| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1And the LORD said to Moses, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses: |
| 2“The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest, | 2"This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when he is brought to the priest. |
| 3who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease, | 3The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. If the infection of the diseased person has been healed, |
| 4he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. | 4then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop be taken up for the one being cleansed. |
| 5The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water. | 5The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered into a clay vessel over fresh water. |
| 6He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. | 6Then 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, |
| 7The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away. | 7and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed from the disease, pronounce him clean, and send the live bird away over the open countryside. |
| 8“The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days. | 8"The one being cleansed must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. |
| 9On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean. | 9When the seventh day comes 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. |
| 10“On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup of olive oil. | 10"On the eighth day he 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, and one log of olive oil, |
| 11Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle. | 11and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings before the LORD at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. |
| 12The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the LORD. | 12"The priest is to take one male lamb and present it for a guilt offering along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the LORD. |
| 13He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering. | 13He must then slaughter the male lamb in the place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered, in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy. |
| 14The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 14Then 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, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. |
| 15“Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand. | 15The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand. |
| 16He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD. | 16Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the LORD. |
| 17The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 17The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his hand 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, |
| 18The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD. | 18and the remainder of the olive oil 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. |
| 19“Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offering | 19"The priest must then perform the sin offering and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he is to slaughter the burnt offering, |
| 20and offer it on the altar along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person who was healed, and the person will be ceremonially clean. | 20and the priest is to offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean. |
| 21“But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil. | 21"If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, 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, |
| 22The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. | 22and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which are within his means. One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. |
| 23On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle. | 23"On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the LORD, |
| 24The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the LORD. | 24and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. |
| 25Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 25Then 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, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. |
| 26“The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand. | 26The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand, |
| 27He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD. | 27and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger seven times before the LORD. |
| 28The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 28Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand 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, |
| 29The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD. | 29and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand of the priest he is to put on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the LORD. |
| 30“Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. | 30"He will then make one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means, |
| 31One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD. | 31a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the LORD. |
| 32These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.” Treatment of Contaminated Houses | 32This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, who does not have sufficient means for his purification." |
| 33Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, | 33The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: |
| 34“When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew. | 34"When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give to you for a possession, and I put a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, |
| 35The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.’ | 35then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest, 'Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.' |
| 36Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean. | 36Then the priest will command that the house be cleared before the priest enters to examine the infection so that everything in the house does not become unclean, and afterward the priest will enter to examine the house. |
| 37Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface, | 37He is to examine the infection, and if the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, |
| 38the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days. | 38then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. |
| 39On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread, | 39The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the walls of the house, |
| 40the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean. | 40then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown outside the city into an unclean place. |
| 41Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town. | 41Then he is to have the house scraped all around on the inside, and the plaster which is scraped off must be dumped outside the city into an unclean place. |
| 42Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered. | 42They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house. |
| 43“But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered, | 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, |
| 44the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled. | 44the priest is to come and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. |
| 45It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean. | 45He must tear down the house, its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it outside the city to an unclean place. |
| 46Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening, | 46Anyone who enters the house all the days the priest has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. |
| 47and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing. | 47Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes. |
| 48“But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone. | 48"If, however, the priest enters and examines it, and the 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. |
| 49To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. | 49Then he is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop to decontaminate the house, |
| 50He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water. | 50and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. |
| 51He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times. | 51He 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. |
| 52When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way, | 52So 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, |
| 53he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean. | 53and he is to send the live bird away outside the city into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean. |
| 54“These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, including scabby sores; | 54"This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, |
| 55and mildew, whether on clothing or in a house; | 55for the diseased garment, for the house, |
| 56and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin. | 56for the swelling, for the scab, and for the bright spot, |
| 57This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean. “These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.” | 57to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for dealing with infectious disease." |
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