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The 9th Chapter
And the eighth day Moses called
Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel, and said unto Aaron:
take a calf for a sinoffering, and a ram for a burntoffering: both
without blemish, and bring them before the Lord. And unto the
children of Israel he spake saying: take ye an he goat for a
sinoffering, and a calf and a lamb both two of a year old, and
without blemish for a burnt sacrifice, and an ox and a ram for
peaceofferings, to offer before the Lord, and a meatoffering mingled
with oil, for today the Lord will appear unto you. And they brought
that which Moses commanded unto the tabernacle of witness, and all
the people came and stood before the Lord. And Moses said: this is
the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and then the
glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. And Moses said unto Aaron:
go unto the altar and offer thy sinoffering, and make an atonement
for thee and for the people: and then offer the offering of the
people, and reconcile them also, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Aaron went unto the altar, and slew the calf that was his
sinoffering. And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him, and
he dipped his finger in the blood and put it upon the horns of the
altar, and poured the blood unto the bottom of the altar. And the
fat and the two kidneys with the caul of the liver of the
sinoffering, he burnt upon the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses:
but the flesh and the hide, he burnt with fire without the host.
Afterward he slew the burntoffering, and Aarons sons brought the
blood unto him, and he sprinkled it round about upon the altar. And
they brought the burntoffering unto him in pieces and the head also,
and he burnt it upon the altar, and did wash the inwards and the
legs, and burnt them also upon the burntoffering in the altar.
And then he brought the peoples offering and took the goat
that was the peoples sinoffering, and slew it and offered it for a
sinoffering: as he did the first. And then brought the burntoffering
and offered it as the manner was, and brought the meatoffering and
filled his hand thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the
burnt sacrifice in the morning.
Then he slew the ox and the ram that were the peoples
peaceofferings, and Aarons sons brought the blood unto him, and he
sprinkled it upon the altar round about, and took the fat of the ox
and of the ram: the rump and the fat that covereth the inwards and
the kidneys and the caul of the liver: and put them upon the breasts
and burnt it upon the altar: but the breasts and the right shoulders
Aaron waved before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron
lifted up his hand over the people and blessed them, and came down
from offering of sinofferings, burntofferings and peaceofferings.
Then Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness and came
out again and blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared
unto all the people. And there came a fire out from before the Lord,
and consumed upon the altar: the burntoffering and the fat. And all
the people saw it and shouted, and fell on their faces.
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The 10th Chapter
And Nadab and Abihu the sons of
Aaron took either of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put
cense upon, and brought strange fire before the Lord: which he
commanded them not, and there went a fire out from the Lord, and
consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said unto
Aaron: this is it that the Lord spake saying: I will be sanctified
in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be
glorified. And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Misael and
Elisaphan the sons of Uriel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them:
go to and carry your brethren from the holy place out of the host.
And they went to them, and carried them in their albs out of the
host, as Moses bade.
And Moses said unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and Ithamar his
eldest sons: uncover not your head neither rent your clothes, lest
ye die and wrath come upon all the people, let your brethren the
whole house of Israel, beweep the burning which the Lord hath burnt.
But go ye not out from the door of the tabernacle of witness, lest
ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did
as Moses bade.
And the Lord spake unto Aaron saying: drink no wine nor strong
drink, neither thou nor thy sons with thee: when ye go into the
tabernacle of witness, lest ye die. And let it be a law forever unto
your children after you: that ye may put difference between holy and
unholy, and between unclean and clean, and that ye may teach the
children of Israel all the ordinances which the Lord hath commanded
them by the hands of Moses.
And Moses said unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and Ithamar his
sons that were left: take the meatoffering that remaineth of the
sacrifices of the Lord, and eat it without leaven beside the altar,
for it is most holy: eat it therefore in the holy place, because it
is thy duty and thy sons duty of the sacrifice of the Lord: for so I
am commanded. And the wavebreast and heaveshoulder eat in a clean
place: both thou and thy sons and thy daughters with thee. For it is
thy duty, and thy sons duty with thee, of the peaceofferings of the
children of Israel. For the heaveshoulder and the wavebreast which
they bring with the sacrifices of the fat, to wave it before the
Lord, shall be thine and thy sons with thee: and be a law for ever,
as the Lord hath commanded.
