Leviticus 14

1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

The Lord told Moses,

2 “These are the regulations for anyone who has been healed of a contagious skin disease.

“These are the regulations regarding those who have had a skin disease when they are declared clean having been brought to the priest.

3 The person must be brought to a priest. The priest will take him outside the camp [to where that person has been staying], and examine him. If the skin disease has been healed,

The priest must go outside the camp and inspect the person. If the skin disease has healed,

4 the priest will say that someone must bring two living birds that are acceptable to Yahweh, along with some cedar wood, some scarlet/red yarn, and some sprigs of (hyssop/a very leafy plant).

the priest shall have two ceremonially clean birds brought to him, also some cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop, on behalf of the person to be made clean.

5 Then the priest will command that one of the birds be killed while [it is being held] over a clay pot containing water from a spring.

The priest will order one of the birds to be killed over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

6 Then the priest will dip the other bird, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet/red yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed.

He will take the live bird together with the cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.

7 Then he must sprinkle some of the blood on the person who was healed; he must sprinkle it on him seven times. Then he will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. And the priest will release the other bird and allow it to fly away.

He will use the blood to sprinkle seven times the person being made clean of the skin disease. Then the priest will declare them clean and let the live bird fly away.

8 “Then the person who was healed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe. Then he is allowed to return to the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days.

The one being made clean must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and wash themselves with water; then they will be will be ceremonially clean. After that they can enter the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.

9 On the seventh day, he must again shave off all his hair, including his beard and his eyebrows. Then he must again wash his clothes and bathe, and then he will be allowed to be with other people again.

On the seventh day they must shave off all their hair: their head, beard, eyebrows, and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and wash themselves with water, and they will be clean.

10 “The next day that person must bring two male lambs and one female lamb that is one year old, all of them with no defects. He must also bring six quarts/liters of fine flour, mixed with olive oil, to be an offering, and (0.6 pint/0.3 liter) of olive oil.

On the eighth day they are to bring two male lambs and one female lamb, all a year old and without defects; a grain offering consisting of three-tenths of an ephah of best flour mixed with olive oil, and one ‘log’ of olive oil.

11 The priest who declares that the person’s skin disease is ended must bring that person, and his offerings, to me, Yahweh, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

The priest who conducts the ceremony will present the person to be made clean to the Lord, along with these offerings, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

12 “Then the priest must take one of the male lambs and lift it up, along with the olive oil, in front of me, to be a guilt offering—[an offering for his being guilty for not giving to me the things that he was required to give me].

The priest will take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, together with the log of olive oil; and he will wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.

13 Then the priest must slaughter the lamb in the sacred place where the other sacrifices are offered. Like the offering to enable people to be forgiven, this guilt offering is holy, and belongs to the priest.

Then he will kill the lamb near the sanctuary where the sin offering and burnt offering are killed. The sin offering and the guilt offering belong to the priest; it is most holy.

14 The priest must take some of the blood of that animal and pour it on the lobe/tip of the right ear and on the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who has been healed of the skin disease.

The priest will put some of the blood from the guilt offering on their right earlobe, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of their right foot of the person being made clean.

15 Then the priest must take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left hand.

The priest will pour some of the log of olive oil into his left palm,

16 Then he must dip the forefinger of his right hand into the oil in his palm, and sprinkle it in front of me seven times.

dip his right index finger in it, and using his finger, sprinkle some of the olive oil seven times before the Lord.

17 Then he must put some of the oil that is still in the palm of his hand on the lobe/tip of the right ear and the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the person who has been healed of the skin disease. He must put it on top of the blood that he has already put on those places.

The priest will then use some of the rest of the olive oil remaining in his palm on the person being made clean, and put it on top of the blood of the guilt offering. This will be on their right earlobe, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

18 The remaining oil in his palm must be put on the person’s head, [to indicate that I declare that] the person has been forgiven for having sinned.

What is left of the olive oil in his palm, the priest will put on the head of the person being made clean and then make them right before the Lord.

19 “Then the priest must slaughter one of the other two animals, to show that the one who has been healed of the skin disease has been forgiven for having sinned, and that he has become acceptable to Yahweh. Then the priest will slaughter the animal that will be completely burned [on the altar].

The priest will sacrifice the sin offering to make the person right, so that they are now clean from their uncleanness. After that, the priest will kill the burnt offering

20 He will also put on the altar the offering of grain, to indicate that the person has been forgiven for having sinned. Then that person will be allowed to be with other people again.

and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, to make them right, and they will be clean.

21 “But if the person who has been healed of a skin disease is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must take to the priest one male lamb to be lifted up to be an offering for his not giving to me the things that he was required to give me. He must also take two quarts/liters of fine flour mixed with olive oil to be an offering made from grain, (0.6 pint/0.3 liter) of olive oil,

But those who are poor and can't afford these offerings must bring one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make them right, together with a tenth an ephah of best flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

22 and two doves or two young pigeons, one for him to be forgiven for the sins he has committed, and one to be completely burned [on the altar].

and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever they can afford. One is to be used as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

23 “On that same day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, to offer them to Yahweh.

On the eighth day they are to take them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord so they can be made clean.

24 The priest will take the lamb for the offering for that person not giving to me the things that he was required to give me, along with the olive oil, and lift them up in front of me.

The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, together with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

25 Then the priest will slaughter that lamb [and drain some of the blood in a bowl], and take some of that blood and put it on the lobe/tip of the person’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

After he kills the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest will take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being made clean, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of their right foot.

