The Sayings of God

Leprosy in a House

When you come to the land of Canaan which I give you for possession, and I put the infection of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession, and he whose house it is comes to tell the priest, saying: "It looks to me as though an infection is in the house," the priest is to command that they empty the house before the priest comes to see the infection, so that all in the house not be declared impure. And afterwards, the priest is to come to see the house and to see the infection. And if here the infection is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish depressions, and their appearance is deeper than the wall, the priest is to go out of the house, to the entrance of the house, and quarantine the house for seven days. The priest is to return on the seventh day and see if here the infection has spread in the walls. The priest is then to command that they remove the infected stones and throw them outside the city to an impure place. And he is to scrape around inside the house, and they are to pour the dust which they scraped outside the city at an impure place. They are to take other stones and bring them instead of the stones, and he is to take other dust and plaster the house. Then, if the infection returns and erupts in the house after the stones were removed, after scraping the house and after plastering, the priest is to come and see, and if here, the infection has spread in the house, it is malignant leprosy in the house. It is impure. He is to demolish the house: its stones, its wood and any dust of the house, and take it outside the city to an impure place. And whoever enters the house on any of the days of its quarantine will be rendered impure until the evening. And whoever lies in the house is to wash his clothes. Also, whoever eats in the house is to wash his clothes. But if the priest comes and sees that here the infection has not spread in the house after plastering the house, the priest is to declare the house pure, because the infection has healed. He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet-crimson and hyssop to purify the house. He is to slaughter the first bird in a clay vessel, over running water. He is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet-crimson and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the running water, and splash the house seven times. He will atone for the house with the blood of the bird, with the running water, with the live bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop and with the scarlet-crimson. He is to send the live bird outside the city, over the field. He will atone for the house, and it will be pure. This is the law for any infection and psoriasis, for leprosy of a garment or of a house, for a swelling, for a rash and for a blister, to teach of the day of impurity and of the day of purity. This is the law of leprosy. - Leviticus 14:34-57

The Law of the Leper

This will be the law of the leper on the day of his being purified and brought to the priest. The priest is to go outside the camp. The priest is to see whether the infection of leprosy in the leper has healed. The priest will command, and he is to take two pure live birds, cedar wood, scarlet-crimson and hyssop for the purification. The priest will command, and he is to slaughter the first bird in a clay vessel over running water. He is to take the live bird, the cedar wood, the scarlet-crimson and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird, over running water. He is to splash seven times on him who is purified from the leprosy and declare him pure. He is to send the live bird out over the field. The purified one is to wash his clothes, shave all his hair, bathe in water and be purified. And afterwards, he will come to the camp and sit outside his tent for seven days. On the seventh day, he is to shave all the hair of his head, his beard and his eyebrows. Hence, he will shave all his hair, wash his clothes, bathe his flesh in water and be considered pure. And on the eighth day, he is to take two unblemished lambs, one unblemished year-old ewe, three tenths of flour mixed in oil as a meal-offering, and one liter of oil. The priest who is purifying is to stand them and the man to be purified before the Eternal, by the entrance of the tent of meeting. The priest is to take the first lamb and offer it as a guilt-offering - and the liter of oil. He is to wave them as a wave-offering before the Eternal. He is to slaughter the lamb in a place where he would slaughter the sin-offering and the ascension-offering, in a sacred place, because the guilt-offering is like the sin-offering for the priest. It is the holiest of holies. The priest is to take from the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest is to put it on the right ear lobe of the purified one, on the thumb of his right hand and on the thumb of his right foot. The priest is to take from the liter of oil and pour on the priest's left palm. The priest is to dip his right finger into the oil which is on his left palm and splash some of the oil with his finger seven time before the Eternal. And the priest is to put some of the remaining oil, which is on his palm, on the right ear lobe of the purified one, on the right thumb of his hand and on the right thumb of his foot, over the blood of the guilt-offering. And the priest is to put the remainder of the oil, which is on his palm, on the head of the purified one. The priest will atone for him before the Eternal. The priest is to prepare the sin-offering, atone for the purified one from his impurity, and afterwards, slaughter the ascension-offering. The priest is to raise the ascension-offering and the mal-offering on the altar. The priest will atone for him, and he will be rendered pure. But if he is needy and his hand cannot afford, he is to take one lamb, a guilt-offering for waving, as atonement for him, one tenth of flour mixed in oil as a meal-offering, a liter of oil, and two doves or two young pigeons - what he can afford. One will be a sin-offering and one an ascension-offering. He is to brings them on the eighth day of his purification, to the priest, by the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the Eternal. The priest is to take the lamb of the guilt-offering and the liter of oil, and the priest is to wave them as a wave-offering before the Eternal. He is to slaughter the lamb of the guilt-offering. The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt-offering and put it on the right ear lobe of the purified one, on the thumb of his right hand and on the thumb of his right foot. The priest is to pour some of the oil onto the priest's left palm. The priest is to splash, with his right finger, the oil which is on his left palm, seven times before the Eternal. The priest is to put some of the oil, which is on his palm, on the right ear lobe of the purified one, on the thumb of his right hand and on the thumb of his right foot, over the place of the blood of the guilt-offering. And he is to put the remainder of the oil, which is on the priest's palm, on the head of the purified one to atone for him before the Eternal. He is to prepare one from the doves or from the young pigeons, according to what he can afford, according to what he can afford - the one for a sin-offering and the one for an ascension-offering, with the meal-offering. The priest will atone for the purified one before the Eternal. This is the law for whoever has the infection of leprosy, who cannot afford his purification. - Leviticus 14:2-31

