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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 This is the rite of a leper, when he is to be cleansed. He shall be brought to the priest:
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This shall be the ritual for the leprous person at the time of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest;
3 Who going out of the camp, when he shall find that the leprosy is cleansed,
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the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. If the disease is healed in the leprous person,
4 Shall command him that is to be purified, to offer for himself two living sparrows, which it is lawful to eat, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
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the priest shall command that two living clean birds and cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed.
5 And he shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters.
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The priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in an earthen vessel.
6 But the other that is alive, he shall dip, with the cedar wood, and the scarlet and the hyssop, in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated:
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He shall take the living bird with the cedarwood and the crimson yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
7 Wherewith he shall sprinkle him that is to be cleansed seven times, that he may be rightly purified. And he shall let go the living sparrow, that it may fly into the field.
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He shall sprinkle it seven times upon the one who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease; then he shall pronounce him clean, and he shall let the living bird go into the open field.
8 And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water: and being purified he shall enter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days.
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The one who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall live outside his tent seven days.
9 And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head, and his beard and his eyebrows, and the hair of all his body. And having washed again his clothes, and his body,
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On the seventh day he shall shave all his hair: of head, beard, eyebrows; he shall shave all his hair. Then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean.
10 On the eighth day, he shall take two lambs without blemish, and an ewe of a year old without blemish, and three tenths of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil apart.
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On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish, and a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
11 And when the priest that purifieth the man, hath presented him, and all these things before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony:
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The priest who cleanses shall set the person to be cleansed, along with these things, before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
12 He shall take a lamb, and offer it for a trespass offering with the sextary of oil. And having offered all before the Lord,
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The priest shall take one of the lambs, and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and raise them as an elevation offering before the Lord.
13 He shall immolate the lamb, where the victim for sin is wont to be immolated, and the holocaust, that is, in the holy place. For as that which is for sin, so also the victim for a trespass offering pertaineth to the priest: it is holy of holies.
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He shall slaughter the lamb in the place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered in the holy place; for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest: it is most holy.
14 And the priest taking of the blood of the victim that was immolated for trespass, shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot.
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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 the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.
15 And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left hand,
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The priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand,
16 And shall dip his right finger in it, and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times.
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and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
17 And the rest of the oil in his left hand, he shall pour upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot, and upon the blood that was shed for trespass:
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Some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
18 And upon his head.
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The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord:
19 And he shall pray for him before the Lord, and shall offer the sacrifice for sin. Then shall he immolate the holocaust.
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the priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering;
20 And put it on the altar with the libations thereof: and the man shall be rightly cleansed.
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and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement on his behalf and he shall be clean.
21 But if he be poor, and his hand cannot find the things aforesaid: he shall take a lamb for an offering for trespass, that the priest may pray for him, and a tenth part of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil:
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But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be elevated, to make atonement on his behalf, and one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering and a log of oil;
22 And two turtles or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other for a holocaust.
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also two turtledoves or two pigeons, such as he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
23 And he shall offer them on the eighth day of his purification to the priest, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord.
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On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the Lord;
24 And the priest receiving the lamb for trespass, and the sextary of oil, shall elevate them together.
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and the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall raise them as an elevation offering before the Lord.
25 And the lamb being immolated, he shall put of the blood thereof upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot.
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The priest shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering and 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 the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.
26 But he shall pour part of the oil into his own left hand,
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The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,
27 And dipping the finger of his right hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord.
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and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.
28 And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot, in the place of the blood that was shed for trespass.
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The priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot, where the blood of the guilt offering was placed.
29 And the other part of the oil that is in his left hand, he shall pour upon the head of the purified person, that he may appease the Lord for him.
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The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the Lord.
30 And he shall offer a turtle, or young pigeon:
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And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons such as he can afford,
31 One for trespass, and the other for a holocaust, with their libations.
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one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering; and the priest shall make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one being cleansed.
32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, that is not able to have all things that appertain to his cleansing.
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This is the ritual for the one who has a leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing.
33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
34 When you shall come into the land of Chanaan, which I will give you for a possession, if there be the plague or leprosy in a house:
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When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession,
35 He whose house it is, shall go and tell the priest, saying: It seemeth to me, that there is the plague of leprosy in my house,
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the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, "There seems to me to be some sort of disease in my house."
36 And he shall command, that they carry forth all things out of the house, before he go into it, and see whether it have the leprosy, let all things become unclean that are in the house. And afterwards he shall go in to view the leprosy of the house.
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The priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, or all that is in the house will become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
37 And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all he rest:
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He shall examine the disease; if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,
38 He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up seven days,
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the priest shall go outside to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.
39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread,
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The priest shall come again on the seventh day and make an inspection; if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,
40 He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place:
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the priest shall command that the stones in which the disease appears be taken out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
41 And that the house be scraped on the inside round about, and the dust of the scrapings be scattered without the city into an unclean place:
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He shall have the inside of the house scraped thoroughly, and the plaster that is scraped off shall be dumped in an unclean place outside the city.
42 And that other stones be laid in the place of them that were taken away, and the house be plastered with other mortar.
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They shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and take other plaster and plaster the house.
43 But if after the stones be taken out, and the dust scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth.
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If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,
44 The priest going in perceive that the leprosy is returned, and the walls full of spots, it is a lasting leprosy, and the house is unclean.
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the priest shall go and make inspection; if the disease has spread in the house, it is a spreading leprous disease in the house; it is unclean.
45 And they shall destroy it forthwith, and shall cast the stones and timber thereof, and all the dust without the town into an unclean place.
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He shall have the house torn down, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
46 He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be unclean until evening,
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All who enter the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening;
47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his clothes.
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and all who sleep in the house shall wash their clothes; and all who eat in the house shall wash their clothes.
48 But if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is not spread in the house, after it was plastered again, he shall purify it, it being cured.
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If the priest comes and makes an inspection, and the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, the priest shall pronounce the house clean; the disease is healed.
49 And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
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For the cleansing of the house he shall take two birds, with cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop,
50 And having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel, over living waters,
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and shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in an earthen vessel,
51 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living sparrow, and shall dip all in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated, and in the living water: and he shall sprinkle the house seven times.
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and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the crimson yarn, along with the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
52 And shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow, as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and with the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet.
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Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the fresh water, and with the living bird, and with the cedarwood and hyssop and crimson yarn;
53 And when he hath let go the sparrow to fly freely away into the field, he shall pray for the house: and it shall be rightly cleansed.
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and he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field; so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.
54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke.
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This is the ritual for any leprous disease: for an itch,
55 Of the leprosy of garments and houses,
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for leprous diseases in clothing and houses,
56 Of a scar and of blisters breaking out of a shining spot, and when the colours are diversely changed:
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and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot,
57 That it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean.
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to determine when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the ritual for leprous diseases.
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