And Moses sought for the goat that was the sinoffering, and
see, it was burnt. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the
sons of Aaron, which were left alive saying: wherefore have ye not
eaten the sinoffering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy: and
forasmuch as it is given you to bear the sin of the people, and make
agreement for them before the Lord? Behold, the blood of it was not
brought in within the holy place therefore should ye have eaten it
in the holy place as I commanded. And Aaron said unto Moses: behold,
this day have they offered their sinoffering and their burntoffering
before the Lord, and it is chanced me after this manner. If I should
eat of the sinoffering today, would the Lord be content with all?
And when Moses heard that, he was content.
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The 11th Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron saying: speak unto the children of Israel and say: these
are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on
the earth: whatsoever hath hoof and divideth it into two claws and
cheweth cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Nevertheless, these
shall ye not eat of them that chew cud and have hoofs. The camel,
for he cheweth cud but he divideth not the hoof into two claws,
therefore he shall be unclean unto you. And the *cony, for he
cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof into two claws, therefore
he is unclean to you. And the hare, for he likewise cheweth the cud,
but divideth not the hoof into two claws, he is therefore unclean to
you. And the swine, for though he divide the hoof into two claws,
yet he cheweth not the cud and therefore is unclean to you. Of their
flesh see that ye eat not, and their carcasses see that ye touch not
for they are unclean to you. These shall ye eat of all that are in
the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, seas and
rivers, that shall ye eat. And all that have not fins and scales in
the seas and rivers of all that move and live in the waters, shall
ye abhor. See that ye eat not of their flesh, and also that ye abhor
their carcasses: for all that have no fins nor scales in the waters,
shall be abomination unto you. These are the fowls which ye shall
abhor and which shall not be eaten, for they are an abomination. The
eagle, the goshawk, the cormorant, the kite, the vulture and all his
kind and all kind of ravens, the ostrich, the nightcrow, the cuckoo,
the sparrowhawk, and all the kind: the little owl, the stork, the
great owl, *the back, the pelican, the *pye, the heron, the jay with
the kind, the lapwing and the swallow. And all fowls that creep and
go upon all fours shall be an abomination unto you.
Yet these may ye eat of all the fowls that move and go upon
four feet: even those that have no knees above upon their feet to
leap withal upon the earth, even these of them ye may eat: the *arb
and all his kind: the *Selaam with all his kind: the *Hargol and all
the kind, and the *Hagab and all his kind. All other fowls that move
and have four feet, shall be abomination unto you. In such ye shall
be unclean whosoever touch the carcass of them shall be unclean unto
the evening, and whosoever beareth the carcass of them, shall wash
his clothes and shall be unclean until evening.
Among all manner beasts, they that have hoofs and divide them
not into two claws or that chew not the cud, shall be unclean unto
you: and all that toucheth them shall be unclean. And all that goeth
upon his hands among all manner beasts that go on all fours, are
unclean unto you: and as many as touch their carcasses, shall be
unclean until the evening. And he that beareth the carcass of them,
shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, for such
are unclean unto you.
And these are also unclean to you among the things that creep
upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the toad and all his kind,
the hedgehog, *stellio, the lizard, the snail and the mole: These
are unclean to you among all that move, and all that touch them when
they be dead, shall be unclean until the evening. And whatsoever any
of the dead carcasses of them fall upon, shall be unclean:
whatsoever vessel of wood it be, or raiment, or skin, or bag or
whatsoever thing it be that any work is wrought with all. And they
shall be plunged in the water, and be unclean until the evening, and
then they shall be clean again.
