Bible: Leviticus 12-15
Purification of a Woman after Childbirth
12:1 The
12:6 “‘When 11 the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb 12 for a burnt offering 13 and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering 14 to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest. 12:7 The priest 15 is to present it before the
Infections on the Skin
13:1 The
A Bright Spot on the Skin
13:4 “If 35 it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 36 and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days. 37 13:5 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, 38 as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same 39 and has not spread on the skin, 40 then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days. 41 13:6 The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, 42 and if 43 the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. 44 It is a scab, 45 so he must wash his clothes 46 and be clean. 13:7 If, however, the scab is spreading further 47 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, 48 and if 49 the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 50 It is a disease.
A Swelling on the Skin
13:9 “When someone has a diseased infection, 51 he must be brought to the priest. 13:10 The priest will then examine it, 52 and if 53 a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, 54 13:11 it is a chronic 55 disease on the skin of his body, 56 so the priest is to pronounce him unclean. 57 The priest 58 must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean. 59 13:12 If, however, the disease breaks out 60 on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection 61 from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, 62 13:13 the priest must then examine it, 63 and if 64 the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. 65 He has turned all white, so he is clean. 66 13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it 67 he will be unclean, 13:15 so the priest is to examine the raw flesh 68 and pronounce him unclean 69 – it is diseased. 13:16 If, however, 70 the raw flesh once again turns white, 71 then he must come to the priest. 13:17 The priest will then examine it, 72 and if 73 the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the person with the infection clean 74 – he is clean.
A Boil on the Skin
13:18 “When someone’s body has a boil on its skin 75 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. 76 13:20 The priest will then examine it, 77 and if 78 it appears to be deeper than the skin 79 and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 80 It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. 81 13:21 If, however, 82 the priest examines it, and 83 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. 84 13:22 If 85 it is spreading further 86 on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. 87 It is an infection. 13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, 88 it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean. 89
A Burn on the Skin
13:24 “When a body has a burn on its skin 90 and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, 13:25 the priest must examine it, 91 and if 92 the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, 93 it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. 94 The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 95 It is a diseased infection. 96 13:26 If, however, 97 the priest examines it and 98 there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, 99 and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. 100 13:27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further 101 on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection. 102 13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, 103 and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, 104 because it is the scar of the burn.
Scall on the Head or in the Beard
13:29 “When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard, 105 13:30 the priest is to examine the infection, 106 and if 107 it appears to be deeper than the skin 108 and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 109 It is scall, 110 a disease of the head or the beard. 111 13:31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 112 and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days. 113 13:32 The priest must then examine the infection on the seventh day, and if 114 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, 115 13:33 then the individual is to shave himself, 116 but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, 117 and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days. 118 13:34 The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if 119 the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 120 then the priest is to pronounce him clean. 121 So he is to wash his clothes and be clean. 13:35 If, however, the scall spreads further 122 on the skin after his purification, 13:36 then the priest is to examine it, and if 123 the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair. 124 The person 125 is unclean. 13:37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same 126 and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. 127
Bright White Spots on the Skin
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, 128 and if 129 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. 130
Baldness on the Head
13:40 “When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, 131 he is clean. 13:41 If his head is bare on the forehead 132 so that he is balding in front, 133 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, 134 and if 135 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, 136 13:44 he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head. 137
The Life of the Person with Skin Disease
13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection, 138 his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, 139 and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 13:46 The whole time he has the infection 140 he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.
Infections in Garments, Cloth, or Leather
13:47 “When a garment has a diseased infection in it, 141 whether a wool or linen garment, 142 13:48 or in the warp or woof 143 of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, 144 13:49 if the infection 145 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. 146 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 147 – 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 148 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. 149 13:55 The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if 150 the infection has not changed its appearance 151 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. 152 13:56 But if the priest has examined it and 153 the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of 154 the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. 13:57 Then if 155 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 156 is to be washed a second time and it will be clean.”
Summary of Infection Regulations
13:59 This is the law 157 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. 158
Purification of Diseased Skin Infections
14:1 The
The Seven Days of Purification
14:8 “The one being cleansed 173 must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. 174 Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. 14:9 When the seventh day comes 175 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. 176
The Eighth Day Atonement Rituals
14:10 “On the eighth day he 177 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, 178 and one log of olive oil, 179 14:11 and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings 180 before the
14:12 “The priest is to take one male lamb 181 and present it for a guilt offering 182 along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the
14:19 “The priest must then perform the sin offering 196 and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he 197 is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer 198 the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean.
The Eighth Day Atonement Rituals for the Poor Person
14:21 “If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, 199 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, 200 14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 201 which are within his means. 202 One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 203
14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance 204 of the Meeting Tent before the
14:30 “He will then make one of the turtledoves 213 or young pigeons, which are within his means, 214 14:31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. 215 So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the
Purification of Disease-Infected Houses
14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 14:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give 218 to you for a possession, and I put 219 a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, 220 14:35 then whoever owns the house 221 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 222 before the priest enters to examine the infection 223 so that everything in the house 224 does not become unclean, 225 and afterward 226 the priest will enter to examine the house. 14:37 He is to examine the infection, and if 227 the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, 228 and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, 229 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. 230 14:39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if 231 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 232 outside the city 233 into an unclean place. 14:41 Then he is to have the house scraped 234 all around on the inside, 235 and the plaster 236 which is scraped off 237 must be dumped outside the city 238 into an unclean place. 14:42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, 239 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, 240 14:44 the priest is to come and examine it, and if 241 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, 242 its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it 243 outside the city to an unclean place. 14:46 Anyone who enters 244 the house all the days the priest 245 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 246 and examines it, and the 247 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 248 is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop 249 to decontaminate 250 the house, 14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. 251 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 252 into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.
Summary of Purification Regulations for Infections
14:54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, 253 14:55 for the diseased garment, 254 for the house, 255 14:56 for the swelling, 256 for the scab, 257 and for the bright spot, 258 14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. 259 This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” 260
Male Bodily Discharges
15:1 The
15:4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, 267 and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. 268 15:5 Anyone who touches his bed 269 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 270 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 271 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, 272 that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:9 Any means of riding 273 the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean. 15:10 Anyone who touches anything that was under him 274 will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items 275 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 276 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:12 A clay vessel 277 which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.
Purity Regulations for Male Bodily Discharges
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, 278 and be clean. 15:14 Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 279 and he is to present himself 280 before the
15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, 285 he must bathe his whole body in water 286 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, 287 they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
Female Bodily Discharges
15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge 288 and her discharge is blood from her body, 289 she is to be in her menstruation 290 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, 291 when he touches it 292 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, 293 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 294 many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, 295 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. 296
Purity Regulations from Female Bodily Discharges
15:28 “‘If 297 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 298 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. 299 So the priest 300 is to make atonement for her before the
Summary of Purification Regulations for Bodily Discharges
15:31 “‘Thus you 301 are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they 302 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 303 and becomes unclean by it, 304 15:33 the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, 305 and a man 306 who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.’”