11:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 11:2 “Tell the Israelites: ‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals ¹  that are on the land. 11:3 You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof (the hooves are completely split in two ² ) and that also chews the cud. ³  11:4 However, you must not eat these ⁴  from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you ⁵  because it chews the cud ⁶  even though its hoof is not divided. ⁷  11:5 The rock badger ⁸  is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. 11:6 The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. 11:7 The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided (the hoof is completely split in two ⁹ ), even though it does not chew the cud. ¹⁰  11:8 You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; ¹¹  they are unclean to you.

11:9 “‘These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, ¹²  whether in the seas or in the streams, ¹³  you may eat. 11:10 But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you. 11:11 Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest. 11:12 Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.

11:13 “‘These you are to detest from among the birds – they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: ¹⁴  the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 11:14 the kite, the buzzard of any kind, ¹⁵  11:15 every kind of crow, ¹⁶  11:16 the eagle owl, ¹⁷  the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind, 11:17 the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl, 11:18 the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey, 11:19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

11:20 “‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours ¹⁸  is detestable to you. 11:21 However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs ¹⁹  to hop with on the land. 11:22 These you may eat from them: ²⁰  the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind. 11:23 But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.

11:24 “‘By these ²¹  you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, 11:25 and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

11:26 “‘All ²²  animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two ²³  and do not chew the cud ²⁴  are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean. ²⁵  11:27 All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours ²⁶  are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, 11:28 and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

11:29 “‘Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: ²⁷  the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind, 11:30 the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon. 11:31 These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening. 11:32 Also, anything they fall on ²⁸  when they die will become unclean – any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water ²⁹  and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean. 11:33 As for any clay vessel they fall into, ³⁰  everything in it ³¹  will become unclean and you must break it. 11:34 Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water ³²  will become unclean. Anything drinkable ³³  in any such vessel will become unclean. ³⁴  11:35 Anything their carcass may fall on will become unclean. An oven or small stove must be smashed to pieces; they are unclean, and they will stay unclean ³⁵  to you. 11:36 However, a spring or a cistern which collects water ³⁶  will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean. 11:37 Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, ³⁷  it is clean, 11:38 but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

11:39 “‘Now if an animal ³⁸  that you may eat dies, ³⁹  whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening. 11:40 One who eats from its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 11:41 Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten. 11:42 You must not eat anything that crawls ⁴⁰  on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs ⁴¹  of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable. 11:43 Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. ⁴²  You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them, 11:44 for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground, 11:45 for I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, ⁴³  and you are to be holy because I am holy. 11:46 This is the law ⁴⁴  of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures ⁴⁵  that swarm on the land, 11:47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”

12:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 12:2 “Tell the Israelites, ‘When a woman produces offspring ⁴⁶  and bears a male child, ⁴⁷  she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation. ⁴⁸  12:3 On ⁴⁹  the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin ⁵⁰  must be circumcised. 12:4 Then she will remain ⁵¹  thirty-three days in blood purity. ⁵²  She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled. ⁵³  12:5 If she bears a female child, she will be impure fourteen days as during her menstrual flow, and she will remain sixty-six days in ⁵⁴  blood purity. ⁵⁵ 

12:6 “‘When ⁵⁶  the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb ⁵⁷  for a burnt offering ⁵⁸  and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering ⁵⁹  to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest. 12:7 The priest ⁶⁰  is to present it before the Lord and make atonement ⁶¹  on her behalf, and she will be clean ⁶²  from her flow of blood. ⁶³  This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child. 12:8 If she cannot afford a sheep, ⁶⁴  then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ⁶⁵  one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.’” ⁶⁶ 

13:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 13:2 “When someone has ⁶⁷  a swelling ⁶⁸  or a scab ⁶⁹  or a bright spot ⁷⁰  on the skin of his body ⁷¹  that may become a diseased infection, ⁷²  he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests. ⁷³  13:3 The priest must then examine the infection ⁷⁴  on the skin of the body, and if the hair ⁷⁵  in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body, ⁷⁶  then it is a diseased infection, ⁷⁷  so when the priest examines it ⁷⁸  he must pronounce the person unclean. ⁷⁹ 

13:4 “If ⁸⁰  it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ⁸¹  and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days. ⁸²  13:5 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, ⁸³  as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same ⁸⁴  and has not spread on the skin, ⁸⁵  then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days. ⁸⁶  13:6 The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, ⁸⁷  and if ⁸⁸  the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. ⁸⁹  It is a scab, ⁹⁰  so he must wash his clothes ⁹¹  and be clean. 13:7 If, however, the scab is spreading further ⁹²  on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time. 13:8 The priest must then examine it, ⁹³  and if ⁹⁴  the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ⁹⁵  It is a disease.

