10:1 Then 1 Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire 2 before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do. 10:2 So fire went out from the presence of the Lord 3 and consumed them so that they died before the Lord. 10:3 Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke: ‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, 4 and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” 5 So Aaron kept silent. 10:4 Moses then called to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and said to them, “Come near, carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.” 10:5 So they came near and carried them away in their tunics to a place outside the camp just as Moses had spoken. 10:6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his other two sons, “Do not 6 dishevel the hair of your heads 7 and do not tear your garments, so that you do not die and so that wrath does not come on the whole congregation. Your brothers, all the house of Israel, are to mourn the burning which the Lord has caused, 8 10:7 but you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent lest you die, for the Lord’s anointing oil is on you.” So they acted according to the word of Moses.
10:8 Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, 10:9 “Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, 9 10:10 as well as 10 to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, 11 10:11 and to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them through 12 Moses.”
10:12 Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his remaining sons, “Take the grain offering which remains from the gifts of the Lord and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy. 10:13 You must eat it in a holy place because it is your allotted portion 13 and the allotted portion of your sons from the gifts 14 of the Lord, for this is what I have been commanded. 15 10:14 Also, the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution offering you must eat in a ceremonially 16 clean place, you and your sons and daughters with you, for they have been given as your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from the peace offering sacrifices of the Israelites. 17 10:15 The thigh of the contribution offering and the breast of the wave offering they must bring in addition to the gifts of the fat parts to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord, and it will belong to you and your sons with you for a perpetual statute just as the Lord has commanded.”
10:16 Later Moses sought diligently for the sin offering male goat, 18 but it had actually been burnt. 19 So he became angry at Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, saying, 10:17 “Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sanctuary? For it is most holy and he gave it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, 20 to make atonement on their behalf before the Lord. 10:18 See here! 21 Its blood was not brought into the holy place within! 22 You should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary just as I commanded!” 10:19 But Aaron spoke to Moses, “See here! 23 Just today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord and such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten a sin offering today would the Lord have been pleased?” 24 10:20 When Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied. 25
11:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 11:2 “Tell the Israelites: ‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals 26 that are on the land. 11:3 You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof (the hooves are completely split in two 27 ) and that also chews the cud. 28 11:4 However, you must not eat these 29 from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you 30 because it chews the cud 31 even though its hoof is not divided. 32 11:5 The rock badger 33 is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. 11:6 The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. 11:7 The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided (the hoof is completely split in two 34 ), even though it does not chew the cud. 35 11:8 You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; 36 they are unclean to you.
11:9 “‘These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, 37 whether in the seas or in the streams, 38 you may eat. 11:10 But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you. 11:11 Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest. 11:12 Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.
11:13 “‘These you are to detest from among the birds – they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: 39 the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 11:14 the kite, the buzzard of any kind, 40 11:15 every kind of crow, 41 11:16 the eagle owl, 42 the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind, 11:17 the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl, 11:18 the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey, 11:19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
11:20 “‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours 43 is detestable to you. 11:21 However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs 44 to hop with on the land. 11:22 These you may eat from them: 45 the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind. 11:23 But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.
11:24 “‘By these 46 you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, 11:25 and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.