All manner of earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth is
unclean with all that therein is: and ye shall break it. All manner
meat that is eaten, if any such water come upon it, it shall be
unclean. And all manner drink that is drunk in all manner such
vessels, shall be unclean. And whether it be oven or kettle, it
shall be broken. For they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you:
Neverthelater, yet the fountains and wells and ponds of water, shall
be clean still. But whosoever toucheth their carcasses, shall be
unclean.
If the dead carcass of any such fall upon any seed used to
sow, it shall yet be clean still: but and if any water be poured
upon the seed and afterward the dead carcass of them fall thereon,
then it shall be unclean unto you.
If any beast of which ye eat die, he that toucheth the dead
carcass shall be unclean until the evening. And he that eateth of
any such dead carcass, shall wash his clothes and remain unclean
until the evening. And he also that beareth the carcass of it, shall
wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
All that crawleth upon the earth, is an abomination and shall
not be eaten. And whatsoever goeth upon the breast, and whatsoever
goeth upon four or more feet among all that crawleth upon the earth,
of that see ye eat not: for they are abominable. Make not your souls
abominable with nothing that creepeth, neither make your souls
unclean with them: that ye should be defiled thereby. For I am the
Lord your God, be sanctified therefore that ye may be holy, for I am
holy: and defile not your souls with any manner thing that creepeth
upon the earth. For I am the Lord that brought you out of the land
of Egypt to be your God: be holy therefore, for I am holy.
This is the law of beast and fowl and of all manner thing that
liveth and moveth in the water and of all things that creep upon the
earth, that ye may put difference between unclean and clean, and
between the beasts that are eaten and the beasts that are not eaten.
*cony (rabbit), *pye (magpie),
*the back; unknown Hebrew tanshemeth. Original marginal note MN
(1533) "Arbe, Selaam, Hargol, Hagab, are kinds of beasts that creep
or scrawl on the ground, which the Hebrews themselves do not now
know" *stellio a kind of lizard with star like spots, mentioned by
ancient writers.
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The 12th Chapter
And the Lord spake Unto Moses
and said: speak unto the children of Israel and say: when a woman
hath conceived and hath borne a man child, she shall be unclean
seven days: even in like manner as when she is put apart in time of
her natural disease. And in the eighth day the flesh of the childs
foreskin shall be cut away. And she shall continue in the blood of
her purifying thirty three days, she shall touch no hallowed thing
nor come in to the sanctuary, until the time of her purifying be
out. If she bear a maidchild, then she shall be unclean two weeks,
as when she hath her natural disease. And she shall continue in the
blood of her purifying sixty six days.
And when the days of her purifying are out: whether it be a
son or a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of one year old for a
burntoffering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sinoffering
unto the door of the tabernacle of witness unto the Priest: which
shall offer them before the Lord, and make an atonement for her, and
so she shall be purged of her issue of blood. This is the law of her
that hath borne a child, whether it be male or female. But and if
she be not able to bring a sheep, then let her bring two turtles or
two young pigeons: the one for the burntoffering, and the other for
the sinoffering. And the Priest shall make an atonement for her, and
she shall be clean.
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The 13th Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron saying: when there appeareth a rising in any mans
flesh either a scab or a glistering white: as though the plague of
leprosy ere in the skin of his flesh, then let him be brought unto
Aaron the Priest or unto one of his sons the Priests, and let the
Priest look on the sore that is in the skin of his flesh. If the
hair in the sore be turned unto white, and the sore also seem to be
lower than the skin of his flesh, then it is surely a leprosy, and
let the Priest look on him, and judge him unclean.
If there be but a white pleck in the skin of his flesh, and
seem not to be lower than the other skin nor the hair thereof is
turned unto white: then let the Priest shut him up seven days. And
let the Priest look upon him the seventh day: if the sore seem to
him to abide still and to go no further in the skin, then let the
Priest shut him up yet seven days more. And let the Priest look on
him again the seventh day. Then if the sore be waxed blackish, and
is not grown abroad in the skin, let the Priest make him clean, for
it is but a scurf. And let him wash his clothes, and then he is
clean. But and if the scab grow in the skin after that he is seen of
the Priest again. If the Priest see that the scab be grown abroad in
the skin, let him make him unclean: for it is surely a leprosy.
