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And if there be a touch of leprosy in a garment of wool, or a garment of hemp, or any web woven, or any thing made of linens or woollens, or in any skin, or workmanship made of 49 skin, and the touch be of a greenish or reddish colour in the

skin, or in the garment, or in the woven web, or in any vessel made of skin, it is a touch of the leprosy, and must be shewn 50 to the priest. And the priest, upon seeing the touch, shall set 51 apart the thing touched, seven days. And if on the seventh

day the touch be spread in the garment, or in the web, or in the skin, into whatever things the skins may be made up, the 52 touch is an inveterate leprosy. He must burn the garment, or the web, whether made of linen thread, or woollen yarn, or whatever the thing be which is made of skin, in which there is a touch of the leprosy. Because it is touched with leprosy, it 53 shall be burned with fire. But if the priest find that the touch is not spread in the garment, or web, or vessel, whatever it be, made of skin; the priest shall order that which hath the touch 54 to be washed, and the priest shall set it apart seven days more. 55 And if upon viewing the touch after it hath been washed, the priest see that the touch hath not changed its appearance, though it hath not spread, it is unclean, and must be burned 56 with fire. It is fixed in the garment, or web. But if the priest see that the touch is of a brownish colour after being washed, he shall tear it out of the garment, or web, or out of the skin. 57 And if it appear any more in the garment, or web, or in the

leathern vessel, whatever it be, it is a fretting leprosy; that in 58 which the touch is, shall be burned with fire. Now the gar

ment, or web, or any thing made of skin, which shall be washed, and from which the touch shall depart, shall be washed a 59 second time with water, and it shall be clean. This is the law of the touch of a leprosy, in a woollen or hempen garment, or web, or any vessel made of skin, to pronounce it clean, or unclean.

XIV. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, This is the law 2 of the leper. Whenever he is cleansed he shall be brought be3 fore the priest. The priest shall go out of the camp; and if

upon looking, the priest see that the touch of the leprosy is 4 healed in the leper, the priest shall give orders, and they shall take from him who is cleansed, two clean live birds, and cedar

5 wood, and scarlet yarn, and hyssop; and the priest shall give

orders, and they shall kill one live bird, over spring water, in 6 an earthen vessel. Then he shall take the living bird, and the

cedar wood, and the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and dip them, and the living bird, in the blood of the bird which was killed over 7 the spring water, and sprinkle some of it seven times on him who

is cleansed from the leprosy, and he shall be clean. Then he shall 8 let the live bird go into the field. And he who is cleansed shall

wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself with water; and he shall be clean; and after this he may come into the camp; but he must tarry abroad, out of his own house, seven days. 9 And on the seventh day he shall shave off all the hair on his head, and beard, and his eye brows; and having shaved off all his hair, he shall wash his clothes, and wash his body with water, 10 and he shall be clean. And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs, of the first year, without blemish, and three tenths of fine flour, tempered with oil, for a sacrifice, and one 11 cotulus of oil; and the priest who pronounceth him clean shall set the man who is cleansed, and these things, before the Lord, at 12 the door of the tabernacle of the testimony; and the priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer it for a trespass offering, with the cotulus of oil, and set them apart as a dedication be13 fore the Lord; (Now they shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the whole burnt offerings and the sin offerings—in a holy place) for as is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering, 14 for the priest. They are most holy. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him who is cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of 15 his right foot. Then taking some of the cotulus of oil, the priest 16 shall pour it into his own left hand, and he shall dip his right

finger into the oil which is in his left hand, and sprinkle it with 17 his finger before the Lord seven times. And the rest of the oil which is in his left hand the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him who is cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot on the place of 18 the blood of the trespass offering. And the oil still left in his hand the priest shall put on the head of him who is cleansed. So shall the priest make atonement for him before the Lord.

19 Then the priest shall prepare the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is cleansed, with his sin offering, and after that the 20 priest shall kill the whole burnt offering. And the priest shall

offer up the whole burnt offering, and the sacrifice of flour, on the altar. So shall the priest make atonement for him, and he 21 shall be cleansed. But if he be poor, and not of ability to furnish this, he shall take one lamb for the trespass which he hath committed, that it may be set apart as a dedication, so that atonement may be made for him, and a tenth of fine flour tempered 22 with oil for a sacrifice, and a cotulus of oil, and two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, which ever he can find most readily, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering. 23 And on the eighth day he shall bring these to the priest, that he may cleanse him, to the door of the tabernacle of the testi24 mony before the Lord. And the priest having taken the lamb

of the trespass offering, and the cotulus of oil, shall set them 25 apart as a dedication before the Lord. And 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 cleansed, and on the thumb of his right 26 hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; then pouring some

of the oil into his own left hand, the priest shall sprinkle, with 27 his right finger, some of the oil in his left hand, seven times be28 fore the Lord. And the priest shall put some of the oil in his

hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering; 29 and shall put the oil remaining in his hand, on the head of

him who is cleansed; so having made atonement for him 30 before the Lord, the priest shall offer one of the turtle doves, 31 or one of the young pigeons, as his hand hath found, the

one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offer32 ing, with the sacrifice of flour. So shall the priest make