11:26 “‘All 47 animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two 48 and do not chew the cud 49 are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean. 50 11:27 All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours 51 are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, 11:28 and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
11:29 “‘Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: 52 the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind, 11:30 the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon. 11:31 These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening. 11:32 Also, anything they fall on 53 when they die will become unclean – any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water 54 and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean. 11:33 As for any clay vessel they fall into, 55 everything in it 56 will become unclean and you must break it. 11:34 Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water 57 will become unclean. Anything drinkable 58 in any such vessel will become unclean. 59 11:35 Anything their carcass may fall on will become unclean. An oven or small stove must be smashed to pieces; they are unclean, and they will stay unclean 60 to you. 11:36 However, a spring or a cistern which collects water 61 will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean. 11:37 Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, 62 it is clean, 11:38 but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
11:39 “‘Now if an animal 63 that you may eat dies, 64 whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening. 11:40 One who eats from its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 11:41 Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten. 11:42 You must not eat anything that crawls 65 on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs 66 of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable. 11:43 Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. 67 You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them, 11:44 for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground, 11:45 for I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, 68 and you are to be holy because I am holy. 11:46 This is the law 69 of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures 70 that swarm on the land, 11:47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”
12:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 12:2 “Tell the Israelites, ‘When a woman produces offspring 71 and bears a male child, 72 she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation. 73 12:3 On 74 the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin 75 must be circumcised. 12:4 Then she will remain 76 thirty-three days in blood purity. 77 She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled. 78 12:5 If she bears a female child, she will be impure fourteen days as during her menstrual flow, and she will remain sixty-six days in 79 blood purity. 80
12:6 “‘When 81 the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb 82 for a burnt offering 83 and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering 84 to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest. 12:7 The priest 85 is to present it before the Lord and make atonement 86 on her behalf, and she will be clean 87 from her flow of blood. 88 This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child. 12:8 If she cannot afford a sheep, 89 then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 90 one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.’” 91
13:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 13:2 “When someone has 92 a swelling 93 or a scab 94 or a bright spot 95 on the skin of his body 96 that may become a diseased infection, 97 he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests. 98 13:3 The priest must then examine the infection 99 on the skin of the body, and if the hair 100 in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body, 101 then it is a diseased infection, 102 so when the priest examines it 103 he must pronounce the person unclean. 104
13:4 “If 105 it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 106 and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days. 107 13:5 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, 108 as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same 109 and has not spread on the skin, 110 then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days. 111 13:6 The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, 112 and if 113 the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. 114 It is a scab, 115 so he must wash his clothes 116 and be clean. 13:7 If, however, the scab is spreading further 117 on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time. 13:8 The priest must then examine it, 118 and if 119 the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 120 It is a disease.
13:9 “When someone has a diseased infection, 121 he must be brought to the priest. 13:10 The priest will then examine it, 122 and if 123 a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, 124 13:11 it is a chronic 125 disease on the skin of his body, 126 so the priest is to pronounce him unclean. 127 The priest 128 must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean. 129 13:12 If, however, the disease breaks out 130 on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection 131 from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, 132 13:13 the priest must then examine it, 133 and if 134 the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. 135 He has turned all white, so he is clean. 136 13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it 137 he will be unclean, 13:15 so the priest is to examine the raw flesh 138 and pronounce him unclean 139 – it is diseased. 13:16 If, however, 140 the raw flesh once again turns white, 141 then he must come to the priest. 13:17 The priest will then examine it, 142 and if 143 the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the person with the infection clean 144 – he is clean.
13:18 “When someone’s body has a boil on its skin 145 and it heals, 13:19 and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish white bright spot, he must show himself to the priest. 146 13:20 The priest will then examine it, 147 and if 148 it appears to be deeper than the skin 149 and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 150 It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. 151 13:21 If, however, 152 the priest examines it, and 153 there is no white hair in it, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. 154 13:22 If 155 it is spreading further 156 on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. 157 It is an infection. 13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, 158 it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean. 159
13:24 “When a body has a burn on its skin 160 and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, 13:25 the priest must examine it, 161 and if 162 the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, 163 it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. 164 The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 165 It is a diseased infection. 166 13:26 If, however, 167 the priest examines it and 168 there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, 169 and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. 170 13:27 The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further 171 on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection. 172 13:28 But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, 173 and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, 174 because it is the scar of the burn.
