Laws for the leprosy.

CHAP. XIV

Cleansing the leper

shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, the warp or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:

31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; 55 And the priest shall look on the plague after then the priest shall shut up him that hath the that it is washed: and behold, if the plague have plague of the scall seven days: not changed his colour, and the plague be not 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the on the plague: and behold, if the scall spread fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the or without. scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; 56 And if the priest look, and behold, the plague 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then shave; and the priest shall shut up him that kath the scall seven days more :

he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look 57 And if it appear still in the garmel either on the scall: and behold, if the scall be not in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him that wherein the plague is with fire. clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt his cleansing;

wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it 36 Then the priest shall look on him and be- shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. hold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. a garment of woollen or linen, either in the 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and warp or woof, or any thing of sking, to pronounce that there is black hair grown up therein; the it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce im clean.

CHAP. XIV.

Rites in cleansing the leper.
ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin 21 This shall be the law of the leper in the

of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

39 Then the priest shall look: and behold, if day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unte the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be dark- the priest : Ish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp: and the priest shall look, and behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

4 Then shall the priest command to take for 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and part of his head toward his face, he is forehead-clean, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. bald; yet is he clean. 5 And the priest shall command that one of the 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald birds be killed in an earthen vessel, over running forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy water.

sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the 43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and be-cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and hold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish shall dip them, and the living bird, in the blood in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the of the bird that was killed over the running water. leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;

44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

7 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.

45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head, and his beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof, of linen, 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he or of woollen: whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin:

46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone, without the camp shall his habitation be. 47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth-deals of fine flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague 11 And the priest that maketh him clean, slıåll of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: present the man that is to be made clean, and 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, those things, before the LORD, at the door of the and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: tabernacle of the congregation.

51 And he shall look on the plague on the sev- 12 And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and enth day: if the plague be spread in the garment, offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before or in any work that is made of skin; the plague the LORD. is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where

52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether he shall kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing in the holy place: for as the sin-offering is the of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting priest's, so is the trespass-offering: it is most holy. leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood

53 And if the priest shall look, and behold, the of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put plague be not spread in the garment, either in it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to

Signs of leprosy in a house.

CHAP. XVI.

The high-priest's sin-offering be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. [her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her sepa4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the ration: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be Issue, is unclean: and every thing whereon he unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. sitteth, shall be unclean.

7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe the priest shall make an atonement for her be. himself in water, and be unclean until the even. fore the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel hath the issue, shall be unclean. from their uncleanness: that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense the days of her separation; she shall be unclean. may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testi 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of mony, that he die not.

The scape-goat.

LEVITICUS.

Blood offered at the tabernacle 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-even the holy garments:

reat eastward: and before the mercy-seat shall he 33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for 15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offer- the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the ing that is for the people, and bring his blood altar: and he shall make an atonement for the within the vail, and do with that blood as he did priests, and for all the people of the congregation. with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat: you, to make an atonement for the children of 16 And he shall make an atonement for the Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did holy place, because of the uncleanness of the as the LORD commanded Moses. children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for

CHAP. XVII.

gre tabernacle of the congregation that remaineth A Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and Blood forbidden to be eaten. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle unto all the children of Israel, and say unto of the congregation when he goeth in to make them, This is the thing which the LORD hath an atonement in the holy place, until he come commanded, saying,

out, and have made an atonement for himself, 3 What man soever there be of the house of and for his household, and for all the congrega- Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat in the tion of Israel. camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the taber before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.

nacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD. blood shall be imputed unto that man, he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and 5 To the end that the children of Israel may hallow it from the uncleanness of the children bring their sacrifices which they offer in the of Israel. open field, even that they may bring them unto 20 And when he hath made an end of recon- the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the ciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the peace-offerings unto the LORD. live goat:

6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the the altar of the LORD at the door of the taberhead of the live goat, and confess over him all the nacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their a sweet savour unto the LORD. transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their Iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring: This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

8 ¶ And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice,

23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments which he put on when he went into 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the the holy place, and shall leave them there: tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from the holy place, and put on his garments, and among his people.

come forth, and offer his burnt-offering, and the 10 ¶ And whatsoever man there be of the house burnt-offering of the people, and make an atone-of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among ment for himself, and for the people. you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even

25 And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn set my face against that soul that eateth blood, upon the altar. and will cut him off from among his people.

26 And he that let go the goat for the scape- 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and goat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh I have given it to you upon the altar, to make in water, and afterward come into the camp. Jan atonement for your souls: for it is the blood 27 And the bullock for the sin-offering, and that maketh an atonement for the soul. the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood was 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, brought in to make atonement in the holy lace, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any shall one carry forth without the camp, and stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children flesh, and their dung. of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among 23 Ánd he that burneth them shall wash his you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and after-fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out ward he shall come into the camp. the blood thereof, and cover with dust.

29 T And this shall be a statute for ever unto 14 For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the childay of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and dren of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no mando no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

ner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. 15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, (whether it be one of your own country, or a 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and stranger) he shall both wash his clothes, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever. bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the 32 And the priest whom he shall anoint, and even then shall he be clean. whom he shall consecrate to minister in the 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; priest's office in his father's stead, shall make then he shall bear his iniquity.