Leprosy in a Wool, Linen or Leather Garment

And the garment which has the infection of leprosy in it, in a woolen garment or in a linen garment, whether in the warp or in the woof of linen or of wool, or in leather, or in any leather-work, and the infection is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the leather, whether in the warp or in the woof or in any leather utensil, it is an infection of leprosy and should be seen by the priest. The priest is to see the infection and quarantine the infection for seven days. The priest will see the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof or in leather, for any work of leather that may be made, the infection is a malignant leprosy. It is impure. The garment, whether warp or woof of wool or linen or any leather utensil which the infection is in, is to be burnt, because it is a malignant leprosy. It is to be burnt in fire. But if the priestt sees that here the infection has not spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof or in any leather untesil, the priest is to command that they wash what the infection is in. He is to quarantine it again for seven days. The priest will see the infection after it has been washed: If here the infection has not changed its appearance, even though the infection has not spread, it is impure. Burn it in fire. It is sunken in the worn-patches and in the bald-patches. But if the priest sees that here the infection has faded after washing it, he is to tear it from the garment or from the leather, whether from the warp or from the woof. Then, if it is still seen in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof or in any leather utensil, it is spreading. Burn what the infection is in with fire. But the garment, whether the warp or the woof or any leather utensil you may wash, from which the infection has been removed, wash it again and declare it pure. This is the law of the infection of leprosy of the woolen or linen garment, of the warp or of the woof or of any leather utensil, for its purity or for its impurity. - Leviticus 13:47-59

Pocks, Albinism and Baldness

And if a man or a woman has pocks, white pocks in the skin of his flesh, and the priest sees that here are faint pocks in the skin of his flesh: it is albinism bursting in the skin. He is pure. And a man whose head is plucked, he is bald. He is pure. And if his head is plucked from the corner of his face, he is bald foreheaded. He is pure. But if a bald head or a bald forehead has a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy bursting in his bald head or in his bald forehead. The priest is to see him, and if here the swelling of the infection is reddish-white in his bald head or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh, he is a leprous man. He is impure. The priest must declare him impure. His infection is on his head. And the leper who has the infection, his clothes are to be stripped, and his head is to be dishevelled and wrapped until his mustache, and he is to call out: Impure! Impure! He will be declared impure all the days that the infection is on him. He is impure. He is to sit alone. His habitation is outside the camp. - Leviticus 13:38-46

Leprosy of the Head and Beard, Psoriasis

And a man or a woman who has an infection on him, on the head or on the beard, and the priest sees the infection, and here it appears deeper than the skin, and thin yellow hair is in it, the priest is to declare him impure. It is psoriasis. It is leprosy of the head or the beard. But if the priest sees the infection of psoriasis, and here it does not appear deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest is to quarantine the psoriasis-infected one for seven days. The priest will see the infected one on the seventh day, and here the psoriasis has not spread and does not have yellow hair in it, and the psoriasis does not appear deeper than the skin. Therefore, he will shave, but he may not shave the psoriasis. The priest is to quarantine the psoriasis again for seven days. The priest is to see the psoriasis on the seventh day, and here the psoriasis has not spread in the skin and does not appear deeper than the skin. Therefore, the priest will declare him pure. He is to wash his close and be pure. But if the psoriasis spreads and spreads in the skin after he is declared pure, and the priest sees him, and here the psoriasis spreads in the skin, the priest is not to inspect for the yelklow hair. He is impure. But if the psoriasis ceases in his eyes, and black hair grows in it, the psoriasis is healed. He is pure. The priest is to declare him pure. - Leviticus 13:29-37