If the plague of leprosy be in a man, let him be brought unto
the Priest, and let the Priest see him. If the rising appear white
in the skin, and have also made the hair white, and there be raw
flesh in the sore also: then it is an old leprosy in the skin of his
flesh. And the Priest shall make him unclean, and shall not shut him
up for he is unclean.
If a leprosy break out in the skin and cover all the skin from
the head to the foot over all wheresoever the Priest looketh, then
let the Priest look upon him. If the leprosy have covered all his
flesh, let him judge the disease clean: for inasmuch as he is
altogether white he is therefore clean. But and if there be raw
flesh on him when he is seen, then he shall be unclean. Therefore
when the Priest seeth the raw flesh, let him make him unclean. For
inasmuch as his flesh is raw, he is unclean and it is surely a true
leprosy. But and if the raw flesh depart again and change unto
white, then let him come to the Priest and let the priest see him:
If the sore be changed unto white, let the Priest judge the disease
clean, and then he is clean.
When there is a *bile in the skin of any mans flesh and is
healed and after in the place of the bile there appear a white
rising either a shining white somewhat reddish, let him be seen of
the Priest. If when the Priest seeth him it appear lower than the
other skin and the hair thereof be changed unto white, let the
Priest judge him unclean: for it is a very leprosy, that is broken
out in the place of the *bile. But and if when the Priest looketh on
it there be no white hairs therein neither the scab lower than the
other skin and be somewhat blackish, then the Priest shall shut him
apart seven days. If it spread abroad in the mean season, then let
the Priest judge him unclean: for it is a leprosy. But and if the
glistering white abide still in one place and go no further, then it
is but the print of the *bile, and the Priest shall judge him clean.
When the skin of any mans flesh is burnt with fire that it be
raw and there appear in the burning a glistering white that is
somewhat reddish or altogether white, let the Priest look upon it.
If the hair in that brightness be changed to white, and it also
appear lower than the other skin, then it is a leprosy that is
broken out in the place of the burning. And the Priest shall judge
him unclean, for it is a leprosy. But and if (when the Priest
looketh on it) he see that there is no white hair in the brightness,
and that it is no lower than the other skin, and that it is also
blackish, then let the Priest shut him up seven days. And if (when
the Priest looketh on him the seventh day) it be grown abroad in the
skin, let him judge him unclean: for it is a leprosy. But and if
that brightness abide still in one place and go no further in the
skin and be blackish, then it is but a rising in the place of the
burning, and the Priest shall make him clean: for it is but the
print of the burning only.
When either man or woman hath a breaking out upon the head or
the beard, let the Priest see it. And if it appear lower than the
other skin, and there be therein golden hairs and thin, let the
Priest judge him unclean, for it is a breaking out of leprosy upon
the head or beard. If (when the Priest looketh on the breaking out)
he see that it is no lower than the other skin and that there are
black hairs therein, let him shut him up seven days. And let the
Priest look on the disease the seventh day: and if the breaking out
be gone no further neither be any golden hairs therein neither the
scab be lower than the other skin, then let him be shaven, but let
him not shave the scab: and let the priest shut him up seven days
more. And let the priest look on the breaking out the seventh day
again: If the breaking out be gone no further in the skin nor more
lower than the other skin, then let the priest judge him clean, and
let him wash his clothes, and then he is clean. If the breaking out
grow in the skin after that he is once judged clean, let the Priest
see him. If it be grown abroad indeed in the skin, let the priest
seek no further for any golden hairs, for he is unclean. But and if
he see that the scab stand still, and that there is black hair grown
up therein, then the scab is healed and he is clean: and the Priest
shall judge him clean. If there be found in the skin of the flesh of
man or woman a glistering white, let the Priest see it. If there
appear in their flesh a glistering white somewhat blackish, then it
is but freckles grown up in the skin: and he is clean.
