Leviticus 14; Leviticus 15

Leviticus 14

1 The LORD spoke to Moses. He told him to say to the people,

2 "Here are the rules for making someone 'clean' if he has had a skin disease. They apply when he is brought to the priest.

3 "The priest must go outside the camp. He must look the person over carefully. Suppose he has been healed of his skin disease.

4 Then the priest will order someone to bring him two live 'clean' birds. He will also order someone to bring him some cedar wood, bright red yarn and branches of a hyssop plant. All of those things will be used to make the person 'clean.'

5 "The priest will order someone to kill one of the birds. It must be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.

6 Then the priest must take the live bird. He must dip it into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. He must dip it into the blood together with the cedar wood, the bright red yarn and the hyssop plant.

7 "The priest will sprinkle the blood on the person who had the skin disease. That will make him 'clean.' The priest must sprinkle him seven times. Then the priest must announce that he is 'clean.' After that, the priest must let the live bird go free in the open fields.

8 "The person must also wash his clothes to be made 'clean.' He must shave off all of his hair. He must take a bath. Then he will be 'clean.' After that, he may come into the camp. But he must stay outside his tent for seven days.

9 "On the seventh day he must shave off all of his hair. He must shave his head. He must shave off his beard. He must also shave off his eyebrows and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. Then he will be 'clean.'

10 "On the eighth day he must bring two male lambs and one female lamb as an offering. The female must be a year old. The lambs must not have any flaws. He must also bring 24 cups of fine flour as a grain offering. He must mix it with olive oil. He must also bring five ounces of oil.

11 The priest who announces that the person is 'clean' must bring him and his offerings to me. He must do it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

12 "Then the priest must take one of the male lambs. He must offer it as a guilt offering. He must offer it along with five ounces of oil. He must lift all of it up and wave it in front of me as a wave offering.

13 "He must kill the lamb in the holy place where sin offerings and burnt offerings are killed. The guilt offering belongs to the priest, just as the sin offering does. The guilt offering is very holy.

14 "The priest must take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the person's right ear lobe. He must put some on the thumb of his right hand. He must also put some on the big toe of his right foot.

15 "Then the priest must take some of the oil and pour it into his own left hand.

16 He must dip his right forefinger into the oil that is in his hand. He must use his finger to sprinkle some of the oil in front of me seven times.

17 "The priest must put some of the oil that is in his hand on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering. He must put some on the person's right ear lobe. He must put some on the thumb of his right hand. He must put some on the big toe of his right foot.

18 He must put on his head the rest of the oil that is in his hand. It will pay for the person's sin in my sight.

19 "Then the priest must sacrifice the sin offering. It will pay for the person's sin. He will be made 'clean' after being 'unclean.' After that, the priest will kill the burnt offering.

20 He will offer it on the altar. He will offer it together with the grain offering. It will pay for the person's sin. Then he will be 'clean.'

21 "But suppose he is poor. Suppose he can't afford all of those offerings. Then he must bring one male lamb as a guilt offering. It must be lifted up and waved in front of me to pay for his sin. He must also bring eight cups of fine flour along with the lamb. He must mix the flour with olive oil. It is a grain offering. He must offer it along with five ounces of oil.

22 He must also bring two doves or two young pigeons that he can afford. One is for a sin offering. The other is for a burnt offering.

23 "On the eighth day he must bring them to the priest so he can be made 'clean.' He must bring them to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. He must do it in my sight.

24 "The priest must take the lamb for the guilt offering. He must take it together with the five ounces of oil. He must lift all of it up and wave it in front of me as a wave offering.

25 He must kill the lamb for the guilt offering. He must take some of its blood and put it on the person's right ear lobe. He must put some on the thumb of his right hand. He must also put some on the big toe of his right foot.

26 "The priest must pour some of the oil into his own left hand.

27 He must dip his right forefinger into the oil that is in his hand. He must use his finger to sprinkle some of it seven times in front of me.