13:9 “When someone has a diseased infection, ⁹⁶  he must be brought to the priest. 13:10 The priest will then examine it, ⁹⁷  and if ⁹⁸  a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, ⁹⁹  13:11 it is a chronic ¹⁰⁰  disease on the skin of his body, ¹⁰¹  so the priest is to pronounce him unclean. ¹⁰²  The priest ¹⁰³  must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean. ¹⁰⁴  13:12 If, however, the disease breaks out ¹⁰⁵  on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection ¹⁰⁶  from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, ¹⁰⁷  13:13 the priest must then examine it, ¹⁰⁸  and if ¹⁰⁹  the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. ¹¹⁰  He has turned all white, so he is clean. ¹¹¹  13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it ¹¹²  he will be unclean, 13:15 so the priest is to examine the raw flesh ¹¹³  and pronounce him unclean ¹¹⁴  – it is diseased. 13:16 If, however, ¹¹⁵  the raw flesh once again turns white, ¹¹⁶  then he must come to the priest. 13:17 The priest will then examine it, ¹¹⁷  and if ¹¹⁸  the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the person with the infection clean ¹¹⁹  – he is clean.

13:18 “When someone’s body has a boil on its skin ¹²⁰  and it heals, 13:19 and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish white bright spot, he must show himself to the priest. ¹²¹  13:20 The priest will then examine it, ¹²²  and if ¹²³  it appears to be deeper than the skin ¹²⁴  and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ¹²⁵  It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. ¹²⁶  13:21 If, however, ¹²⁷  the priest examines it, and ¹²⁸  there is no white hair in it, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. ¹²⁹  13:22 If ¹³⁰  it is spreading further ¹³¹  on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. ¹³²  It is an infection. 13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, ¹³³  it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean. ¹³⁴ 

13:24 “When a body has a burn on its skin ¹³⁵  and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, 13:25 the priest must examine it, ¹³⁶  and if ¹³⁷  the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, ¹³⁸  it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. ¹³⁹  The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ¹⁴⁰  It is a diseased infection. ¹⁴¹  13:26 If, however, ¹⁴²  the priest examines it and ¹⁴³  there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, ¹⁴⁴  and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. ¹⁴⁵  13:27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further ¹⁴⁶  on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection. ¹⁴⁷  13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, ¹⁴⁸  and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, ¹⁴⁹  because it is the scar of the burn.

13:29 “When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard, ¹⁵⁰  13:30 the priest is to examine the infection, ¹⁵¹  and if ¹⁵²  it appears to be deeper than the skin ¹⁵³  and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ¹⁵⁴  It is scall, ¹⁵⁵  a disease of the head or the beard. ¹⁵⁶  13:31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ¹⁵⁷  and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days. ¹⁵⁸  13:32 The priest must then examine the infection on the seventh day, and if ¹⁵⁹  the scall has not spread, there is no reddish yellow hair in it, and the scall does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ¹⁶⁰  13:33 then the individual is to shave himself, ¹⁶¹  but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, ¹⁶²  and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days. ¹⁶³  13:34 The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if ¹⁶⁴  the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, ¹⁶⁵  then the priest is to pronounce him clean. ¹⁶⁶  So he is to wash his clothes and be clean. 13:35 If, however, the scall spreads further ¹⁶⁷  on the skin after his purification, 13:36 then the priest is to examine it, and if ¹⁶⁸  the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair. ¹⁶⁹  The person ¹⁷⁰  is unclean. 13:37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same ¹⁷¹  and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. ¹⁷² 

13:38 “When a man or a woman has bright spots – white bright spots – on the skin of their body, 13:39 the priest is to examine them, ¹⁷³  and if ¹⁷⁴  the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean. ¹⁷⁵ 

13:40 “When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, ¹⁷⁶  he is clean. 13:41 If his head is bare on the forehead ¹⁷⁷  so that he is balding in front, ¹⁷⁸  he is clean. 13:42 But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area. 13:43 The priest is to examine it, ¹⁷⁹  and if ¹⁸⁰  the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body, ¹⁸¹  13:44 he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head. ¹⁸² 

13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection, ¹⁸³  his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, ¹⁸⁴  and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 13:46 The whole time he has the infection ¹⁸⁵  he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.

