Darby Bible Translation

New King James Version

Cleansing the Leper

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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The Ritual for Cleansing Healed Lepers

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest,

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“This shall be the law of the [a]leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest.

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and the priest shall go out of the camp; and when the priest looketh, and behold, the sore of leprosy is healed in the leper,

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And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed, if the [b]leprosy is healed in the leper,

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then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two clean living birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.

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And the priest shall command that one bird be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

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And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.

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as to the living bird -- he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water;

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As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.

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and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

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And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose in the open field.

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And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his garments, and shave all his hair, and bathe in water, and he shall be clean; and afterwards shall he come into the camp, and shall abide outside his tent seven days.

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He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.

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And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave, and he shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in water, and he is clean.

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But on the seventh day he shall shave all the hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows — all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes and wash his body in water, and he shall be clean.

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And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish, and three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, for an oblation, and one log of oil.

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“And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil.

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And the priest that cleanseth [him] shall present the man that is to be cleansed and those things before Jehovah, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Then the priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and present it for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

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And the priest shall take one male lamb and offer it as a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

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And he shall slaughter the he-lamb at the place where the sin-offering and the burnt-offering are slaughtered, in a holy place; for as the sin-offering, so the trespass-offering is the priest's: it is most holy.

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Then he shall kill the lamb in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a holy place; for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.

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And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

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The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

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And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into his, the priest's, left hand;

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And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

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and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.

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Then the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.

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And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering.

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And of the rest of the oil in his hand, the priest shall put some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering.

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And the remainder of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah.

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The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. So the priest shall make [c]atonement for him before the Lord.

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And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterwards shall he slaughter the burnt-offering.

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“Then the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall kill the burnt offering.

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And the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the oblation upon the altar; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

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And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

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But if he be poor, and his hand be not able to get it, then he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him; and one tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; and a log of oil,

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“But if he is poor and cannot afford it, then he shall take one male lamb as a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, [d]one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, a log of oil,

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and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, as his hand may be able to get: the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.

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and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford: one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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And he shall bring them on the eighth day of his cleansing unto the priest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah.

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He shall bring them to the priest on the eighth day for his cleansing, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, before the Lord.

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And the priest shall take the he-lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

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And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

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And he shall slaughter the he-lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

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Then he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

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And the priest shall pour of the oil into [his], the priest's, left hand,

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And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.

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and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah.

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Then the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.

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And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering.

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And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.

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And the remainder of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah.

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The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord.

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And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, of what his hand was able to get;

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And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he can afford —

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of what his hand was able to get shall the one be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering, with the oblation; and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.

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such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the Lord.

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This is the law for him in whom is the sore of leprosy, whose hand cannot get what is [regularly prescribed] in his cleansing.

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This is the law for one who had a leprous sore, who cannot afford the usual cleansing.”

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Signs of Home Contamination

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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The Law Concerning Leprous Houses

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

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When ye come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a leprous plague in a house of the land of your possession,

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“When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give you as a possession, and I put the [e]leprous plague in a house in the land of your possession,

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then he whose house it is shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me like a plague in the house;

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and he who owns the house comes and tells the priest, saying, ‘It seems to me that there is some plague in the house,’

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and the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to see the house.

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then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it to examine the plague, that all that is in the house may not be made unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to examine the house.

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And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,

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And he shall examine the plague; and indeed if the plague is on the walls of the house with ingrained streaks, greenish or reddish, which appear to be [f]deep in the wall,

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then the priest shall go out of the house to the entrance of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

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then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and [g]shut up the house seven days.

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And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath spread in the walls of the house,

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And the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look; and indeed if the plague has spread on the walls of the house,

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then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them out of the city, in an unclean place.

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then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which is the plague, and they shall cast them into an unclean place outside the city.

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And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they have scraped off, out of the city in an unclean place.

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And he shall cause the house to be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city.

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And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and they shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

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Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house.

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And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered,

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“Now if the plague comes back and breaks out in the house, after he has taken away the stones, after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered,

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then the priest shall come, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath spread in the house, it is a corroding leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

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then the priest shall come and look; and indeed if the plague has spread in the house, it is an active leprosy in the house. It is unclean.

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And they shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house, and shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.

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And he shall break down the house, its stones, its timber, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place.

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And he that goeth into the house as long as it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

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Moreover he who goes into the house at all while it is shut up shall be [h]unclean until evening.

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And he that sleepeth in the house shall wash his garments, and he that eateth in the house shall wash his garments.

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And he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

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Cleansing a Home

But if the priest shall come in and look, and behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house hath been plastered, the priest shall pronounce the house clean; for the plague is healed.

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“But if the priest comes in and examines it, and indeed the plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

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And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

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And he shall take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.

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and he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water;

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Then he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water;

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and he shall take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times;

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and he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

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and he shall purge the house from the defilement with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

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And he shall [i]cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the running water and the living bird, with the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet.

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and he shall let the living bird loose out of the city into the open field; and he shall make atonement for the house, and it is clean.

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Then he shall let the living bird loose outside the city in the open field, and make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

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This is the law for every sore of leprosy, and for the scall,

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“This is the law for any leprous sore and scale,

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and for the leprosy of garments, and of houses,

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for the leprosy of a garment and of a house,

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and for the rising, and for the scab, and for the bright spot,

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for a swelling and a scab and a bright spot,

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to teach when there is uncleanness, and when it is purified: this is the law of leprosy.

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to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.”

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New King James Version

Leviticus 14

Leviticus 14