Cleansing from Skin Diseases
(Matthew 8:1–4; Mark 1:40–45; Luke 5:12–16)

1And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge: 2this is the lawe of a leper when he shalbe clesed. he shalbe broughte vnto the preast, 3and the preast shall goo out without the hoste and loke apo him. Yf the plage of leprosye be healed in the leper, 4the shall the preast commaunde that there be brought for hi that shalbe clensed .ij. lyuynge byrdes that are cleane, ad cipresse wodd, and a pece of purple cloth and ysope. 5And the preast shall comaunde that one of the byrdes be kylled ouer an erthe vessell of runnynge water. 6And the preast shall take the lyuynge byrde and the cypresse wodd and the purple ad the ysope, ad shall dyppe the and the lyuynge byrde in the bloude of the slayne byrde and in the renynge water 7and sprinkle it apon him that must be clensed of his leprosye .vij. tymes and clense him and shall let the lyuynge byrde goo fre in to the feldes. 8And he that is clesed shall wasshe his clothes and shaue off all his heer ad wasshe himselfe in water, and the he is cleane. And after that he shall come in to the hoste but shall tarye without his tet .vij. dayes. 9Whe the seuenth daye is come, he shall shaue off al his heer both apo his heade ad his berde ad on his browes: ad eue all the heer that is on him, shalbe shauen off. And he shall wasshe his clothes and his flesh in water and then he shalbe cleane.

10And when the .viij. daye is come, let him take ij. lambes without blemysh and a yewelambe of a yere olde without blemysh, and .iij. tenthdeales of fyne floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle, and a logge of oyle. 11Than let the preast that maketh him cleane, brynge the man that is made cleane with those thynges before the Lorde vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse. 12And lett the preast take one of the labes and offer him for a trespaceofferynge, and the logge of oyle: and waue them before the Lorde. 13And than let him slee the lambe in the place where the synofferynge and the burntofferynge are slayne: eue in the holy place. for as the synofferynge is, eue so is the trespace offerynge the preastes: for it is most holy. 14Than lett the preast take of the bloude of the trespaceofferynge, and put it apo the typpe of the right eare of him that is clensed, and apon the thombe of his righte hande and apon the greate too of his righte fote. 15Then let the preast take of the logge of oyle and poure it in to the palme of his lefte hande, 16ad dippe his right finger in the oyle that is in the palme of his lefte hand, ad let him sprinkle it with his fynger vij. tymes before the Lorde. 17And of the rest of the oyle that is in his hande, shall the preast put apon the typpe of the righte eare of him that is clensed, and apon the thombe of his righte hande, and apon the great too of his righte fote: eue apon the bloude of the trespaceofferynge. 18And the remnaunte of the oyle that is in the preastes hande, he shall poure apon the heede off hym that is clensed: and so shall the preaste make an attonement for him before the Lorde, 19Then let the preast offer the synneofferynge, ad make an attonement for him that is clensed for his vnclenesse. And tha let the burntoffrynge be slayne, 20ad let the preast put both the burntofferynge and the meateoffrynge apo the alter: ad make an attonement for him, ad tha he shalbe cleane.

21Yf he be poore ad can not gett so moch, tha let him bringe one lambe for a trespaceoffrynge to waue it and to make an attonement for him, ad a tenth deale of fine floure myngled with oyle for a meatoffrynge ad a logge of oyle, 22ad two turtyll doues or two yonge pygeons which he is able to gett ad let the one be a synneoffrynge and the other a burntoffryng. 23And let him brynge them the .viij, daye for his clensynge vnto the preast to the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse before the Lorde. 24And let the preast take the lambe that is the trespaceoffrynge and the logge of oyle, ad waue them before the Lorde. 25And whe the lambe of the trespaceoffrynge is kylled, the preast shall take of the bloude of the trespaceoffrynge, and put it apon the typpe of his righte eare that is clensed, and apon the thombe of his righte hande, and apon the greate too of hys righte fote. 26And the preast shall poure of the oyle in to his righte hande, 27and shall sprinkle with his finger of the oyle that is in his lefte hande .vij. tymes before the Lord. 28And the preast shall put of the oyle that is in his hande (apon the typpe of the righte eare of hi that is clensed, and apo the thombe of his righte hande and apon the great too of his righte fote: euen in the place where the bloude of the trespaceofferynge was put, 29And the reste of the oyle that is in his hande, he shall poure apon the heede of him that is clensed: to make an attonemet for him before the Lorde. 30And he shall offer one of the turtyll doues or of the yonge pigeons, soch as he can gett: 31the one for a synneofferynge and the other for a burntoffrynge apo the alter. And so shall the preast make an attonemet for him that is clensed before the Lorde. 32This is the lawe of him that hath the plage of leprosye, whose hand is not able to gett that which pertayneth to hys clensynge.

Signs of Home Contamination

33And the Lorde spake vnto Moses ad Aaro saynge:

34when ye be come vnto the lond of Canaan which I geue you to possesse: yf I put the plage of leprosye in any ho usse of the lande of youre possession, 35let him that oweth the house go ad tell the preast saynge, me thinke that there is as it were a leprosy in the housse. 36And the preast shall comaunde them to ryd all thinge out of the housse, before the preaste goo in to se the plage: that he make not all that is in the housse vncleane, and then the preast shall goo in and se the housse. 37Yf the preast se that the plage is in the walles of the housse ad that there be holowe strakes pale or rede which seme to be lower than the other partes of the wall, 38then let the preast go out at the housse dores ad shett vp the housse for .vij. dayes. 39And let the preast come againe the seuenth daye ad se it: yf the plage be encreased in the walles of the housse, 40let the preast comaunde the to take awaye the stones in which the plage is, ad let the cast the in a foule place without the citie, 41ad scrape the house within rounde aboute, ad poure out the dust without the citie in a foule place. 42And let them take other stones and put them in the places of those stones, and other morter: ad playster the housse with all.

43Yf now the plage come agayne ad breake out in the housse, after that they haue taken awaye the stones and scraped the housse, and after that the housse is playsterd anew: 44let the preast come and se it. And yf then he perceaue that the plage hath eate further in the housse, then it is a fretynge leprosye that is in the housse ad it is vncleane. 45Then they shall breake doune the housse: both stones, tymbre ad all the morter of the housse, and carye it out of the citye vnto a foule place. 46Moreouer he that goeth in to the housse all the whyle that it is shett vp, shalbe vncleane vntyll nighte. 47And he that slepeth in the housse shall wasshe his clothes, and he also that eateth in the housse shall wasshe hys clothes.

Cleansing a Home

48But and yf the preast come and se that the plage hath sprede no futher in the housse after that it is new playsterd, the let him make it cleane for the plage is healed. 49And let him take to clense the housse with all: two birdes, cypresse wodd, ad purple clothe ad ysope. 50And let him kyll one of the byrdes ouer an erthen vessel of runnynge water, 51ad take the cipresse wodd, the ysope, the purple ad the lyuynge byrde, ad dyppe them in the bloude of the slayne byrde and in the runninge water, and sprinkle apon the housse seuen tymes, 52and clense the housse with the bloude of the byrde, and with the runninge water, ad with the lyuyng byrde, ad with the cypresse wodd, ad the ysope ad the purple clothe 53And he shall lett the lyuynge byrde flee oute off the towne in to the wylde feldes, and so make an attonement for the housse, and it shalbe cleane.

54This is the lawe of all maner plage of leprosye and breakynge o ut, 55and of the leprosye off clothe and housse: 56and of rysynges, scabbes and glysterynge white, 57to teache when a thinge is vncleane or cleane. This is the lawe off leprosye.