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atonement for him who is cleansed. This is the law for him on whom there is a touch of the leprosy, and who is not of ability to furnish the other offerings for his purification.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, When 34 you are come to the land of the Chananites which I give you for a possession, and I send a touch of a leprosy on the houses

35 of the land which you possess, the owner of the house shall

come and tell the priest, saying, Something like a touch hath 36 appeared to me in the house. Upon this the priest shall order the house to be unfurnished, before he goeth in to view the touch, that what is in the house may not be made unclean. And this being done, the priest shall go in to examine the 37 house. And if, upon viewing the touch, he see that there is a touch in the walls of the house, and he seeth the cavities of a reddish or greenish colour, which appear to be deep in the wall; 38 upon coming out of the house, at the door of the house, the 39 priest shall sequestrate the house for seven days. And on the

seventh day the priest shall come again and view the house: And if he seeth that the touch hath spread in the walls of the 40 house, the priest shall order them to take out the stones in which

is the touch, and to carry them out of the city to an unclean place, 41 and to scrape the house on the inside round about, and pour

out the dust which is scraped off, without the city, into an un42 clean place. And they shall take other stones, well scraped, and

put them in the place of those stones, and take other mortar, and 43 plaister the house. And if the touch come again, and break out

in the house after they have taken away the stones, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it hath been plaistered; 44 the priest shall go in and take a view; and if the touch hath

spread in the house, it is an inveterate leprosy in the house. It 45 is unclean. They shall therefore demolish the house, and carry

the wood thereof, and the stones thereof, and the rubbish thereof, 46 out of the city to an unclean place. Now he who goeth into

the house, all the while it is sequestrated, shall be unclean until 47 the evening. And he who sleepeth in the house shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: And he who eateth in the house shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even48 ing. But when the priest shall come, and go in, if upon taking a view he seeth that the touch hath not spread in the house, after being plaistered, the priest shall pronounce the house clean, 49 because the touch is healed. And in order to cleanse the house,

he shall take two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet yarn, and hyssop. And he shall kill one of the birds, over spring 51 water, in an earthen vessel. Then he shall take the cedar wood, and the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and the living bird, and

dip them in the blood of the bird which was killed over spring 52 water, and with them sprinkle the house seven times, and cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the spring water, and with the living bird, and with the hyssop, and 53 with the scarlet yarn. Then he shall send away the live bird out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

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This is the law for every touch of a leprosy and scald, and of the leprosy in a garment, and a house, and of a boil, and a scar, and the bright spot; and to teach when a thing is unclean, and when it is to be pronounced clean. This is the law of the leprosy.

XV. Again the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man 3 hath an efflux from his body; because of his efflux he is unclean, and this is the law touching his uncleanness.

If his efflux be a gonorrhea, this is an uncleanness in him. So long as his gonorrhea continueth, it is his uncleanness. 4. Every bed on which such a one lieth is unclean; and every 5 seat whereon he shall sit, shall be unclean. And whoever shall

touch his bed must wash his clothes, and wash himself with wa6 ter, and shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever sitteth on the seat whereon he sat, shall wash his clothes, and wash 7 himself with water, and be unclean until the evening. And whoever toucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes, and wash 8 himself with water, and be unclean until the evening. And if he spit on one who is clean, the person who was clean shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean 9 until the evening. And every saddle of an ass on which he shall 10 ride, shall be unclean until evening. And whoever toucheth

any things which were under him, shall be unclean until evening. And whoever carrieth them shall wash his clothes, and wash 11 himself with water, and be unclean until evening. And every one whom he who hath the gonorrhea toucheth, without washing his hands, shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with 12 water, and be unclean until evening. And every earthen ves

sel which he shall touch shall be broken; but a vessel of wood 13 shall be washed with water, and shall be clean. And when he

is clean of his disorder, he shall reckon for himself seven days