the person being purified.
15 “Then the priest will pour some of the olive
oil into the palm of his own left hand. 16 He will
dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and
sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times
before the Lord. 17 The priest will then apply
some of the oil in his palm over the blood from
the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right
ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe
of the right foot of the person being purified.
18 The priest will apply the oil remaining in his
hand to the head of the person being purified.
Through this process, the priest will purify* the
person before the Lord.
19 “Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the
skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offering 20 and offer it on the altar
along with the grain offering. Through this
process, the priest will purify the person who
was healed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.
21 “But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb
for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special
offering for purification. The person must also
bring two quarts* of choice flour moistened
with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup
of olive oil. 22 The offering must also include
two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair
must be used for the sin offering and the other
for a burnt offering. 23 On the eighth day of the
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purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in
the Lord’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 24 The priest will take the lamb for the
guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift
them up as a special offering to the Lord. 25 Then
the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply
it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the
right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of
the person being purified.
26 “The priest will also pour some of the olive
oil into the palm of his own left hand. 27 He will
dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and
sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord.
28 The priest will then apply some of the oil in
his palm over the blood from the guilt offering
that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb
of the right hand, and the big toe of the right
foot of the person being purified. 29 The priest
will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the
head of the person being purified. Through this
process, the priest will purify the person before
the Lord.
30 “Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever
the person can afford. 31 One of them is for a
sin offering and the other for a burnt offering,
to be presented along with the grain offering.
Through this process, the priest will purify the
person before the Lord. 32 These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot
afford to bring the offerings normally required
for the ceremony of purification.”
Treatment of Contaminated Houses
33 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
34 “When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am
giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with
mildew.* 35 The owner of such a house must
then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that
my house has some kind of mildew.’ 36 Before
the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must
have the house emptied so nothing inside will
be pronounced ceremonially unclean. 37 Then
the priest will go in and examine the mildew
on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish
streaks and the contamination appears to go
deeper than the wall’s surface, 38 the priest
will step outside the door and put the house
in quarantine for seven days. 39 On the seventh
day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of
the house has spread, 40 the priest must order
14:10a Hebrew 3 ⁄10 of an ephah [6.6 liters]. 14:10b Hebrew
1 log [0.3 liters]; also in 14:21. 14:11 Hebrew Tent of Meeting;
also in 14:23. 14:18 Or will make atonement for; similarly
in 14:19, 20, 21, 29, 31, 53. 14:21 Hebrew 1 ⁄10 of an ephah
[2.2 liters]. 14:34 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note
on 13:47.