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Leviticus 14 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Cleansing from Skin Diseases
(cf. Mat 8:1–4; Luk 5:12–14 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:1 - And the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease.[fn] Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar,[fn] some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - On 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - “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[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup[fn] of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13 - He 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - “Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify[fn] the person before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - “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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:20 - and 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - “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[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:23 - On 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - Then 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - “The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:27 - He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - One 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - These 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:33 - Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:34 - “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.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:35 - The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:37 - Then 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:38 - the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:39 - On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - the 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:42 - Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:43 - “But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 - the 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:46 - Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47 - and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:48 - “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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - He 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:53 - he 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:54 - “These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases,[fn] including scabby sores;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:55 - and mildew,[fn] whether on clothing or in a house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:56 - and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean.
“These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:2a.
Or juniper; also in 14:6, 49, 51.
Hebrew 3/10 of an ephah [6.6 liters].
Hebrew 1 log [0.3 liters]; also in 14:21.
Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 14:23.
Or will make atonement for; similarly in 14:19, 20, 21, 29, 31, 53.
Hebrew 1/10 of an ephah [2.2 liters].
Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:47.
Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:2a.
Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:47.
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