13:47 “When a garment has a diseased infection in it, ¹⁸⁶  whether a wool or linen garment, ¹⁸⁷  13:48 or in the warp or woof ¹⁸⁸  of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, ¹⁸⁹  13:49 if the infection ¹⁹⁰  in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest. 13:50 The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days. ¹⁹¹  13:51 He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather – whatever the article into which the leather was made ¹⁹²  – the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean. 13:52 He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire. 13:53 But if the priest examines it and ¹⁹³  the infection has not spread in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, 13:54 the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for another seven days. ¹⁹⁴  13:55 The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if ¹⁹⁵  the infection has not changed its appearance ¹⁹⁶  even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus, whether on the back side or front side of the article. ¹⁹⁷  13:56 But if the priest has examined it and ¹⁹⁸  the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of ¹⁹⁹  the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. 13:57 Then if ²⁰⁰  it still appears again in the garment or the warp or the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak. Whatever has the infection in it you must burn up in the fire. 13:58 But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it ²⁰¹  is to be washed a second time and it will be clean.”

13:59 This is the law ²⁰²  of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean. ²⁰³ 

14:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 14:2 “This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when ²⁰⁴  he is brought to the priest. ²⁰⁵  14:3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. ²⁰⁶  If the infection of the diseased person has been healed, ²⁰⁷  14:4 then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, ²⁰⁸  and some twigs of hyssop ²⁰⁹  be taken up ²¹⁰  for the one being cleansed. ²¹¹  14:5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered ²¹²  into a clay vessel over fresh water. ²¹³  14:6 Then ²¹⁴  he is to take the live bird along with the piece of cedar wood, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the twigs of hyssop, and he is to dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird slaughtered over the fresh water, 14:7 and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed ²¹⁵  from the disease, pronounce him clean, ²¹⁶  and send the live bird away over the open countryside. ²¹⁷ 

14:8 “The one being cleansed ²¹⁸  must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. ²¹⁹  Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. 14:9 When the seventh day comes ²²⁰  he must shave all his hair – his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair – and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean. ²²¹ 

14:10 “On the eighth day he ²²²  must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, ²²³  and one log of olive oil, ²²⁴  14:11 and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings ²²⁵  before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.

14:12 “The priest is to take one male lamb ²²⁶  and present it for a guilt offering ²²⁷  along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the Lord. ²²⁸  14:13 He must then slaughter ²²⁹  the male lamb in the place where ²³⁰  the sin offering ²³¹  and the burnt offering ²³²  are slaughtered, ²³³  in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; ²³⁴  it is most holy. 14:14 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, ²³⁵  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ²³⁶  of his right foot. 14:15 The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand. ²³⁷  14:16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil ²³⁸  that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 14:17 The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his hand ²³⁹  on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering, 14:18 and the remainder of the olive oil ²⁴⁰  that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord.

14:19 “The priest must then perform the sin offering ²⁴¹  and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he ²⁴²  is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer ²⁴³  the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean.

14:21 “If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, ²⁴⁴  he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil, ²⁴⁵  14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ²⁴⁶  which are within his means. ²⁴⁷  One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. ²⁴⁸ 

14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance ²⁴⁹  of the Meeting Tent before the Lord, 14:24 and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them ²⁵⁰  as a wave offering before the Lord. 14:25 Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, ²⁵¹  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ²⁵²  of his right foot. 14:26 The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand, ²⁵³  14:27 and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger ²⁵⁴  seven times before the Lord. 14:28 Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand ²⁵⁵  on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering, 14:29 and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand ²⁵⁶  of the priest he is to put ²⁵⁷  on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.

