Leviticus 14

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

zot tihyeh torat hammetsora beyom tohorato vehuva el-hakkohen

This shall be the ritual for a leper at the time of being purified. When it has been reported to the priest,

veyatsa hakkohen el-mikhuts lammakhaneh vera'ah hakkohen vehinneh nirpa nega-hatsara'at min-hatsarua

the priest shall go outside the camp. If the priest sees that the leper has been healed of the scaly affection,

vetsivvah hakkohen velaqakh lammittaher shete-tsipporim khayyot tehorot ve'ets erez usheni tola'at ve'ezov

the priest shall order two live pure birds, cedar wood, crimson stuff, and hyssop to be brought for the one to be purified.

vetsivvah hakkohen veshakhat et-hatsippor ha'ekhat el-keli-kheres al-mayim khayyim

The priest shall order one of the birds slaughtered over fresh water in an earthen vessel;

et-hatsippor hakhayyah yiqqakh otah ve'et-ets ha'erez ve'et-sheni hattola'at ve'et-ha'ezov vetaval otam ve'et hatsippor hakhayyah bedam hatsippor hashekhutah al hammayim hakhayyim

and he shall take the live bird, along with the cedar wood, the crimson stuff, and the hyssop, and dip them together with the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

vehizzah al hammittaher min-hatsara'at sheva pe'amim vetiharo veshillakh et-hatsippor hakhayyah al-pene hassadeh

He shall then sprinkle it seven times on the one to be purified of the eruption and effect the purification; and he shall set the live bird free in the open country.

vekhibbes hammittaher et-begadayw vegillakh et-kol-se'aro verakhats bammayim vetaher ve'akhar yavo el-hammakhaneh veyashav mikhuts le'oholo shivat yamim

The one to be purified shall wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe in water—and then they shall be pure. After that, the person may enter camp but must remain outside their tent seven days.

vehayah vayyom hashevi'i yegallakh et-kol-se'aro et-rosho ve'et-zeqano ve'et gabbot enayw ve'et-kol-se'aro yegalleakh vekhibbes et-begadayw verakhats et-besaro bammayim vetaher

On the seventh day they shall shave off all their hair—of head, beard [if any], and eyebrows. Having shaved off all their hair, they shall wash their clothes and bathe in water—and then they shall be pure.

uvayyom hashemini yiqqakh shene-khevasim temimim vekhavsah akhat bat-shenatah temimah usheloshah esronim solet minkhah belulah vashemen velog ekhad shamen

On the eighth day they shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish, three-tenths of a measure of choice flour with oil mixed in for a grain offering, and one log of oil.

vehe'emid hakkohen hametaher et ha'ish hammittaher ve'otam lifne Adonai petakh ohel mo'ed

These shall be presented before GOD, along with the person to be purified, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, by the priest who performs the purification.

velaqakh hakkohen et-hakkeves ha'ekhad vehiqriv oto le'asham ve'et-log hashamen vehenif otam tenufah lifne Adonai

The priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it with the log of oil as a reparation offering, and he shall elevate them as an elevation offering before GOD.

veshakhat et-hakkeves bimqom asher yishkhat et-hakhattat ve'et-ha'olah bimqom haqqodesh ki kakhattat ha'asham hu lakkohen qodesh qodashim hu

The lamb shall be slaughtered at the spot in the sacred area where the purgation offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered. For the reparation offering, like the purgation offering, goes to the priest; it is most holy.

velaqakh hakkohen middam ha'asham venatan hakkohen al-tenukh ozen hammittaher hayemanit ve'al-bohen yado hayemanit ve'al-bohen raglo hayemanit

The priest shall take some of the blood of the reparation offering, and the priest shall put it on the ridge of the right ear of the one who is being purified, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.

velaqakh hakkohen millog hashamen veyatsaq al-kaf hakkohen hassemalit

The priest shall then take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

vetaval hakkohen et-etsba'o hayemanit min-hashemen asher al-kappo hassemalit vehizzah min-hashemen be'etsba'o sheva pe'amim lifne Adonai

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in the palm of his left hand and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before GOD.

umiyyeter hashemen asher al-kappo yitten hakkohen al-tenukh ozen hammittaher hayemanit ve'al-bohen yado hayemanit ve'al-bohen raglo hayemanit al dam ha'asham

