Leviticus 14 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Law of Cleansing a Leper

(cf. Mat 8:1–4; Luk 5:12–14 )

Lev 14:1And the Lord said to Moses,

Lev 14:2This is the law of the leper on the day when he is made clean: he is to be taken to the priest;

Lev 14:3And the priest is to go outside the tent-circle; and if, after looking, the priest sees that the mark of the disease has gone from him,

Lev 14:4

Lev 14:4Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.

Lev 14:5

Lev 14:5And the priest will give orders for one of the birds to be put to death in a vessel made of earth, over flowing water.

Lev 14:6

Lev 14:6And he will take the living bird and the wood and the red thread and the hyssop and put them in the blood of the bird which was put to death over flowing water.

Lev 14:7

Lev 14:7And shaking it seven times over the man who is to be made clean, he will say that he is clean and will let the living bird go free into the open country.

Lev 14:8

Lev 14:8And he who is to be made clean will have his clothing washed and his hair cut and have a bath, and he will be clean. And after that he will come back to the tent-circle; but he is to keep outside his tent for seven days.

Lev 14:9

Lev 14:9And on the seventh day he is to have all the hair cut off his head and his chin and over his eyes--all his hair is to be cut off--and he will have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and he will be clean.

Lev 14:10

Lev 14:10And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

Lev 14:11

Lev 14:11And the priest who is making him clean will put the man who is being made clean, together with these things, before the door of the Tent of meeting.

Lev 14:12

Lev 14:12And the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

Lev 14:13

Lev 14:13And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the property of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.

Lev 14:14

Lev 14:14And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

Lev 14:15

Lev 14:15And take some of the oil and put it in the hollow of his left hand;

Lev 14:16

Lev 14:16And let the priest put his right finger in the oil which is in his left hand, shaking it out with his finger seven times before the Lord;

Lev 14:17

Lev 14:17And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

Lev 14:18

Lev 14:18And the rest of the oil in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean; and so the priest will make him free from sin before the Lord.

Lev 14:19

Lev 14:19And the priest will give the sin-offering, and take away the sin of him who is to be made clean from his unclean condition; and after that he will put the burned offering to death.

Lev 14:20

Lev 14:20And the priest is to have the burned offering and the meal offering burned on the altar; and the priest will take away his sin and he will be clean.

Lev 14:21

Lev 14:21And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

Lev 14:22

Lev 14:22And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

Lev 14:23

Lev 14:23And on the eighth day he will take them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, so that he may be made clean.

Lev 14:24

Lev 14:24And the priest will take the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

Lev 14:25

Lev 14:25And he will put to death the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the priest will take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

Lev 14:26

Lev 14:26And the priest will put out some of the oil in the hollow of his left hand,

Lev 14:27

Lev 14:27Shaking out drops of oil with his right finger before the Lord seven times:

Lev 14:28

Lev 14:28And the priest will put some of the oil which is in his hand on the point of the ear of the man who is to be made clean and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place where the blood of the offering for wrongdoing was put;

Lev 14:29

Lev 14:29And the rest of the oil which is in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean, to take away his sin before the Lord.

Lev 14:30

Lev 14:30And he will make an offering of one of the doves or the young pigeons, such as he is able to get;

Lev 14:31

Lev 14:31And of these, he will give one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, with the meal offering; and the priest will take away the sin of him who is to be made clean before the Lord.

Lev 14:32

Lev 14:32This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.

Cleansing a Leprous House

Lev 14:33

Lev 14:33And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Lev 14:34

Lev 14:34When you have come into the land of Canaan which I will give you for your heritage, if I put the leper's disease on a house in the land of your heritage,

Lev 14:35

Lev 14:35Then let the owner of the house come and say to the priest, It seems to me that there is a sort of leper's disease in the house.

Lev 14:36

Lev 14:36And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;

Lev 14:37

Lev 14:37And if he sees that the walls of the house are marked with hollows of green and red, and if it seems to go deeper than the face of the wall;

Lev 14:38

Lev 14:38Then the priest will go out of the door of the house, and keep the house shut up for seven days:

Lev 14:39

Lev 14:39And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;

Lev 14:40

Lev 14:40Then the priest will give orders to them to take out the stones in which the disease is seen, and put them out into an unclean place outside the town:

Lev 14:41

Lev 14:41And he will have the house rubbed all over inside, and the paste which is rubbed off will be put out into an unclean place outside the town:

Lev 14:42

Lev 14:42And they will take other stones and put them in place of those stones, and he will take other paste and put it on the walls of the house.

Lev 14:43

Lev 14:43And if the disease comes out again in the house after he has taken out the stones and after the walls have been rubbed and the new paste put on,

Lev 14:44

Lev 14:44Then the priest will come and see it; and if the disease in the house is increased in size, it is the leper's disease working out in the house: it is unclean.

Lev 14:45

Lev 14:45And the house will have to be pulled down, the stones of it and the wood and the paste; and everything is to be taken out to an unclean place outside the town.

Lev 14:46

Lev 14:46And, in addition, anyone who goes into the house at any time, while it is shut up, will be unclean till evening.

Lev 14:47

Lev 14:47And anyone who has been sleeping in the house will have to have his clothing washed; and anyone who takes food in that house will have to have his clothing washed.

Lev 14:48

Lev 14:48And if the priest comes in, and sees that the disease is not increased after the new paste has been put on the house, then the priest will say that the house is clean, because the disease is gone.

Lev 14:49

Lev 14:49And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

Lev 14:50

Lev 14:50And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;

Lev 14:51

Lev 14:51And take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread and the living bird and put them in the blood of the dead bird and in the flowing water, shaking it over the house seven times.

Lev 14:52

Lev 14:52And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.

Lev 14:53

Lev 14:53But he will let the living bird go out of the town into the open country; so he will take away sin from the house and it will be clean.

Lev 14:54

Lev 14:54This is the law for all signs of the leper's disease and for skin diseases;

Lev 14:55

Lev 14:55And for signs of disease in clothing, or in a house;

Lev 14:56

Lev 14:56And for a growth or a bad place or a bright mark on the skin;

Lev 14:57

Lev 14:57To make clear when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law about the disease of the leper.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Leviticus 14 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Law of Cleansing a Leper

Cleansing a Leprous House

Pericope