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that the stones from those areas be removed.
The contaminated material will then be taken
outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean. 41 Next the inside walls of
the entire house must be scraped thoroughly
and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place
outside the town. 42 Other stones will be brought
in to replace the ones that were removed, and
the walls will be replastered.
43 “But if the mildew reappears after all the
stones have been replaced and the house has
been scraped and replastered, 44 the priest must
return and inspect the house again. If he finds
that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly
contaminated with a serious mildew, and the
house is defiled. 45 It must be torn down, and
all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be
carried out of town to the place designated as
ceremonially unclean. 46 Those who enter the
house during the period of quarantine will be
ceremonially unclean until evening, 47 and all
who sleep or eat in the house must wash their
clothing.
48 “But if the priest returns for his inspection
and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in
the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly
gone. 49 To purify the house the priest must take
two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn,
and a hyssop branch. 50 He will slaughter one
of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh
water. 51 He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop
branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and
dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird
and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle
the house seven times. 52 When the priest has
purified the house in exactly this way, 53 he will
release the live bird in the open fields outside
the town. Through this process, the priest will
purify the house, and it will be ceremonially
clean.
54 “These are the instructions for dealing
with serious skin diseases,* including scabby
sores; 55 and mildew,* whether on clothing or in
a house; 56 and a swelling on the skin, a rash,
or discolored skin. 57 This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially
clean or unclean.
“These are the instructions regarding skin
diseases and mildew.”
Bodily Discharges
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2 “Give the following instructions to the
people of Israel.
“Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean. 3 This defilement is caused
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14:54 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:2a.
14:55 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:47.
15:14 Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 15:29. 15:15 Or will
make atonement for; also in 15:30. 15:16 Hebrew until
evening; also in 15:18.
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by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.
4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge
lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean. 5 So if you touch the man’s
bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe
yourself in water, and you will remain unclean
until evening. 6 If you sit where the man with the
discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes
and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening. 7 If you touch the
man with the discharge, you must wash your
clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you
will remain unclean until evening. 8 If the man
spits on you, you must wash your clothes and
bathe yourself in water, and you will remain
unclean until evening. 9 Any saddle blanket on
which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean. 10 If you touch anything that was under
the man, you will be unclean until evening. You
must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in
water, and you will remain unclean until evening. 11 If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and
bathe yourself in water, and you will remain
unclean until evening. 12 Any clay pot the man
touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.
13 “When the man with the discharge is
healed, he must count off seven days for the
period of purification. Then he must wash his
clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and
he will be ceremonially clean. 14 On the eighth
day he must get two turtledoves or two young
pigeons and come before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle* and give his offerings
to the priest. 15 The priest will offer one bird for
a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
Through this process, the priest will purify* the
man before the Lord for his discharge.
16 “Whenever a man has an emission of
semen, he must bathe his entire body in water,
and he will remain ceremonially unclean until
the next evening.* 17 Any clothing or leather
with semen on it must be washed in water, and
it will remain unclean until evening. 18 After a
man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they
must each bathe in water, and they will remain
unclean until the next evening.
19 “Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven
days. Anyone who touches her during that time
will be unclean until evening. 20 Anything on
which the woman lies or sits during the time of
her period will be unclean. 21 If any of you touch
her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe
yourself in water, and you will remain unclean
until evening. 22 If you touch any object she has
sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe
yourself in water, and you will remain unclean