Some of the oil left in his palm shall be put by the priest on the ridge of the right ear of the one being purified, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot—over the blood of the reparation offering.

vehannotar bashemen asher al-kaf hakkohen yitten al-rosh hammittaher vekhipper alayw hakkohen lifne Adonai

The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one being purified. Thus the priest shall make expiation for them before GOD.

ve'asah hakkohen et-hakhattat vekhipper al-hammittaher mittumato ve'akhar yishkhat et-ha'olah

The priest shall then offer the purgation offering and make expiation for the one being purified of defilement. Last, the burnt offering shall be slaughtered,

vehe'elah hakkohen et-ha'olah ve'et-hamminkhah hammizbekhah vekhipper alayw hakkohen vetaher

and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar; the priest shall make expiation for them—then they shall be pure.

ve'im-dal hu ve'en yado masseget velaqakh keves ekhad asham litnufah lekhapper alayw ve'issaron solet ekhad balul bashemen leminkhah velog shamen

If, however, the person is poor and without sufficient means, they shall take one male lamb for a reparation offering, to be elevated in expiation, one-tenth of a measure of choice flour with oil mixed in for a grain offering, and a log of oil;

ushete torim o shene bene yonah asher tassig yado vehayah ekhad khattat veha'ekhad olah

and two turtledoves or two pigeons—depending on their means—the one to be the purgation offering and the other the burnt offering.

vehevi otam bayyom hashemini letohorato el-hakkohen el-petakh ohel-mo'ed lifne Adonai

On the eighth day of purification, they shall bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, before GOD.

velaqakh hakkohen et-keves ha'asham ve'et-log hashamen vehenif otam hakkohen tenufah lifne Adonai

The priest shall take the lamb of reparation offering and the log of oil, and elevate them as an elevation offering before GOD.

veshakhat et-keves ha'asham velaqakh hakkohen middam ha'asham venatan al-tenukh ozen-hammittaher hayemanit ve'al-bohen yado hayemanit ve'al-bohen raglo hayemanit

When the lamb of reparation offering has been slaughtered, the priest shall take some of the blood of the reparation offering and put it on the ridge of the right ear of the one being purified, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.

umin-hashemen yitsoq hakkohen al-kaf hakkohen hassemalit

The priest shall then pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,

vehizzah hakkohen be'etsba'o hayemanit min-hashemen asher al-kappo hassemalit sheva pe'amim lifne Adonai

and with the finger of his right hand the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in the palm of his left hand seven times before GOD.

venatan hakkohen min-hashemen asher al-kappo al-tenukh ozen hammittaher hayemanit ve'al-bohen yado hayemanit ve'al-bohen raglo hayemanit al-meqom dam ha'asham

Some of the oil in his palm shall be put by the priest on the ridge of the right ear of the one being purified, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot, over the same places as the blood of the reparation offering;

vehannotar min-hashemen asher al-kaf hakkohen yitten al-rosh hammittaher lekhapper alayw lifne Adonai

and what is left of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one being purified, to make expiation for them before GOD.

ve'asah et-ha'ekhad min-hattorim o min-bene hayyonah me'asher tassig yado

That person shall then offer one of the turtledoves or pigeons, depending on their means—

et asher-tassig yado et-ha'ekhad khattat ve'et-ha'ekhad olah al-hamminkhah vekhipper hakkohen al hammittaher lifne Adonai

whichever they can afford—the one as a purgation offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. Thus the priest shall make expiation before GOD for the one being purified.

zot torat asher-bo nega tsara'at asher lo-tassig yado betohorato

Such is the ritual for one who has a scaly affection and whose means for purification are limited.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh ve'el-aharon lemor

GOD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

ki tavo'u el-erets kena'an asher ani noten lakhem la'akhuzzah venatatti nega tsara'at bevet erets akhuzzatkhem

When you enter the land of Canaan that I give you as a possession, and I inflict an eruptive plague upon a house in the land you possess,

uva asher-lo habbayit vehiggid lakkohen lemor kenega nirah li babbayit

the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, “Something like a plague has appeared upon my house.”

vetsivvah hakkohen ufinnu et-habbayit beterem yavo hakkohen lirot et-hannega velo yitma kol-asher babbayit ve'akhar ken yavo hakkohen lirot et-habbayit

The priest shall order the house cleared before the priest enters to examine the plague, so that nothing in the house may become impure; after that the priest shall enter to examine the house.