13:29 “When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard, 175 13:30 the priest is to examine the infection, 176 and if 177 it appears to be deeper than the skin 178 and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. 179 It is scall, 180 a disease of the head or the beard. 181 13:31 But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 182 and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days. 183 13:32 The priest must then examine the infection on the seventh day, and if 184 the scall has not spread, there is no reddish yellow hair in it, and the scall does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 185 13:33 then the individual is to shave himself, 186 but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, 187 and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days. 188 13:34 The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if 189 the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 190 then the priest is to pronounce him clean. 191 So he is to wash his clothes and be clean. 13:35 If, however, the scall spreads further 192 on the skin after his purification, 13:36 then the priest is to examine it, and if 193 the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair. 194 The person 195 is unclean. 13:37 If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same 196 and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. 197
13:38 “When a man or a woman has bright spots – white bright spots – on the skin of their body, 13:39 the priest is to examine them, 198 and if 199 the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean. 200
13:40 “When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, 201 he is clean. 13:41 If his head is bare on the forehead 202 so that he is balding in front, 203 he is clean. 13:42 But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area. 13:43 The priest is to examine it, 204 and if 205 the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body, 206 13:44 he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head. 207
13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection, 208 his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, 209 and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 13:46 The whole time he has the infection 210 he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.
13:47 “When a garment has a diseased infection in it, 211 whether a wool or linen garment, 212 13:48 or in the warp or woof 213 of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, 214 13:49 if the infection 215 in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest. 13:50 The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days. 216 13:51 He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather – whatever the article into which the leather was made 217 – the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean. 13:52 He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire. 13:53 But if the priest examines it and 218 the infection has not spread in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, 13:54 the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for another seven days. 219 13:55 The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if 220 the infection has not changed its appearance 221 even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus, whether on the back side or front side of the article. 222 13:56 But if the priest has examined it and 223 the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of 224 the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. 13:57 Then if 225 it still appears again in the garment or the warp or the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak. Whatever has the infection in it you must burn up in the fire. 13:58 But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it 226 is to be washed a second time and it will be clean.”
13:59 This is the law 227 of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean. 228
14:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 14:2 “This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when 229 he is brought to the priest. 230 14:3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. 231 If the infection of the diseased person has been healed, 232 14:4 then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, 233 and some twigs of hyssop 234 be taken up 235 for the one being cleansed. 236 14:5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered 237 into a clay vessel over fresh water. 238 14:6 Then 239 he is to take the live bird along with the piece of cedar wood, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the twigs of hyssop, and he is to dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird slaughtered over the fresh water, 14:7 and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed 240 from the disease, pronounce him clean, 241 and send the live bird away over the open countryside. 242
14:8 “The one being cleansed 243 must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. 244 Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. 14:9 When the seventh day comes 245 he must shave all his hair – his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair – and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean. 246
14:10 “On the eighth day he 247 must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, 248 and one log of olive oil, 249 14:11 and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings 250 before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.
14:12 “The priest is to take one male lamb 251 and present it for a guilt offering 252 along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the Lord. 253 14:13 He must then slaughter 254 the male lamb in the place where 255 the sin offering 256 and the burnt offering 257 are slaughtered, 258 in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; 259 it is most holy. 14:14 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, 260 on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe 261 of his right foot. 14:15 The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand. 262 14:16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil 263 that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 14:17 The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his hand 264 on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering, 14:18 and the remainder of the olive oil 265 that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord.
14:19 “The priest must then perform the sin offering 266 and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he 267 is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer 268 the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean.
14:21 “If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, 269 he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil, 270 14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 271 which are within his means. 272 One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 273
14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance 274 of the Meeting Tent before the Lord, 14:24 and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them 275 as a wave offering before the Lord. 14:25 Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, 276 on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe 277 of his right foot. 14:26 The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand, 278 14:27 and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger 279 seven times before the Lord. 14:28 Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand 280 on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering, 14:29 and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand 281 of the priest he is to put 282 on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.
