Cleansing the leper.

LEVITICUS. How the poor are cleansed.

4 Then shall the priest command to ed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, take for him that is to be cleansed two and upon the great toe of his right foot, birds alive and clean, and cedar-wood, upon the blood of the trespass-offering. and scarlet, and hyssop. 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in 5 And the priest shall command that the priest's hand he shall pour upon the one of the birds be killed in an earthen head of him that is to be cleansed: and the vessel, over running water. priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.

6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and 19 And the priest shall offer the sin-ofthe hyssop, and shall dip them, and the fering, and make an atonement for him that living bird, in the blood of the bird that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and was killed over the running water. afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering.

7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so

8 And he that is to be cleansed shall much; then he shall take one lamb for a wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, trespass-offering to be waved, to make an and wash himself in water, that he may be atonement for him, and one tenth-deal of clean: and after that he shall come into fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offerthe camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his ing, and a log of oil; tent seven days.

9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head, and his beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, also shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

22 And two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.

23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.

10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth-deals of fine flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and one offering before the LORD. log of oil.

24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave

20 And the priest shall offer the burntoffering, and the meat-offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

11 And the priest that maketh him trespass-offering, and the priest shall take clean, shall present the man that is to be some of the blood of the trespass-offering, made clean, and those things, before the and put it upon the tip of the right ear of LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the him that is to be cleansed, and upon the congregation. thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

12 And the priest shall take one helamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for wave-offering before the LORD.

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26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.

27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:

13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place: 28 And the priest shall put of the oil for as the sin-offering is the priest's, so is that is in his hand, upon the tip of the right the trespass-offering: it is most holy. ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon

14 And the priest shall take some of the the thumb of his right hand, and upon the blood of the trespass-offering, and the great toe of his right foot, upon the place priest shall put it upon the tip of the right of the blood of the trespass-offering. ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand, he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.

15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:

30 And he shall offer the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;

31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meat-offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed, before the LORD. 32 This is the law of him in whom is

17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand, shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleans

25 And he shall kill the lamb of the

Signs of leprosy in a house:

CHAP. XV.

Method of cleansing it. the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not house was plastered: then the priest shall able to get that which pertaineth to his pronounce the house clean, because the cleansing. plague is healed.

33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds

34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a in an earthen vessel, over running water: house of the land of your possession; 51 And he shall take the cedar-wood, 35 And he that owneth the house shall and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth living bird, and dip them in the blood of to me there is as it were a plague in the the slain bird, and in the running water, house: and sprinkle the house seven times: 36 Then the priest shall command that 52 And he shall cleanse the house with they empty the house, before the priest go the blood of the bird, and with the running into it to see the plague, that all that is in water, and with the living bird, and with the house be not made unclean; and after- the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and ward the priest shall go in to see the house with the scarlet:

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37 And he shall look on the plague, 53 But he shall let go the living bir and behold, if the plague be in the walls of out of the city into the open fields, and the house, with hollow streaks, greenish, make an atonement for the house: and it or reddish, which in sight are lower than shall be clean. the wall;

54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones

plague is, and they shall cast them into unclean place without the city:

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41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off withcut the city into an unclean place: 42 And they shall take other stones, and his issue: whether his flesh run with his put them in the place of those stones; and issue, or his flesh be stopped from his ishe shall take other mortar, and shall plas-sue, it is his uncleanness. ter the house.

44 Then the priest shall come and look; and behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house: and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. CHAP. XV.

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4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath 43 And if the plague come again, and the issue, is unclean and every thing break out in the house, after that he hath whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. taken away the stones, and after he hath 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed, scraped the house, and after it is plas- shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself tered; in water, and be unclean until the even.

6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

46 Moreover, he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up, shall be unclean until the even.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses and

to Aaron, saying,

47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes: and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

3 And this shall be his uncleanness in

7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue, shall be unclean.

10 And whosoever toucheth any thing

48 And if the priest shall come in, that was under him, shall be unclean until and look upon it, and behold, the plague the even: and he that beareth any of those hath not spread in the house, after the things, shall wash his clothes, and bathe

The cleansing for issues.

LEVITICUS. The high priest's sin-offering.

even.

himself in water, and be unclean until the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that uncleanness of her separation. hath the issue (and hath not rinsed his 27 And whosoever toucheth those things hands in water) he shall wash his clothes, shall be unclean, and shall wash his and bathe himself in water, and be unclean clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be until the even. unclean until the even.

12 And the vessel of earth that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

13 ¶ And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:

15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burntoffering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.

16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his Besh in water, and be unclean until the even.

17 And every garment, and every skin whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

the LORD

unto Moses after

18 The woman also with whom man the death of the two sons of Aaron, shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall when they offered before the LORD, and both bathe themselves in water, and be un-died: clean until the even.

28 ¶ But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burntoffering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness: that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. CHAP. XVI.

2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak 19¶ And if a woman have an issue, and unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall at all times into the holy place within the be put apart seven days: and whosoever vail, before the mercy-seat, which is upon toucheth hershall be unclean until the even. the ark; that he die not: for I will appear 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. herseparation shall be unclean: every thing 3 T Thus shall Aaron come into the holy also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean, place: with a young bullock for a sin-offer21 And whosoever toucheth her bed ing, and a ram for a burnt-offering. shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, in water, and be unclean until the even. and he shall have the linen breeches upon

22 And whosoever toucheth any thing his flesh, and shall be girded with the that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall and bathe himself in water, and be unclean he be attired: these are holy garments; until the even. therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.