28 "He must put some of the oil that is in his hand on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering. He must put some on the person's right ear lobe. He must put some on the thumb of his right hand. He must also put some on the big toe of his right foot.

29 He must put on his head the rest of the oil that is in his hand. It will pay for the person's sin in my sight.

30 "The priest will sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons that the person can afford.

31 One is for a sin offering. The other is for a burnt offering. The priest must offer them together with the grain offering. In that way he will pay for the person's sin in my sight. He will do it to make him 'clean.' "

32 Those are the rules for anyone who has a skin disease. They are for people who can't afford the regular offerings that are required to make them "clean."

33 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He told them to say to the people,

34 "You will enter the land of Canaan. I am giving it to you as your own. When you enter it, suppose I put mold in one of your houses. And suppose the mold spreads.

35 Then the owner of that house must go and speak to the priest. He must say, 'I've seen something that looks like mold in my house.'

36 "The priest must order everything to be taken out of the house. It must be done before he goes in to look carefully at the mold. If it is not done, the priest must announce that everything in the house is 'unclean.' "After the house is empty the priest must go in and check it.

37 He must look carefully at the mold that is on the walls. Suppose it looks as if it has green or red dents in it. And suppose the dents look as if they are behind the surface of the wall.

38 Then the priest must go out the door. He must close the house up for seven days.

39 "On the seventh day the priest will return to check the house. Suppose the mold that is on the walls has spread.

40 Then he must order someone to tear out the stones that have mold on them. He must have them thrown into an 'unclean' place outside the town.

41 He must have all of the inside walls of the house scraped. Everything that is scraped off must be dumped into an 'unclean' place outside the town.

42 "Then other stones must be put in the place of the stones that had mold on them. The inside walls of the house must be coated with new clay.

43 "Suppose the stones have been torn out. The house has been scraped. And the walls have been coated with new clay. But the mold appears again.

44 "Then the priest must go and look things over carefully. Suppose the mold has spread in the house. Then it is the kind of mold that destroys things. The house is not 'clean.'

45 "It must be torn down. The stones, the wood and all of the clay coating must be torn out. All of it must be taken out of the town to an 'unclean' place.

46 "Suppose someone goes into the house while it is closed up. Then he will be 'unclean' until evening.

47 If he sleeps or eats in the house, he must wash his clothes.

48 "But suppose the priest comes to look things over carefully. And suppose the mold has not spread after the walls had been coated with new clay. Then he will announce that the house is 'clean.' The mold is gone.

49 "To make the house pure, the priest must get two birds. He must also get some cedar wood, bright red yarn and branches of a hyssop plant.

50 He must kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

51 "Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop plant, the bright red yarn and the live bird. He must dip all of them into the blood of the dead bird. He must also dip them into the fresh water. He must sprinkle the house seven times.

52 "The priest will use the blood and the water to make the house pure. He will use the live bird to make it pure. He will also use the cedar wood, the hyssop plant and the bright red yarn to make it pure.

53 "Then he must let the live bird go free in the open fields outside the town. In that way he will make the house pure. It will be 'clean.' "

54 Those are the rules for skin diseases. They apply to itches.

55 They apply to mold in clothes or in houses.

56 They also apply to swellings, rashes or bright red spots on the skin.

57 Use those rules to decide whether something is "clean" or not. Those are the rules for skin diseases and for mold.

Leviticus 15

1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,

2 "Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, 'Suppose liquid waste is flowing out of a man's body. That liquid is not "clean."

3 It does not matter whether it continues to flow out of his body or is blocked. It will make him "unclean." Here is how his liquid body waste will make him "unclean."

4 " 'Any bed the man who has the flow of liquid body waste lies on will not be "clean." Anything he sits on will not be "clean."

5 " 'If any of you touches the man's bed, you must wash your clothes. You must take a bath. You will be "unclean" until evening.