If a mans hair fall off his head, then he is headbald and
clean. If his hair fall before in his forehead, then he is
foreheadbald and clean. If there be in the bald head or bald
forehead a reddish white scab, then there is leprosy sprung up in
his bald head or bald forehead. And let the priest see it: and if
the rising of the sore be reddish white in his bald head or forehead
after the manner of a leprosy in the skin of the flesh, then he is a
leper and unclean: and the Priest shall judge him unclean, for the
plague of his head. And the leper in whom the plague is, shall have
his clothes rent and his head bare and his mouth muffled and shall
be called unclean. And as long as the disease lasteth upon him, he
shall be unclean: for he is unclean, and shall therefore dwell
alone, and even without the host shall his habitation be.
When the plague of leprosy is in a cloth: whether it be linen
or woollen, yea and whether it be in the warp or woof of the linen
or of the woollen: either in a skin or any thing made of skin, if
the disease be pale or somewhat reddish in the cloth or skin:
whether it be in the warp or the woof or any thing that is made of
skin, then it is a very leprosy, and must be showed unto the priest.
And when the priest seeth the plague, let him shut it up seven days,
and let him look on the plague the seventh day. If it be increased
in the cloth: whether it be in the warp or woof or in a skin or in
anything that is made of skin, then the plague is a fretting
leprosy, and it is unclean: And that cloth shall be burnt, either
warp or woof, whether it be woollen or linen or any thing that is
made of skin wherein the plague is, for it is a fretting leprosy,
and shall be burnt in the fire. If the priest see that the plague
hath fretted no further in the cloth: either in the warp or woof or
in whatsoever thing of skin it be, then let the priest command then
to wash the thing wherein the plague is, and let him shut it up
seven days more. And let the priest look on it again after that the
plague is washed. If the plague have not changed his fashion though
it be spread no further abroad, it is yet unclean. And see that ye
burn it in the fire, for it is fret inward: whether in part or in
all together. But and if the priest see that it is somewhat blackish
after that it is washed, let him *rent it out of the cloth, or cut
off the skin or out of the warp or woof. But and if it appear any
more in the cloth either in the warp or in the woof or in anything
made of skin, then it is a waxing plague. And see that ye burn that
with fire, wherein the plague is. Moreover the cloth either warp or
woof or whatsoever thing of skin it be which thou hast washed and
the plague be departed from it, shall be washed once again: and then
it is clean. This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a cloth
whether it be woollen or linen: either whether it be in the warp or
woof, or in anything made of skins, to judge it clean or unclean.
*bile (like boil) *rent (tear)
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The 14th Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
saying: this is the law of a leper when he shall be cleansed: He
shall be brought unto the Priest, and the Priest shall go out
without the host and look upon him. If the plague of leprosy be
healed in the leper, then shall the Priest command that there be
brought for him that shall be cleansed two living birds that are
clean, and cedar wood, and a piece of purple cloth and hyssop. And
the Priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an
earthen vessel of running water. And the Priest shall take the
living bird and the cedar wood and the purple and the hyssop, and
shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the slain bird,
and in the running water and sprinkle it upon him that must be
cleansed of his leprosy seven times and cleanse him, and shall let
the living bird go free into the fields.
And he that is cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off
all his hair, and wash himself in water, and then he is clean. And
after that he shall come into the host, but shall tarry without his
tent seven days. When the seventh day is come, he shall shave off
all his hair both upon his head and his beard and on his brows: and
even all the hair that is on him, shall be shaven off. And he shall
wash his clothes and his flesh in water, and then he shall be clean.