Leprosy in Boils and Burns

And if a boil is in the flesh of his skin and heals, and in place of the boil is a white swelling or a reddish-white blister, and it is shown to the priest, and the priest sees here that it appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest is to declare him impure. It is an infection of leprosy bursting in a boil. But if the priest sees it, and here white hair is not in it, and it does not appear deeper than the skin, and it is fading, the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. Then, if it spreads and spreads in the skin, the priest will declare him impure. He is infected. But if the blister ceases in its place, not spreading, it is the scar of a boil. The priest is to declare him pure. Or if a fire-burn is in the flesh of his skin, and the tissue of the burn has a blister, reddish-white or white, and the priest sees it, and here hair has turned white in the blister, and it appears deeper than the skin: it is leprosy bursting in a burn. The priest is to declare him impure. It is an infection of leprosy. But if the priest sees it, and here white hair is not in the blister, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is fading, the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. The priest is to see him on the seventh day. If it has spread and spread in the skin, the priest is to declare him impure. It is an infection of leprosy. But if the blister ceases in its place, not spreading in the skin, and it is fading: it is a swelling of the burn. The priest is to declare him pure, because it is a scar of the burn. - Leviticus 13:18-28

The Infection of Leprosy

When the infection of leprosy is in a man, he is to come to the priest. The priest will see that here is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and raw flesh lives in the swelling. It is chronic leprosy in the skin of his flesh. The priest is to declare him impure. He is not ot quarantine him, because he is impure. But if the leprosy bursts and bursts in the skin, so the leprosy covers all of the infected skin, from his head until his feet, in all appearance to the eyes of the priest, and the priest sees that here the leprosy covers all of his flesh, he will declare the infection pure. All of it having turned white, it is pure. But on the day when living flesh appears in it, it will be considered impure. The priest will see the living flesh and declare it impure. The living flesh is impure. It is leprosy. Or if the living flesh returns but turns white, and he comes to the priest, and the priest sees him, that here the infection has turned white, the prist will declare the infection pure. It is pure. - Leviticus 13:9-17

If a Man has a Swelling, Rash or Blister

If a man has a swelling, a rash or a blister on his skin, and it is in the skin of his flesh like the infection of leprosy, he is to come to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests. The priest will see the infection in the skin of his flesh. If the hair in the infection has turned white, and the infection appears deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is an infection of leprosy. The priest will see him and declare him impure. And if it is a white blister in the skin of his flesh but does not appear deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, the priest is to quarantine the infected one for seven days. On the seventh day, the priest is to see him. If here, the infection ceases in his sight, and the infection has not spread in the skin, the priest is to quarantine him again for seven days. The priest is to see him on the seventh day again. If here, the infection is fading, and the infection has not spread in the skin, the priest will declare him pure. It is a rash. He is to wash his garments and be purified. But if the rash spreads and spreads in the skin after the priest sees him to declare him pure, he is to be seen by the priest again. As the priest sees that here the rash has spread in the skin, the priest will declare him impure. It is leprosy. - Leviticus 13:1-8

If a Woman Conceives and Bears a Child

Speak to the children of Israel, saying: If a woman conceives and bears a male, she will be considered impure for seven days. As on the days of her period of menstruation, she will be impure. And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin will be circumcised. And she is to remain in the blood of her purification for thirty days and three days. She may not touch anything sanctified and is not to come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are culminated. And if she bears a female, she will be considered impure for two weeks, as it is for her period. And she is to remain with the blood of her purification for sixty-six days. And when the days of her purification are culminated, for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring a year-old lamb for an ascension-offering and a young pigeon or dove for a sin-offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest. He is to offer it before the Eternal to atone for her. She will be purified from the source of her blood. This is the law of the bearer of a male or of a female. But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to take two doves or two young pigeons, one for an ascension-offering and one for a sin-offering. The priest will atone for her, and she will be purified. - Leviticus 12:2-8