Instructions for Cleansing Infectious Skin Diseases

¹ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

² “This is the regulation of the person afflicted with a skin disease ⌞at the time of⌟¹ his cleansing. And he shall be brought to the priest,

1. Or “on the day of”

³ and the priest shall go ⌞outside the camp⌟,¹ and the priest shall examine him,² and ⌞if⌟³ the skin disease’s infection is healed on⁴ the afflicted person,

1. Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
2. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
3. Literally “look” or “behold”
4. Hebrew “from”

⁴ then¹ the priest shall command, and he shall take two living, clean birds and ⌞cedar wood⌟² and ⌞a crimson thread⌟³ and hyssop for the one who presents himself for cleansing.

1. Or “and”
2. Literally “wood of cedar”
3. Literally “crimson thread of the worm”

⁵ Then¹ the priest shall command someone² to slaughter one bird over fresh water in a clay vessel.

1. Or “And”
2. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

⁶ He must take the living bird and the ⌞cedar wood⌟¹ and ⌞the crimson thread⌟² and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird in the bird’s blood slaughtered over the fresh water.

1. Literally “wood of cedar”
2. Literally “the crimson thread of the worm”

⁷ And he shall spatter the blood¹ seven times on the one who presents himself for cleansing from the infectious skin disease, and he shall declare him clean, and he shall send the living bird ⌞into the open field⌟.²

1. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
2. Literally “toward the faces of the field”

⁸ Then¹ the one who presents himself for cleansing shall wash his garments, and he shall shave off all his hair, and he shall wash himself in the water; thus² he shall be clean, and afterward he shall enter the camp, but³ he shall stay ⌞outside his tent⌟⁴ for seven days.

1. Or “And”
2. Or “and”
3. Or “and”
4. Literally “from an outside place of his tent”

⁹ ⌞And then⌟¹ on the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—he must shave his head and his beard and ⌞his eyebrows⌟² and all the rest³ of his hair—and he shall wash his garments, and he shall wash his body in the water; thus⁴ he shall be clean.

1. Literally “And it shall be”
2. Literally “the rims of his eyes”
3. Implied by context
4. Or “and”

¹⁰ “And on the eighth day he must take two male lambs without defect and one ewe-lamb ⌞in its first year⌟¹ without defect and three-tenths of an ephah² of finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering and one log of oil.

1. Literally “a daughter of her year”
2. Implied by context

¹¹ And the priest who cleanses him¹ shall present the man who presents himself for cleansing and ⌞these things⌟² ⌞before⌟³ the tent of assembly’s entrance.

1. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
2. Literally “with them”
3. Literally “to the faces of”

¹² Then¹ the priest shall take the one male lamb, and he shall present it as a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and he shall wave them as a wave offering ⌞before⌟² Yahweh.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “to the faces of”

¹³ And he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering in the sanctuary’s space,¹ because as the sin offering belongs to the priest, so also the guilt offering—⌞it is a most holy thing⌟.²

1. Or “place” or “area”
2. Literally “a holiness of holinesses is it”

¹⁴ And the priest shall take ⌞some of⌟¹ the guilt offering’s blood, and the priest shall put it² on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe.

1. Literally “from”
2. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

¹⁵ And the priest shall take ⌞some of⌟¹ the log of oil, and he shall pour it² on his³ left palm;

1. Literally “from”
2. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
3. Hebrew “the priest’s”

¹⁶ and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is on his left palm, and he shall spatter ⌞some of⌟¹ the oil with his finger seven times ⌞before⌟² Yahweh.

1. Literally “from”
2. Literally “to the faces of”

¹⁷ Then¹ the priest shall put ⌞some of⌟² the remaining oil, which is on his palm, on the right ear’s lobe of the one to be cleansed and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe, on top of the guilt offering’s blood.³

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “from”
3. See v. 14

¹⁸ And the remaining oil that is on the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one who presents himself for cleansing, and the priest shall make atonement for him ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh.

