14:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 14:2 “This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when ¹  he is brought to the priest. ²  14:3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. ³  If the infection of the diseased person has been healed, ⁴  14:4 then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, ⁵  and some twigs of hyssop ⁶  be taken up ⁷  for the one being cleansed. ⁸  14:5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered ⁹  into a clay vessel over fresh water. ¹⁰  14:6 Then ¹¹  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 ¹²  from the disease, pronounce him clean, ¹³  and send the live bird away over the open countryside. ¹⁴ 

14:8 “The one being cleansed ¹⁵  must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. ¹⁶  Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. 14:9 When the seventh day comes ¹⁷  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. ¹⁸ 

14:10 “On the eighth day he ¹⁹  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, ²⁰  and one log of olive oil, ²¹  14:11 and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings ²²  before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.

14:12 “The priest is to take one male lamb ²³  and present it for a guilt offering ²⁴  along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the Lord. ²⁵  14:13 He must then slaughter ²⁶  the male lamb in the place where ²⁷  the sin offering ²⁸  and the burnt offering ²⁹  are slaughtered, ³⁰  in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; ³¹  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, ³²  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ³³  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. ³⁴  14:16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil ³⁵  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 ³⁶  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 ³⁷  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 ³⁸  and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he ³⁹  is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer ⁴⁰  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, ⁴¹  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, ⁴²  14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ⁴³  which are within his means. ⁴⁴  One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. ⁴⁵ 

14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance ⁴⁶  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 ⁴⁷  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, ⁴⁸  on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe ⁴⁹  of his right foot. 14:26 The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand, ⁵⁰  14:27 and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger ⁵¹  seven times before the Lord. 14:28 Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand ⁵²  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 ⁵³  of the priest he is to put ⁵⁴  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 ⁵⁵  or young pigeons, which are within his means, ⁵⁶  14:31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. ⁵⁷  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, ⁵⁸  who does not have sufficient means for his purification.” ⁵⁹ 

14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 14:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give ⁶⁰  to you for a possession, and I put ⁶¹  a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, ⁶²  14:35 then whoever owns the house ⁶³  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 ⁶⁴  before the priest enters to examine the infection ⁶⁵  so that everything in the house ⁶⁶  does not become unclean, ⁶⁷  and afterward ⁶⁸  the priest will enter to examine the house. 14:37 He is to examine the infection, and if ⁶⁹  the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, ⁷⁰  and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, ⁷¹  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. ⁷²  14:39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if ⁷³  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 ⁷⁴  outside the city ⁷⁵  into an unclean place. 14:41 Then he is to have the house scraped ⁷⁶  all around on the inside, ⁷⁷  and the plaster ⁷⁸  which is scraped off ⁷⁹  must be dumped outside the city ⁸⁰  into an unclean place. 14:42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, ⁸¹  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, ⁸²  14:44 the priest is to come and examine it, and if ⁸³  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, ⁸⁴  its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it ⁸⁵  outside the city to an unclean place. 14:46 Anyone who enters ⁸⁶  the house all the days the priest ⁸⁷  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 ⁸⁸  and examines it, and the ⁸⁹  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 ⁹⁰  is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop ⁹¹  to decontaminate ⁹²  the house, 14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. ⁹³  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 ⁹⁴  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, ⁹⁵  14:55 for the diseased garment, ⁹⁶  for the house, ⁹⁷  14:56 for the swelling, ⁹⁸  for the scab, ⁹⁹  and for the bright spot, ¹⁰⁰  14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. ¹⁰¹  This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” ¹⁰² 

15:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man ¹⁰³  has a discharge ¹⁰⁴  from his body, ¹⁰⁵  his discharge is unclean. 15:3 Now this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge ¹⁰⁶  – 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, ¹⁰⁷  this is his uncleanness. ¹⁰⁸ 

15:4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, ¹⁰⁹  and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. ¹¹⁰  15:5 Anyone who touches his bed ¹¹¹  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ¹¹²  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 ¹¹³  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, ¹¹⁴  that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:9 Any means of riding ¹¹⁵  the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean. 15:10 Anyone who touches anything that was under him ¹¹⁶  will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items ¹¹⁷  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 ¹¹⁸  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:12 A clay vessel ¹¹⁹  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, ¹²⁰  and be clean. 15:14 Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, ¹²¹  and he is to present himself ¹²²  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 ¹²³  and the other a burnt offering. ¹²⁴  So the priest ¹²⁵  is to make atonement for him before the Lord for ¹²⁶  his discharge.