And when the eighth day is come, let him take two lambs
without blemish and a ewe lamb of a year old without blemish, and
three tenth deals of fine flour for a meatoffering mingled with oil,
and a log of oil. Then let the Priest that maketh him clean, bring
the man that is made clean with those things before the Lord unto
the door of the tabernacle of witness. And let the Priest take one
of the lambs and offer him for a trespassoffering, and the log of
oil: and wave them before the Lord. And then let him slay the lamb
in the place where the sinoffering and the burntoffering are slain:
even in the holy place. For as the sinoffering is, even so is the
trespassoffering the Priests: for it is most holy.
Then let the Priest take of the blood of the trespassoffering,
and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed,
and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his
right foot. Then let the Priest take of the log of oil, and pour it
into the palm of his left hand and dip his right finger in the oil
that is in the palm of his left hand, and let him sprinkle it with
his finger seven times before the Lord. And of the rest of the oil
that is in his hand, shall the priest put upon the tip of the right
ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand,
and upon the great toe of his right foot: even upon the blood of the
trespass offering. And the remnant of the oil that is in the Priests
hand, he shall pour upon the head of him that is cleansed: and so
shall be Priest make an atonement for him before the Lord.
Then let the Priest offer the sinoffering, and make an
atonement for him that is cleansed for his uncleanness. And then let
the burntoffering be slain, and let the priest put both the
burntoffering and the meatoffering upon the altar: and make an
atonement for him, and then he shall be clean. If he be poor and
cannot get so much, then let him bring one lamb for a
trespassoffering to wave it and to make an atonement for him, and a
tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering, and a
log of oil, and two turtle doves or two young pigeons which he is
able to get, and let the one be a sinoffering and the other a
burntoffering. And let him bring them the eighth day for his
cleansing unto the Priest to the door of the tabernacle of witness
before the Lord.
And let the Priest take the lamb that is the trespassoffering
and the log of oil, and wave them before the Lord. And when the lamb
of the trespassoffering is killed, the Priest shall take of the
blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of his right
ear that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon
the great toe of his right foot. And the Priest shall pour of the
oil into his right hand, and shall sprinkle with his finger of the
oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.
And the Priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand, upon
the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb
of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: even in
the place where the blood of the trespassoffering was put. And the
rest of the oil that is in his hand, he shall pour upon the head of
him that is cleansed: to make an atonement for him before the Lord.
And he shall offer one of the turtle doves or of the young pigeons,
such as he can get: the one for a sin offering and the other for a
burntoffering upon the altar. And so shall the Priest make an
atonement for him that is cleansed before the Lord. This is the law
of him that hath the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to
get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: when ye be
come unto the land of Canaan which I give you to possess: if I put
the plague of leprosy in any house of the land of your possession,
let him that owneth the house go and tell the priest saying: me
think that there is as it were a leprosy in the house. And the
Priest shall command them to rid all things out of the house, before
the Priest go in to see the plague: that he make not all that is in
the house unclean, and then the priest shall go in and see the
house.
If the Priest see that the plague is in the walls of the
house, and that there be hollow streaks pale or red which seem to be
lower than the other parts of the wall, then let the Priest go out
at the house doors, and shut up the house for seven days. And let
the priest come again the seventh day and see it: if the plague be
increased in the walls of the house, let the Priest command them to
take away the stones in which the plague is, and let them cast them
in a foul place without the city, and scrape the house within round
about, and pour out the dust without the city in a foul place. And
let them take other stones, and put them in the places of those
stones, and other mortar, and plaster the house withal. If now the
plague come again and break out in the house, after that they have
taken away the stones and scraped the house, and after that the
house is plastered anew: let the Priest come and see it. And if then
he perceive that the plague hath eaten further in the house, then it
is a fretting leprosy that is in the house, and it is unclean. Then
they shall break down the house: both stones, timber and all the
mortar of the house, and carry it out of the city unto a foul place.
Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut
up, shall be unclean until night. And he that sleepeth in the house
shall wash his clothes, and he also that eateth in the house shall
wash his clothes.