26 Then the priest will pour some of the oil into the palm of his left hand,

Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into his left palm

27 and with his right forefinger he must sprinkle some of the oil from his palm there in my presence.

and using his right index finger, will sprinkle some of the oil from his left palm seven times before the Lord.

28 He must put some of the oil in his palm on the same places where he put the blood.

The priest shall also put some of the olive oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the person being made clean, on their right thumb, and on the big toe of his right foot, in the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.

29 He must put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the person who has been healed of a skin disease, to indicate that I have forgiven him for having sinned.

What is left of the olive oil in his palm, the priest will put on the head of the person being made clean and then make them right before the Lord.

30 Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought.

Then they must sacrifice one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever they can afford,

31 One will be an offering for sin and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering of grain. By doing that, the priest will declare that the person is no longer guilty for having sinned.

one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, along with the grain offering. This is how the priest will make the person right and clean before the Lord.

32 “Those are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again.”

These are the regulations for those who have a skin disease and can't afford the usual offerings to make people clean.”

33 Yahweh also said to Aaron and Moses/me,

Then the Lord told Moses and Aaron,

34 “I am about to give you Canaan land to belong to your people permanently. When you enter that land, there will be times when I cause/allow mildew to appear inside one of your houses.

“When you get to Canaan, the land I'm giving you to own, if I put some mold into a house there and contaminate it,

35 If that happens, the owner of that house must go to the priest and tell him, ‘There is something in my house that looks like mildew.’

the owner of the house must come and tell the priest, ‘It seems my house has something like mold.’

36 “Then the priest will say to him, ‘Take everything out of the house before I enter the house to examine the mildew. If you do not do that, I will declare that everything in the house is contaminated.’

The priest must order the house to be emptied before he goes in to inspect the mold, so that nothing in the house will be declared unclean. Once that's done, the priest is to go in and inspect the house.

37 [After the owner takes everything outside of his house], the priest will go in and inspect the house. If the mildew has caused greenish or reddish spots/depressions on the walls that seem to be deeper than only on the surface of the walls,

He will examine the house and see whether the mold on the walls is made up of green or red indentations that go under the surface,

38 the priest will go outside the house and lock it up for seven days.

the priest shall go out of door and seal the house for seven days.

39 On the seventh day, he must go into the house and inspect it again. If the mildew on the walls has spread,

On the seventh day the priest will return and inspect the house again. If the mold has spread on the walls,

40 the priest will tell someone to tear out and throw in the dump outside the town all the stones in the walls that have mildew on them.

he will order the affected stones to be removed and disposed of in an unclean area outside the town.

41 Then the owner must scrape all the walls inside the house, and everything that is scraped off must be thrown into a dump outside the town.

Then he will order the all the plaster inside of the house to be scraped off and dumped in an unclean area outside the town.

42 Then the owner must get new/other stones to replace the ones that had mildew on them, and take new clay and plaster [to cover the stones in the walls of] the house.

Different stones must be used to replace the ones removed, and new plaster will be needed replaster the house.

43 “If the mildew appears again in the house after that is done,

If the mold returns and affects the house again even after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and replastered,

44 the priest must go and examine the house again. If the mildew has spread inside the house, it will be clear that the mildew is the kind that destroys [houses], and no one will be allowed to live in it.

the priest must come and inspect it. If he sees the mold has spread in the house, it is a harmful mold; the house is unclean.

45 It must be completely torn down—the stones, the timber and the plaster—and all those things must be thrown into a dump outside the town.

It must be demolished, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be taken and dumped in an unclean area outside the town.

46 “Anyone who goes into that house while it is locked up will not be allowed to be with other people until sunset of that day.

Anyone who goes into the house during any time that it is sealed will be unclean until the evening.

47 Anyone who sleeps in that house or eats in that house [during that time] must wash his clothes.

Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.

48 “But when the priest comes to examine the house after it has been plastered, if the mildew has not spread, he shall declare that people may live in it, because the mildew is gone.

However, if when the priest comes and inspects it and finds that the mold hasn't reappeared after the house was replastered, he shall declare the house clean because the mold is gone.

49 But before people are allowed to live in it, the priest must take two small birds and some cedar wood and some red/scarlet yarn and some hyssop.

He will bring two birds, cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop to make the house clean.

50 He must kill one of the birds while [holding it] over a clay pot containing water from a spring.

He will kill one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

51 Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red/scarlet yarn, and the other/living bird, and dip them into the blood of the dead bird, and sprinkle some of that blood on the house seven times.

He will dip the live bird, the cedar wood, crimson thread, and hyssop, in the blood of the bird that was killed and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52 By doing all those things he will cause the house to be acceptable to be lived in again.

He will make the house clean with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the crimson thread.

53 Then he must release the other bird and allow it to fly away. By doing that, he will [finish the ritual for] causing the house to be acceptable for people to live in it again.

Then he will let the live bird fly away outside the town. This is how he will make the house right, and it will be clean.

54 “Those are the regulations for contagious diseases, for itching sores,

These are the regulations for any infectious skin disease, for a scabby infection,

55 for mildew [DOU] on clothes or in a house,

for mold on clothing and in a house,

56 and for swellings, rashes, or bright spots [on sores],

as well as for a swelling, rash, or spot.

57 to find out whether a person has a contagious disease or not, and whether people will still be permitted to touch their clothing or their house, or not.”

They are used to decide whether something is clean or unclean. These are the regulations regarding skin diseases and mold.”