15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, ¹²⁷  he must bathe his whole body in water ¹²⁸  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, ¹²⁹  they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge ¹³⁰  and her discharge is blood from her body, ¹³¹  she is to be in her menstruation ¹³²  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, ¹³³  when he touches it ¹³⁴  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, ¹³⁵  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 ¹³⁶  many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, ¹³⁷  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. ¹³⁸ 

15:28 “‘If ¹³⁹  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 ¹⁴⁰  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. ¹⁴¹  So the priest ¹⁴²  is to make atonement for her before the Lord from her discharge of impurity.

15:31 “‘Thus you ¹⁴³  are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they ¹⁴⁴  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 ¹⁴⁵  and becomes unclean by it, ¹⁴⁶  15:33 the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, ¹⁴⁷  and a man ¹⁴⁸  who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.’”

16:1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons when they approached the presence of the Lord ¹⁴⁹  and died, 16:2 and the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil-canopy ¹⁵⁰  in front of the atonement plate ¹⁵¹  that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement plate.

16:3 “In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary – with a young bull ¹⁵²  for a sin offering ¹⁵³  and a ram for a burnt offering. ¹⁵⁴  16:4 He must put on a holy linen tunic, ¹⁵⁵  linen leggings are to cover his body, ¹⁵⁶  and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash ¹⁵⁷  and wrap his head with a linen turban. ¹⁵⁸  They are holy garments, so he must bathe ¹⁵⁹  his body in water and put them on. 16:5 He must also take ¹⁶⁰  two male goats ¹⁶¹  from the congregation of the Israelites for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering. 16:6 Then Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself and is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. 16:7 He must then take the two goats ¹⁶²  and stand them before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, 16:8 and Aaron is to cast lots over the two goats, ¹⁶³  one lot for the Lord and one lot for Azazel. ¹⁶⁴  16:9 Aaron must then present the goat which has been designated by lot for the Lord, ¹⁶⁵  and he is to make it a sin offering, 16:10 but the goat which has been designated by lot for Azazel is to be stood alive ¹⁶⁶  before the Lord to make atonement on it by sending it away to Azazel into the wilderness. ¹⁶⁷ 

16:11 “Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself, and he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. He is to slaughter the sin offering bull which is for himself, 16:12 and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord ¹⁶⁸  and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, ¹⁶⁹  and bring them inside the veil-canopy. ¹⁷⁰  16:13 He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, ¹⁷¹  so that he will not die. ¹⁷²  16:14 Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, ¹⁷³  and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. ¹⁷⁴ 

16:15 “He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, ¹⁷⁵  and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate. 16:16 So ¹⁷⁶  he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, ¹⁷⁷  and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities. 16:17 Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent ¹⁷⁸  when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.

16:18 “Then ¹⁷⁹  he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take ¹⁸⁰  some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar. 16:19 Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it ¹⁸¹  from the impurities of the Israelites.

16:20 “When he has finished purifying the holy place, ¹⁸²  the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat. 16:21 Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, ¹⁸³  and thus he is to put them ¹⁸⁴  on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready. ¹⁸⁵  16:22 The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, ¹⁸⁶  so he is to send the goat away ¹⁸⁷  in the wilderness.

16:23 “Aaron must then enter ¹⁸⁸  the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there. 16:24 Then he must bathe his body in water in a holy place, put on his clothes, and go out and make his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering. So he is to make atonement ¹⁸⁹  on behalf of himself and the people. ¹⁹⁰ 

16:25 “Then he is to offer up the fat of the sin offering ¹⁹¹  in smoke on the altar, 16:26 and the one who sent the goat away to Azazel ¹⁹²  must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp. 16:27 The bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought to make atonement in the holy place, must be brought outside the camp ¹⁹³  and their hide, their flesh, and their dung must be burned up, ¹⁹⁴  16:28 and the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.

16:29 “This is to be a perpetual statute for you. ¹⁹⁵  In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves ¹⁹⁶  and do no work of any kind, ¹⁹⁷  both the native citizen and the foreigner who resides ¹⁹⁸  in your midst, 16:30 for on this day atonement is to be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you must be clean before the Lord. ¹⁹⁹  16:31 It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. ²⁰⁰  It is a perpetual statute. ²⁰¹ 

16:32 “The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father ²⁰²  is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments, 16:33 and he is to purify ²⁰³  the Most Holy Place, ²⁰⁴  he is to purify the Meeting Tent and the altar, ²⁰⁵  and he is to make atonement for ²⁰⁶  the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 16:34 This is to be a perpetual statute for you ²⁰⁷  to make atonement for the Israelites for ²⁰⁸  all their sins once a year.” ²⁰⁹  So he did just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²¹⁰