14:30 “He will then make one of the turtledoves 283 or young pigeons, which are within his means, 284 14:31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. 285 So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the Lord. 14:32 This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, 286 who does not have sufficient means for his purification.” 287
14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 14:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give 288 to you for a possession, and I put 289 a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, 290 14:35 then whoever owns the house 291 must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’ 14:36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared 292 before the priest enters to examine the infection 293 so that everything in the house 294 does not become unclean, 295 and afterward 296 the priest will enter to examine the house. 14:37 He is to examine the infection, and if 297 the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, 298 and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, 299 14:38 then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. 300 14:39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if 301 the infection has spread in the walls of the house, 14:40 then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown 302 outside the city 303 into an unclean place. 14:41 Then he is to have the house scraped 304 all around on the inside, 305 and the plaster 306 which is scraped off 307 must be dumped outside the city 308 into an unclean place. 14:42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, 309 and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.
14:43 “If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered, 310 14:44 the priest is to come and examine it, and if 311 the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. 14:45 He must tear down the house, 312 its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it 313 outside the city to an unclean place. 14:46 Anyone who enters 314 the house all the days the priest 315 has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. 14:47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.
14:48 “If, however, the priest enters 316 and examines it, and the 317 infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed. 14:49 Then he 318 is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop 319 to decontaminate 320 the house, 14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. 321 14:51 He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 14:52 So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, 14:53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the city 322 into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.
14:54 “This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, 323 14:55 for the diseased garment, 324 for the house, 325 14:56 for the swelling, 326 for the scab, 327 and for the bright spot, 328 14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. 329 This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” 330
15:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When any man 331 has a discharge 332 from his body, 333 his discharge is unclean. 15:3 Now this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge 334 – whether his body secretes his discharge or blocks his discharge, he is unclean. All the days that his body has a discharge or his body blocks his discharge, 335 this is his uncleanness. 336
15:4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, 337 and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. 338 15:5 Anyone who touches his bed 339 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 340 15:6 The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:7 The one who touches the body 341 of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:8 If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, 342 that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:9 Any means of riding 343 the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean. 15:10 Anyone who touches anything that was under him 344 will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items 345 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:11 Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water 346 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:12 A clay vessel 347 which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.
15:13 “‘When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, 348 and be clean. 15:14 Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 349 and he is to present himself 350 before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent and give them to the priest, 15:15 and the priest is to make one of them a sin offering 351 and the other a burnt offering. 352 So the priest 353 is to make atonement for him before the Lord for 354 his discharge.
15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, 355 he must bathe his whole body in water 356 and be unclean until evening, 15:17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. 15:18 When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, 357 they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge 358 and her discharge is blood from her body, 359 she is to be in her menstruation 360 seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 15:20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 15:21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:22 Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:23 If there is something on the bed or on the furniture she sits on, 361 when he touches it 362 he will be unclean until evening, 15:24 and if a man actually has sexual intercourse with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him, 363 then he will be unclean seven days and any bed he lies on will be unclean.
15:25 “‘When a woman’s discharge of blood flows 364 many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, 365 all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation – she is unclean. 15:26 Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation, 15:27 and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 366
15:28 “‘If 367 she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean. 15:29 Then on the eighth day she must take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons 368 and she must bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, 15:30 and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 369 So the priest 370 is to make atonement for her before the Lord from her discharge of impurity.
15:31 “‘Thus you 371 are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they 372 do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst. 15:32 This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission 373 and becomes unclean by it, 374 15:33 the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, 375 and a man 376 who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.’”
16:1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons when they approached the presence of the Lord 377 and died, 16:2 and the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil-canopy 378 in front of the atonement plate 379 that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement plate.
