14:1 The LORD spoke to Moses saying: 14:2 “This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when¹ he is brought to the priest.² 14:3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine it.³ If the diseased infection of the diseased person has been healed,⁴ 14:4 then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric,⁵ and some twigs of hyssop⁶ be taken up⁷ for the one being cleansed.⁸ 14:5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered⁹ into a clay vessel over fresh water.¹⁰ 14:6 Then¹¹ 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 cleansed¹² from the disease, pronounce him clean,¹³ and send the live bird away over the open field.¹⁴

14:8 “The one being cleansed¹⁵ must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean.¹⁶ Then afterwards he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. 14:9 When the seventh day comes¹⁷ he must shave all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, even all his hair he must shave—and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.¹⁸

14:10 “On the eighth day he¹⁹ 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 oil,²⁰ and one log of oil,²¹ 14:11 and the priest who pronounces him clean shall stand the man who is being cleansed along with these offerings²² before the LORD at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.

14:12 “The priest is to take one male lamb²³ and present it for a guilt offering²⁴ along with the log of oil and present them as a wave offering before the LORD.²⁵ 14:13 He must then slaughter²⁶ the male lamb in the place where²⁷ the sin offering²⁸ and the burnt offering²⁹ are slaughtered,³⁰ in the holy place, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;³¹ 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,³² on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe³³ of his right foot. 14:15 The priest will then take some of the log of oil and pour it into his own left hand.³⁴ 14:16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the oil³⁵ which is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD. 14:17 The priest will then put some of the rest of the oil which is in his hand³⁶ 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 oil³⁷ which 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 offering³⁸ and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he³⁹ is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer⁴⁰ 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 he is poor and does not have sufficient means,⁴¹ 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 oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,⁴² 14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons,⁴³ which is within his means.⁴⁴ One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.⁴⁵

14:23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the doorway⁴⁶ of the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, 14:24 and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil and wave them⁴⁷ 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,⁴⁸ on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe⁴⁹ of his right foot. 14:26 The priest will then pour some of the oil into his own left hand,⁵⁰ 14:27 and sprinkle some of the oil which is in his left hand with his right forefinger⁵¹ seven times before the LORD. 14:28 Then the priest is to put some of the oil which is in his hand⁵² 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 oil which is in the hand⁵³ of the priest he is to put⁵⁴ 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 turtledoves⁵⁵ or young pigeons which is within his means⁵⁶ 14:31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering.⁵⁷ 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,⁵⁸ who does not have sufficient means for his purification.”⁵⁹

14:33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying: 14:34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give⁶⁰ to you for a possession, and I put⁶¹ a diseased infection in the house of the land of your possession, 14:35 then whoever owns the house⁶² must come and declare to the priest saying: ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’ 14:36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared⁶³ before the priest enters to examine the infection⁶⁴ so that everything in the house⁶⁵ does not become unclean,⁶⁶ and afterwards⁶⁷ the priest will enter to examine the house. 14:37 He is to examine the infection, and if⁶⁸ the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions,⁶⁹ and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall,⁷⁰ 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.⁷¹ 14:39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if⁷² the infection has spread in the walls of the house, 14:40 then the priest is to command that the stones which had the infection in them be pulled and be thrown⁷³ outside the city⁷⁴ into an unclean place. 14:41 Then he is to have the house scraped⁷⁵ all around on the inside,⁷⁶ and the plaster⁷⁷ which is scraped off⁷⁸ must be poured out outside the city⁷⁹ into an unclean place. 14:42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones,⁸⁰ 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,⁸¹ 14:44 the priest i to come and examine it, and if⁸² 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,⁸³ its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring it⁸⁴ outside the city to an unclean place. 14:46 Anyone who enters⁸⁵ the house all the days he⁸⁶ 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 enters⁸⁷ and examines it, and the⁸⁸ 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 he⁸⁹ is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop⁹⁰ to decontaminate⁹¹ the house, 14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water.⁹² 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 city⁹³ into the open field. 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,⁹⁴ 14:55 for the diseased garment,⁹⁵ for the house,⁹⁶ 14:56 for the swelling,⁹⁷ for the scab,⁹⁸ and for the bright spot,⁹⁹ 14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean.¹⁰⁰ This is the law of disease.”¹⁰¹