6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and 25 And if a woman have an issue of her make an atonement for himself, and for blood many days out of the time of her his house. separation, or if it run beyond the time of 7 And he shall take the two goats, and her separation; all the days of the issue of present them before the LORD at the door her uncleanness shall be as the days or her of the tabernacle of the congregation. separation; she shall be unclean.

26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the

8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scape-goat.

23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it he shall be unclean until the even.

24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

The scape-goat.

CHAP. XVII.

The feast of expiation.

9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon the goat, and shall send him away by the 22 And the goat shall bear upon him which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a sin-offering. 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to all their iniquities unto a land not inhabitbe the scape-goat, shall be presented alive ed: and he shall let go the goat in the before the LORD, to make an atonement wilderness. with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall

11 ¶ And Aaron shall bring the bullock put off the linen garments which he put on of the sin-offering, which is for himself, when he went into the holy place, and 24 And he shall wash his flesh with waand shall make an atonement for himself, shall leave them there : and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself:ter in the holy place, and put on his gar12 And he shall take a censer full of ments, and come forth, and offer his burntburning coals of fire from off the altar be- offering, and the burnt-offering of the peofore the LORD, and his hands full of sweet ple, and make an atonement for himself, incense beaten small, and bring it within and for the people. the vail:

25 And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.

26 And he that let go the goat for the bathe his flesh in water, and afterward scape-goat shall wash his clothes, and come into the camp.

27 And the bullock for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, whose in the holy place, shall one carry forth blood was brought in to make atonement without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.

28 And he that burneth them shall wash and afterward he shall come into the camp. his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, 29 T And this shall be a statute for

15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:

16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness ever unto you: that in the seventh month, of the children of Israel, and because of on the tenth day of the month, ye shall their transgressions in all their sins: and so afflict your souls, and do no work at all, shall he do for the tabernacle of the con-whether it be one of your own country, or gregation that remaineth among them in a stranger that sojourneth among you: the midst of their uncleanness.

30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever.

17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his house32 And the priest whom he shall anoint, hold, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an and whom he shall consecrate to minister atonement for it; and shall take of the in the priest's office in his father's stead, blood of the bullock, and of the blood of shall make the atonement, and shall put on 33 And he shall make an atonement for the goat, and put it upon the horns of the the linen clothes, even the holy garments; altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an upon it with his finger seven times, and atonement for the tabernacle of the conmake an atonement for the priests, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the unclean-gregation, and for the altar: and he shall for all the people of the congregation.

ness of the children of Israel.

34 And this shall be an everlasting sta the children of Israel for all their sins once tute unto you, to make an atonement for

20 T And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabemacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:

21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands a year. And he did as the LORD comupon the head of the live goat, and confess manded Moses. over him all the iniquities of the children of and all their

CHAP. XVII.

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their sins, putting them upon the head of AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say

ing,

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Blood forbidden.

LEVITICUS.

Unlawful marriages.

3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, the life of all flesh is the blood thereof and unto all the children of Israel, and whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. say unto them, This is the thing which the 15 And every soul that eateth that LORD hath commanded, saying, which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, (whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger) he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then

4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the shall he be clean. tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an of 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe fering unto the LORD before the tabernacle his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. of the LORD: blood shall be imputed unto CHAP. XVIII. that he hath shed that man

shall be cut off from among his people

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say

Aing,

5 To the end that the children of Israel 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and may bring their sacrifices which they of- say unto them, I am the LORD your God. fer in the open field, even that they may 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt bring them unto the LORD, unto the door wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto after the doings of the land of Canaan whithe priest, and offer them for peace-offer- ther I bring you, shall ye not do: neither ings unto the LORD. shall ye walk in their ordinances.

4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep

6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the tabernacle of the congregation, and the LORD your God. burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring: This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their gene

rations.

7 The nakedness of thy father, or the

8 And thou shalt say unto them, nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not Whatsoever man there be of the house of uncover: she is thy mother, thou shalt not Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn uncover her nakedness. among you, that offereth a burnt-offering 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife or sacrifice, shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.

9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

10 T And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any man- 10 The nakedness of thy son's daugh• ner of blood; I will even set my face ter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even against that soul that eateth blood, and their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: will cut him off from among his people. for theirs is thine own nakedness.

11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's

11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood and I have given it to you upon daughter, begotten of thy father, (she is the altar, to make an atonement for your thy sister) thou shalt not uncover her nasouls: for it is the blood that maketh an kedness.

atonement for the soul.

12 Thou shalt not uncover the naked12 Therefore I said unto the children ness of thy father's sister: she is thy faof Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, ther's near kinswoman. neither shall any stranger that sojourneth 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness among you eat blood. of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mo13 And whatsoever man there be of the ther's near kinswoman. children of Israel, or of the strangers that 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedsojourn among you, which hunteth and ness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not catcheth any beast or fowl that may be approach to his wife she is thine aunt. eaten; he shall even pour out the blood 15 Thou shalt not uncover the naked. thereof, and cover it with dust. ness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's

14 For it is the life of all flesh, the blood wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. of it is for the life thereof: therefore I 16 Thou shalt not uncover the naked. said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall ness of thy brother's wife: it is thy bro eat the blood of no manner of flesh for ther's nakedness.