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

34 When ye be come into the land of scarlet, and hyssop: Canaan, which I give to you for a posses- 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds sion, 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:

37 And he shall look on the plague, 53 But he shall let go the living bird 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;

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

41 And be shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

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,

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

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

Ato Aaron, saying,

ND the LORD spake unto Moses and

2 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 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 is be shall take other mortar, and shall plas-sue, it is his uncleanness.

ter the house. 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.

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.

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

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.

47 And he that lieth in the house shall 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon wash his clothes: and he that eateth in the that hath the issue, shall be unclean. house shall wash his clothes. 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing 48 And if the priest shall come in, that was under bin, shall be unclean until and look upon it, and behold, the plague the even: and be 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.

himself in water, and be unclean until the bed of her separation and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the

even.

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.

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 docr 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.

14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtie-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 31 Thus shall ye separate the children tion, and give them unto the priest : of Israel from their uncleanness: that they 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one die not in their uncleanness, when they for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-defile my tabernacle that is among them. offering; and the priest shall make an atone- 32 This is the law of him that hath an ment for him before the LORD for his issue. issue, and of him whose seed goeth from 16 And if any man's seed of copulation him, and is defiled therewith; go out from him, then he shall wash all his 33 And of her that is sick of her flowHesh in water, and be unclean until the even. ers, and of him that hath an issue, of the 17 And every garment, and every skin man,and of the woman, and of him that whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be lieth with her that is unclean. washed with water, and be unclean until

the even.

CHAP. XVI.

AND the LORD spake 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.

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 her shall 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,

23 And if it be on her bed, or on any and so put them on. thing whereon she sitteth, when he touch- 5 And he shall take of the congregation eth it he shall be unclean until the even.of the children of Israel two kids of the 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean burnt-offering.

seven days: and all the bed whereon he 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of lieth shall be unclean. 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 of her of the tabernacle of the congregation. separation; she shall be unclean. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the days of her issue shall be unto her as the other lot for the scape-goat.

The scape-gout.

CHAP. XVI.

The feast of expiation. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon the goat, and shall send him away by the which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a sin-offering. 22 And the goat shall bear upon him 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 scape- 23 And Aaron shall come into the tagoat into the wilderness. bernacle 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 and shall make an atonement for himself, shall leave them there : and for his house, and shall kill the bul- 24 And he shall wash his flesh with walock 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 13 And he shall put the incense upon he burn upon the altar. the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of 26 And he that let go the goat for the the incense may cover the mercy-seat that scape-goat shall wash his clothes, and is upon the testimony, that he die not. bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat eastward: and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

27 And the bullock for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth 15 Then shall he kill the goat of the without the camp; and they shall burn in sin-offering that is for the people, and bring the fire their skins, and their flesh, and his blood within the vail, and do with that their dung.

blood as he did with the blood of the bul- 28 And he that burneth them shall wash lock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and before the mercy-seat: and afterward he shall come into the camp.

16 And he shall make an atonement for 29 T And this shall be a statute 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 17 And there shall be no man in the ta- an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that bernacle of the congregation when he go-ye may be clean from all your sins before eth in to make an atonement in the holy the LORD. place, until he come out, and have made an 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, atonement for himself, and for his house- and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute hold, and for all the congregation of Israel. for ever. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar 32 And the priest whom he shall anoint, 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 the goat, and put it upon the horns of the the linen clothes, even the holy garments: altar round about. 33 shall make an atonement for

19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood the holy s ctuary, and he shall make an upon it with his finger seven times, and atoneme for the tabernacle of the concleanse it, and hallow it from the unclean-gregation, and for the altar: and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and

ness of the children of Israel.

20 T And when he hath made an end for all the people of the congregation. of reconciling the holy place, and the ta- 34 And this shall be an everlasting stabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, tute unto you, to make an atonement for he shall bring the five goat:

the children of Israel for all their sins once

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 Israel, and all their transgressions in all

their sins, putting them upon the head of

ing

CHAP. XVII.

the LORD spake unto Moses, sav

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