But and if the Priest come and see that the plague hath spread
no further in the house after that it is new plastered, then let him
make it clean for the plague is healed. And let him take to cleanse
the house withal: two birds, cedar wood, and purple cloth and
hyssop. And let him kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel with
running water: and take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the purple and
the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in
the running water, and sprinkle upon the house seven times, and
cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running
water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and the
hyssop, and the purple cloth. And he shall let the living bird flee
out of the town into the wild fields, and so make an atonement for
the house, and it shall be clean. This is the law of all manner
plague of leprosy and breaking out, and of the leprosy of cloth and
house: and of risings, scabs and glistering white, to teach when a
thing is unclean or clean. This is the law of leprosy.
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The 15th Chapter
And the
Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them: every man that hath a running issue in
his flesh, is unclean by the reason of his issue. And hereby shall
it be known when he is unclean. If his flesh run, or if his flesh
congeal by the reason of his issue, then he is unclean. Every couch
whereon he lieth and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be
unclean. He that toucheth his couch, shall wash his clothes and
bathe himself with water, and be unclean until the evening.
He that sitteth on that whereon he sat, shall wash his clothes
and bathe himself with water and be unclean until the evening. And
he that toucheth his flesh shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and be unclean unto the evening. If any such spit upon him
that is clean, he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water
and be unclean until evening. And whatsoever saddle that he rideth
upon, shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth anything that was
under him, shall be unclean unto the evening. And he that beareth
any such things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water
and be unclean unto the evening, and whosoever he toucheth (if he
have not first washed his hands in water) must wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean unto the evening. And if he
touch a vessel of earth, it shall be broken: and all vessels of wood
shall be rinsed in the water.
When he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, let him
number seven days after he is clean, and wash his clothes, and bathe
his flesh in running water, and then he is clean. And the eighth day
let him take two turtle doves or two young pigeons, and come before
the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and give them
unto the Priest. And the Priest shall offer them: the one for a
sinoffering, and the other for a burntoffering: and make an
atonement for him before the Lord, as concerning his issue.
If any mans seed depart from him in his sleep, he shall wash
his flesh in water and be unclean until evening. And all the clothes
or furs whereon such seed chanceth shall be washed with water and be
unclean unto the evening. And if a woman lie with such a one, they
shall wash themselves with water and be unclean until evening.
When a womans natural course of blood runneth, she shall be
put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean
unto the evening. And all that she lieth or sitteth upon as long as
she is put apart shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth her couch
shall wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and be unclean
unto the evening. And whosoever toucheth anything that she sat upon,
shall wash his clothes and wash himself also in water, and be
unclean unto the evening: so that whether he touch her couch or
anything whereon she hath sitten, he shall be unclean unto the
evening. And if a man lie with her in the mean time, he shall be put
apart as well as she and shall be unclean seven days, and all his
couch wherein he sleepeth shall be unclean.
When a womans blood runneth long time: out of the time of her
natural course: as long as her uncleanness runneth, she shall be
unclean after the manner as when she is put apart. All her couches
whereon she lieth as long as her issue lasteth, shall be unto her as
her couch when she is put apart. And whatsoever she sitteth upon,
shall be unclean, as is her uncleanness when she is put apart. And
whosoever toucheth them, shall be unclean, and shall wash his
clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean unto evening.
But if she be clean of her issue, let her count her seven
days, after that she is clean. And the eighth day let her take two
turtles or two young pigeons and bring them unto the priest unto the
door of the tabernacle of witness. And the priest shall offer the
one for a sinoffering, and the other for a burntoffering: and so
make an atonement for her before the Lord, as concerning her unclean
issue.
Make the children of Israel to keep themselves from their
uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness: when they have
defiled my habitation that is among them.
This is the law of him that hath a running sore, and of him
whose seed runneth from him in his sleep and is defiled therewith,
and of her that hath an issue of blood as long as she is put apart,
and of whosoever hath a running sore whether it be man or woman, and
of him that sleepeth with her that is unclean. |
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