16:3 “In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary – with a young bull 380 for a sin offering 381 and a ram for a burnt offering. 382 16:4 He must put on a holy linen tunic, 383 linen leggings are to cover his body, 384 and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash 385 and wrap his head with a linen turban. 386 They are holy garments, so he must bathe 387 his body in water and put them on. 16:5 He must also take 388 two male goats 389 from the congregation of the Israelites for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering. 16:6 Then Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself and is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. 16:7 He must then take the two goats 390 and stand them before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, 16:8 and Aaron is to cast lots over the two goats, 391 one lot for the Lord and one lot for Azazel. 392 16:9 Aaron must then present the goat which has been designated by lot for the Lord, 393 and he is to make it a sin offering, 16:10 but the goat which has been designated by lot for Azazel is to be stood alive 394 before the Lord to make atonement on it by sending it away to Azazel into the wilderness. 395
16:11 “Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself, and he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. He is to slaughter the sin offering bull which is for himself, 16:12 and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord 396 and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, 397 and bring them inside the veil-canopy. 398 16:13 He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, 399 so that he will not die. 400 16:14 Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, 401 and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. 402
16:15 “He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, 403 and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate. 16:16 So 404 he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, 405 and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities. 16:17 Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent 406 when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.
16:18 “Then 407 he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take 408 some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar. 16:19 Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it 409 from the impurities of the Israelites.
16:20 “When he has finished purifying the holy place, 410 the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat. 16:21 Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, 411 and thus he is to put them 412 on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready. 413 16:22 The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, 414 so he is to send the goat away 415 in the wilderness.
16:23 “Aaron must then enter 416 the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there. 16:24 Then he must bathe his body in water in a holy place, put on his clothes, and go out and make his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering. So he is to make atonement 417 on behalf of himself and the people. 418
16:25 “Then he is to offer up the fat of the sin offering 419 in smoke on the altar, 16:26 and the one who sent the goat away to Azazel 420 must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp. 16:27 The bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought to make atonement in the holy place, must be brought outside the camp 421 and their hide, their flesh, and their dung must be burned up, 422 16:28 and the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.
16:29 “This is to be a perpetual statute for you. 423 In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves 424 and do no work of any kind, 425 both the native citizen and the foreigner who resides 426 in your midst, 16:30 for on this day atonement is to be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you must be clean before the Lord. 427 16:31 It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. 428 It is a perpetual statute. 429
16:32 “The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father 430 is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments, 16:33 and he is to purify 431 the Most Holy Place, 432 he is to purify the Meeting Tent and the altar, 433 and he is to make atonement for 434 the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 16:34 This is to be a perpetual statute for you 435 to make atonement for the Israelites for 436 all their sins once a year.” 437 So he did just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 438
17:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17:2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: ‘This is the word that the Lord has commanded: 17:3 “Blood guilt 439 will be accounted to any man 440 from the house of Israel 441 who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp, 442 17:4 but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent 443 to present it as 444 an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people. 445 17:5 This is so that 446 the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field 447 to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent to the priest and sacrifice them there as peace offering sacrifices to the Lord. 17:6 The priest is to splash 448 the blood on the altar 449 of the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and offer the fat up in smoke for a soothing aroma to the Lord. 17:7 So they must no longer offer 450 their sacrifices to the goat demons, 451 acting like prostitutes by going after them. 452 This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. 453
17:8 “You are to say to them: ‘Any man 454 from the house of Israel or 455 from the foreigners who reside 456 in their 457 midst, who offers 458 a burnt offering or a sacrifice 17:9 but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it 459 to the Lord – that person will be cut off from his people. 460
17:10 “‘Any man 461 from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside 462 in their 463 midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, 464 17:11 for the life of every living thing 465 is in the blood. 466 So I myself have assigned it to you 467 on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life. 468 17:12 Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, 469 and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood. 470
17:13 “‘Any man from the Israelites 471 or from the foreigners who reside 472 in their 473 midst who hunts a wild animal 474 or a bird that may be eaten 475 must pour out its blood and cover it with soil, 17:14 for the life of all flesh is its blood. 476 So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing 477 because the life of every living thing is its blood – all who eat it will be cut off. 478
17:15 “‘Any person 479 who eats an animal that has died of natural causes 480 or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner, 481 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean. 17:16 But if he does not wash his clothes 482 and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.’” 483
18:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 18:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘I am the Lord your God! 18:3 You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, 484 and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; 485 you must not 486 walk in their statutes. 18:4 You must observe my regulations 487 and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. 488 I am the Lord your God. 18:5 So you must keep 489 my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. 490 I am the Lord.