1. Literally “to the faces of”

¹⁹ Thus¹ the priest shall ⌞sacrifice⌟² the sin offering, and he shall make atonement for the one who presents himself for cleansing from his uncleanness, and afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “do” or “make”

²⁰ Then¹ the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and so he shall be clean.

1. Or “And”

²¹ “But¹ if he is poor and ⌞he cannot afford⌟² it,³ then⁴ he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for himself and one-tenth of an ephah⁵ of finely milled flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “his hand is not producing”
3. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
4. Or “and”
5. Implied by context

²² and two turtledoves or two ⌞young doves⌟¹ that ⌞he can afford⌟,² and one shall be a sin offering and the ⌞other⌟³ a burnt offering.

1. Literally “sons of dove”
2. Literally “his hand can produce”
3. Literally “one”

²³ And he shall bring them to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh on the eighth day for his cleansing.

1. Literally “to the faces of”

²⁴ And the priest shall take the male lamb for the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh;

1. Literally “to the faces of”

²⁵ and he shall slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take ⌞some of⌟¹ the guilt offering’s blood, and he shall put it² on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe.

1. Literally “from”
2. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

²⁶ Then¹ the priest shall pour out ⌞some of⌟² the oil on his own³ left palm,

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “from”
3. Hebrew “the priest’s”

²⁷ and with his right finger the priest shall spatter ⌞some of⌟¹ the oil that is on his left palm seven times ⌞before⌟² Yahweh.

1. Literally “from”
2. Literally “to the faces of”

²⁸ Then¹ the priest shall put ⌞some of⌟² the oil that is on his palm on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe on the place of the guilt offering’s blood.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “from”

²⁹ And the remaining oil that is on the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one who presents himself for cleansing to make atonement for him ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh.

1. Literally “to the faces of”

³⁰ And he shall ⌞sacrifice⌟¹ one of the turtledoves or the ⌞young doves⌟² that ⌞he can afford⌟,³

1. Literally “do” or “make”
2. Literally “sons of dove”
3. Literally “his hand can produce”

³¹ even¹ what ⌞he can afford⌟,² the one as a sin offering and the ⌞other⌟³ as a burnt offering in addition to the grain offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the one who presents himself for cleansing ⌞before⌟⁴ Yahweh.

1. Implied by context
2. Literally “his hand can produce”
3. Literally “one”
4. Literally “to the faces of”

³² This is the regulation of the one on whom is an infectious skin disease who ⌞cannot afford⌟¹ the cost² for his cleansing.”

1. Literally “his hand cannot produce”
2. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

Instructions for Cleansing Houses

³³ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

1. Or “And”

³⁴ “When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am about to give to you as your possession, and I put ⌞mildew⌟¹ in a house in the land of your possession,

1. Literally “an infection of skin disease”

³⁵ then¹ the one who ⌞owns the house⌟² shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘It appears to me that an infection is in the house.’

1. Or “and”
2. Literally “the house is for him”

³⁶ And the priest shall issue a command, and they shall clear out the house before the priest comes to examine the infection, so that¹ all that is in the house might not become unclean; and ⌞afterward⌟² the priest shall go to examine the house.

1. Or “and”
2. Literally “after thus”

³⁷ And he shall examine the infection, and ⌞if⌟¹ the infection on the house’s wall has yellowish-green or reddish spots and its appearance is deeper than the surface of² the wall,

1. Literally “look” or “behold”
2. Implied by the context

³⁸ then¹ the priest shall go out from the house to the house’s entrance, and he shall confine² the house for seven days.

1. Or “and”
2. Or “close up”

³⁹ And the priest shall return on the seventh day, and he shall examine the infection,¹ and ⌞if⌟² the infection has spread on the house’s wall,

1. The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
2. Literally “look” or “behold”

⁴⁰ the priest shall issue a command and they shall remove the stones on which is the infection, and they shall throw them ⌞outside the city⌟¹ on an unclean place.