vera'ah et-hannega vehinneh hannega beqirot habbayit sheqa'arurot yeraqraqqot o adamdammot umarehen shafal min-haqqir

If, when he examines the plague, the plague in the walls of the house is found to consist of greenish or reddish streaks that appear to go deep into the wall,

veyatsa hakkohen min-habbayit el-petakh habbayit vehisgir et-habbayit shivat yamim

the priest shall come out of the house to the entrance of the house, and close up the house for seven days.

veshav hakkohen bayyom hashevi'i vera'ah vehinneh pasah hannega beqirot habbayit

On the seventh day the priest shall return. If he sees that the plague has spread on the walls of the house,

vetsivvah hakkohen vekhilletsu et-ha'avanim asher bahen hannaga vehishlikhu ethen el-mikhuts la'ir el-maqom tame

the priest shall order the stones with the plague in them to be pulled out and cast outside the city into an impure place.

ve'et-habbayit yaqtsia mibbayit saviv veshafekhu et-he'afar asher hiqtsu el-mikhuts la'ir el-maqom tame

The house shall be scraped inside all around, and the coating that is scraped off shall be dumped outside the city in an impure place.

velaqekhu avanim akherot vehevi'u el-takhat ha'avanim ve'afar akher yiqqakh vetakh et-habbayit

They shall take other stones and replace those stones with them, and take other coating and plaster the house.

ve'im-yashuv hannega ufarakh babbayit akhar khillets et-ha'avanim ve'akhare hiqtsot et-habbayit ve'akhare hittoakh

If the plague again breaks out in the house, after the stones have been pulled out and after the house has been scraped and replastered,

uva hakkohen vera'ah vehinneh pasah hannega babbayit tsara'at mameret hiv babbayit tame hu

the priest shall come to examine: if the plague has spread in the house, it is a malignant eruption in the house; it is impure.

venatats et-habbayit et-avanayw ve'et-etsayw ve'et kol-afar habbayit vehotsi el-mikhuts la'ir el-maqom tame

The house shall be torn down—its stones and timber and all the coating on the house—and taken to an impure place outside the city.

vehabba el-habbayit kol-yeme hisgir oto yitma ad-ha'arev

Whoever enters the house while it is closed up shall be impure until evening.

vehashokhev babbayit yekhabbes et-begadayw veha'okhel babbayit yekhabbes et-begadayw

Whoever sleeps in the house must wash their clothes, and whoever eats in the house must wash their clothes.

ve'im-bo yavo hakkohen vera'ah vehinneh lo-fasah hannega babbayit akhare hittoakh et-habbayit vetihar hakkohen et-habbayit ki nirpa hannaga

If, however, the priest comes and sees that the plague has not spread in the house after the house was replastered, the priest shall pronounce the house pure, for the plague has healed.

velaqakh lekhatte et-habbayit shete tsipporim ve'ets erez usheni tola'at ve'ezov

To purge the house, he shall take two birds, cedar wood, crimson stuff, and hyssop.

veshakhat et-hatsippor ha'ekhat el-keli-kheres al-mayim khayyim

He shall slaughter the one bird over fresh water in an earthen vessel.

velaqakh et-ets-ha'erez ve'et-ha'ezov ve'et sheni hattola'at ve'et hatsippor hakhayyah vetaval otam bedam hatsippor hashekhutah uvammayim hakhayyim vehizzah el-habbayit sheva pe'amim

He shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the crimson stuff, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle on the house seven times.

vekhitte et-habbayit bedam hatsippor uvammayim hakhayyim uvatsippor hakhayyah uve'ets ha'erez uva'ezov uvishni hattola'at

Having purged the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the crimson stuff,

veshillakh et-hatsippor hakhayyah el-mikhuts la'ir el-pene hassadeh vekhipper al-habbayit vetaher

he shall set the live bird free outside the city in the open country. Thus he shall make expiation for the house, and it shall be pure.

zot hattorah lekhol-nega hatsara'at velannateq

Such is the ritual for every eruptive affection—for scalls,

uletsara'at habbeged velabbayit

for an eruption on a cloth or a house,

velaset velassappakhat velabbeharet

for swellings, for rashes, or for discolorations—

lehorot beyom hattame uveyom hattahor zot torat hatsara'at

to determine when they are impure and when they are pure. Such is the ritual concerning eruptions.