18:6 “‘No man is to approach any close relative 491 to have sexual intercourse with her. 492 I am the Lord. 493 18:7 You must not 494 expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother. 495 She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her. 18:8 You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness. 496 18:9 You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, 497 whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; 498 you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them. 499 18:10 You must not expose the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter by having sexual intercourse with them, because they are your own nakedness. 500 18:11 You must not have sexual intercourse with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have intercourse with her. 501 18:12 You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh. 502 18:13 You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh. 18:14 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not approach his wife to have sexual intercourse with her. 503 She is your aunt. 504 18:15 You must not have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have intercourse with her. 18:16 You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness. 505 18:17 You must not have sexual intercourse with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have intercourse with them. 506 They are closely related to her 507 – it is lewdness. 508 18:18 You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife 509 while she is still alive, 510 to have sexual intercourse with her.
18:19 “‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity 511 to have sexual intercourse with her. 18:20 You must not have sexual intercourse 512 with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her. 18:21 You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, 513 so that you do not profane 514 the name of your God. I am the Lord! 18:22 You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; 515 it is a detestable act. 516 18:23 You must not have sexual intercourse 517 with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it; 518 it is a perversion. 519
18:24 “‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you 520 have been defiled with all these things. 18:25 Therefore 521 the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, 522 so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants. 18:26 You yourselves must obey 523 my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst, 524 18:27 for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, 525 and the land has become unclean. 18:28 So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it 526 just as it has vomited out the nations 527 that were before you. 18:29 For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people. 528 18:30 You must obey my charge to not practice any of the abominable statutes 529 that have been done before you, so that you do not 530 defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God.’”
19:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 19:2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, 531 and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God. 19:4 Do not turn to idols, 532 and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.
19:5 “‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you. 533 19:6 It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day, 534 but what is left over until the third day must be burned up. 535 19:7 If, however, it is eaten 536 on the third day, it is spoiled, 537 it will not be accepted, 19:8 and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity 538 because he has profaned 539 what is holy to the Lord. 540 That person will be cut off from his people. 541
19:9 “‘When you gather in the harvest 542 of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, 543 and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. 19:10 You must not pick your vineyard bare, 544 and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
19:11 “‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen. 545 19:12 You must not swear falsely 546 in my name, so that you do not profane 547 the name of your God. I am the Lord. 19:13 You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. 548 You must not withhold 549 the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning. 19:14 You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. 550 You must fear 551 your God; I am the Lord.
19:15 “‘You 552 must not deal unjustly in judgment: 553 you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. 554 You must judge your fellow citizen fairly. 555 19:16 You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. 556 You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. 557 I am the Lord. 19:17 You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him. 558 19:18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge 559 against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. 560 I am the Lord. 19:19 You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, 561 you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear 562 a garment made of two different kinds of fabric. 563
19:20 “‘When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, 564 although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. 565 They must not be put to death, because she was not free. 19:21 He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, a guilt offering ram, 566 19:22 and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, 567 and he will be forgiven 568 of his sin 569 that he has committed.
19:23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, 570 you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. 571 Three years it will be forbidden to you; 572 it must not be eaten. 19:24 In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings 573 to the Lord. 19:25 Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. 574 I am the Lord your God.
19:26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. 575 You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. 576 19:27 You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. 577 19:28 You must not slash your body for a dead person 578 or incise a tattoo on yourself. 579 I am the Lord. 19:29 Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, 580 so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness. 581
19:30 “‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord. 19:31 Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits 582 to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God. 19:32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord. 19:33 When a foreigner resides 583 with you in your land, you must not oppress him. 19:34 The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so 584 you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. 19:35 You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume. 585 19:36 You must have honest balances, 586 honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. 587 I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt. 19:37 You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. 588 I am the Lord.’”
20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 20:2 “You are to say to the Israelites, ‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel 589 who gives any of his children 590 to Molech 591 must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones. 592