14:30 “He will then make one of the turtledoves ²⁵⁸  or young pigeons, which are within his means, ²⁵⁹  14:31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. ²⁶⁰  So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the Lord. 14:32 This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, ²⁶¹  who does not have sufficient means for his purification.” ²⁶² 

14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 14:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give ²⁶³  to you for a possession, and I put ²⁶⁴  a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, ²⁶⁵  14:35 then whoever owns the house ²⁶⁶  must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’ 14:36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared ²⁶⁷  before the priest enters to examine the infection ²⁶⁸  so that everything in the house ²⁶⁹  does not become unclean, ²⁷⁰  and afterward ²⁷¹  the priest will enter to examine the house. 14:37 He is to examine the infection, and if ²⁷²  the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, ²⁷³  and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, ²⁷⁴  14:38 then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. ²⁷⁵  14:39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if ²⁷⁶  the infection has spread in the walls of the house, 14:40 then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown ²⁷⁷  outside the city ²⁷⁸  into an unclean place. 14:41 Then he is to have the house scraped ²⁷⁹  all around on the inside, ²⁸⁰  and the plaster ²⁸¹  which is scraped off ²⁸²  must be dumped outside the city ²⁸³  into an unclean place. 14:42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, ²⁸⁴  and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

14:43 “If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered, ²⁸⁵  14:44 the priest is to come and examine it, and if ²⁸⁶  the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. 14:45 He must tear down the house, ²⁸⁷  its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it ²⁸⁸  outside the city to an unclean place. 14:46 Anyone who enters ²⁸⁹  the house all the days the priest ²⁹⁰  has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. 14:47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.

14:48 “If, however, the priest enters ²⁹¹  and examines it, and the ²⁹²  infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed. 14:49 Then he ²⁹³  is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop ²⁹⁴  to decontaminate ²⁹⁵  the house, 14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. ²⁹⁶  14:51 He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 14:52 So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, 14:53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the city ²⁹⁷  into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.

14:54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, ²⁹⁸  14:55 for the diseased garment, ²⁹⁹  for the house, ³⁰⁰  14:56 for the swelling, ³⁰¹  for the scab, ³⁰²  and for the bright spot, ³⁰³  14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. ³⁰⁴  This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” ³⁰⁵ 

15:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man ³⁰⁶  has a discharge ³⁰⁷  from his body, ³⁰⁸  his discharge is unclean. 15:3 Now this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge ³⁰⁹  – whether his body secretes his discharge or blocks his discharge, he is unclean. All the days that his body has a discharge or his body blocks his discharge, ³¹⁰  this is his uncleanness. ³¹¹ 

15:4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, ³¹²  and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. ³¹³  15:5 Anyone who touches his bed ³¹⁴  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ³¹⁵  15:6 The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:7 The one who touches the body ³¹⁶  of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:8 If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, ³¹⁷  that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:9 Any means of riding ³¹⁸  the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean. 15:10 Anyone who touches anything that was under him ³¹⁹  will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items ³²⁰  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:11 Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water ³²¹  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:12 A clay vessel ³²²  which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.

15:13 “‘When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, ³²³  and be clean. 15:14 Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ³²⁴  and he is to present himself ³²⁵  before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent and give them to the priest, 15:15 and the priest is to make one of them a sin offering ³²⁶  and the other a burnt offering. ³²⁷  So the priest ³²⁸  is to make atonement for him before the Lord for ³²⁹  his discharge.

15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, ³³⁰  he must bathe his whole body in water ³³¹  and be unclean until evening, 15:17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. 15:18 When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, ³³²  they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge ³³³  and her discharge is blood from her body, ³³⁴  she is to be in her menstruation ³³⁵  seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 15:20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 15:21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:22 Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:23 If there is something on the bed or on the furniture she sits on, ³³⁶  when he touches it ³³⁷  he will be unclean until evening, 15:24 and if a man actually has sexual intercourse with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him, ³³⁸  then he will be unclean seven days and any bed he lies on will be unclean.

15:25 “‘When a woman’s discharge of blood flows ³³⁹  many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, ³⁴⁰  all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation – she is unclean. 15:26 Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation, 15:27 and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ³⁴¹ 

15:28 “‘If ³⁴²  she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean. 15:29 Then on the eighth day she must take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons ³⁴³  and she must bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, 15:30 and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. ³⁴⁴  So the priest ³⁴⁵  is to make atonement for her before the Lord from her discharge of impurity.

15:31 “‘Thus you ³⁴⁶  are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they ³⁴⁷  do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst. 15:32 This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission ³⁴⁸  and becomes unclean by it, ³⁴⁹  15:33 the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, ³⁵⁰  and a man ³⁵¹  who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.’”