Leviticus 14:31-41

31 even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The Kohen shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the LORD."

32 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

33 The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,

34 "When you have come into the land of Kana`an, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,

35 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the Kohen, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'

36 The Kohen shall command that they empty the house, before the Kohen goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean: and afterward the Kohen shall go in to inspect the house.

37 He shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;

38 then the Kohen shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

39 The Kohen shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

40 then the Kohen shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:

41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.

Leviticus 14:31-41 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 14

This chapter treats of the purification of lepers, and the rules to be observed therein; and first what the priest was to do for his cleansing when brought to him, by making use of two birds, with cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop, as directed, Le 14:1-7; what he was to do for himself, shaving off all his hair, and washing his flesh and clothes in water, Le 14:8,9; the offerings to be offered up for him, two he lambs and one ewe lamb, and a meat offering, with a particular account of the use of the blood of the trespass offering, and of oil put upon the tip of his right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, Le 14:10-20; but if poor, only one lamb was required, a meat offering of one tenth deal, and two turtle doves or two young pigeons, and blood and oil used as before, Le 14:21-32; next follow an account of leprosy in an house, and the signs of it, and the rules to judge of it, Le 14:33-48; and the manner of cleansing from it, Le 14:49-53; and the chapter is closed with a recapitulation of the several laws concerning the various sorts of leprosy in this and the preceding chapter, Le 14:54-57.