6 Suppose you sit on anything the man sat on. Then you must wash your clothes. You must take a bath. You will be "unclean" until evening.

7 " 'Suppose you touch the man who has the flow of liquid body waste. Then you must wash your clothes. You must take a bath. You will be "unclean" until evening.

8 " 'Suppose you are "clean." And suppose the man who has the flow of liquid waste spits on you. Then you must wash your clothes. You must take a bath. You will be "unclean" until evening.

9 " 'Everything the man sits on when he is riding will be "unclean."

10 Suppose you touch any of the things that were under him. Then you will be "unclean" until evening. Even if you pick up those things, you must wash your clothes. You must take a bath. You will be "unclean" until evening.

11 " 'Suppose the man who has the liquid flow touches you. And suppose he does it without rinsing his hands with water. Then you must wash your clothes. You must take a bath. You will be "unclean" until evening.

12 " 'Suppose the man touches a clay pot. Then that pot must be broken. Any wooden article he touches must be rinsed with water.

13 " 'Suppose the man has been healed from his liquid flow. Then he must wait seven days. He must wash his clothes. He must take a bath in fresh water. After that, he will be "clean."

14 " 'On the eighth day he must get two doves or two young pigeons. He must come to the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. There he must give the birds to the priest.

15 The priest must sacrifice them. One is for a sin offering. The other is for a burnt offering. In that way the priest will pay for the man's sin in the sight of the Lord. He will do it because the man had a liquid flow.

16 " 'Suppose semen flows from a man's body. Then he must wash his whole body with water. He will be "unclean" until evening.

17 " 'Suppose clothes or leather have semen on them. Then they must be washed with water. They will be "unclean" until evening.

18 " 'Suppose a man makes love to a woman. And suppose semen flows from his body and touches both of them. Then they must take a bath. They will be "unclean" until evening.

19 " 'Suppose a woman is having her regular period. Then for seven days she will not be pure. Anyone who touches her will be "unclean" until evening.

20 " 'Anything she lies on during her period will be "unclean." Anything she sits on will be "unclean."

21 " 'If anyone touches her bed, he must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. He will be "unclean" until evening.

22 If anyone touches anything she sits on, he must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. He will be "unclean" until evening.

23 " 'It does not matter whether it was her bed or anything she was sitting on. If anyone touches it, he will be "unclean" until evening.

24 " 'Suppose a man makes love to that woman. And suppose blood from her monthly period touches him. Then he will be "unclean" for seven days. Any bed he lies on will be "unclean."

25 " 'Suppose blood flows from a woman's body for many days. And it happens at a time other than her monthly period. Or blood keeps flowing after her period is over. Then she will be "unclean" as long as the blood continues to flow. She will be "unclean," just as she is during the days of her period.

26 " 'Any bed she lies on while her blood continues to flow will be "unclean." It is the same as it is when she is having her period. Anything she sits on will be "unclean." It is the same as it is when she is having her period.

27 " 'If anyone touches those things, he will not be "clean." He must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. He will be "unclean" until evening.

28 " 'Suppose the woman has been healed from her flow of blood. Then she must wait seven days. After that, she will be "clean."

29 On the eighth day she must get two doves or two young pigeons. She must bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

30 " 'The priest must sacrifice them. One is for a sin offering. The other is for a burnt offering. In that way he will pay for her sin in the sight of the Lord. He will do it because her flow of blood made her "unclean."

31 " 'You must keep the people of Israel away from things that make them "unclean." Then they will not die for being "unclean." And they will not die for making the place where the LORD lives "unclean." It is in the middle of the camp.' "

32 Those are the rules for a man who has liquid waste flowing out of his body. They apply to a man who is made "unclean" by semen that flows from his body.

33 They apply to a woman who is having her monthly period. They apply to a man or woman who has a liquid flow. And they apply to a man who makes love to a woman who is not "clean."