Levítico 14:1-6

1 Purificación de las enfermedades de la piel
El Señor
le dijo a Moisés:

2 «Las siguientes instrucciones son para los que buscan la purificación ceremonial de una enfermedad cutánea:
los que han sido sanados deben ser llevados al sacerdote,

3 quien los examinará en un lugar fuera del campamento. Si el sacerdote comprueba que alguien ha sanado de una enfermedad grave de la piel,

4 llevará a cabo una ceremonia de purificación, usando para ello dos aves vivas que estén ceremonialmente puras, un palo de cedro,
un hilo escarlata y una rama de hisopo.

5 El sacerdote mandará matar una de las aves sobre una vasija de barro llena de agua fresca.

6 Tomará el ave viva, el palo de cedro, el hilo escarlata y la rama de hisopo, y los mojará en la sangre del ave muerta sobre el agua fresca.

Levítico 14:1-6 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.