13:1-14:57. Leprosy.
(Alternations.)
J³ M 13:1-46. Leprosy in man.
N o 13:47-57. In a garment.
p 13:58. Cleaning of garment.
q 13:59. Law for garment.
M 14:1-32. Law of Leprosy.
N o 14:33-47. In a house.
p 14:48-53. Cleaning of house.
q 14:54-57. Law for all cases.
1490 B.C.
13)
1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2: "When a man (Heb. ’ådåm [without the article] = mankind, or human) shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or a bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague (=spot: mark too weak for person, though suited for houses -14:34: "plague" and "stroke" would be too strong in every case ) of leprosy (Heb. zår’åth, from zår'a, to strike down, a leper being one sticken of God. One of the 4 points which Christ endorses Leviticus as being written by Moses: 1. Circumcision, 12:3 [John7:22,23]; 2. Law of Leper, 14:3-32 [Matt.8:4]; 3. The showbread, 24:5-9 [Matt.12:4]; 4. Death penalty for cursing parents, 20:9 [Mark 7:10]. Leprosy is the type of what man is by nature. All the offerings relate to what man has done or not done. It has reference to the evil "in" him v.2,9, not the outcome of it. See v.45); then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:
3: And the priest shall look on the spot in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the spot is turned white, and the spot in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a spot of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and declare him unclean.
4: If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that has the spot seven days:
5: And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the spot in his sight be at a stay, and the spot spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
6: And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the spot be somewhat dark, and the spot spread not in the skin (this is the criterion here for persons, as for houses and garments, cp. v.55, and 14:44,48. This is the criterion for our judgement of the antitype ["sin"] our old nature, to which our attention is called by the Fig. "Behold"), the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
7: But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he has been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
8: And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreads in the skin, then the priest shall declare him unclean: it is a leprosy.
9: When the spot of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest;
10: And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the
rising be white in the skin (see v.30), and it have turned the hair white, and there be living raw flesh in the rising;
11: It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall declare him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. (i.e. is undoubtedly, no further proof being needed.)
12: And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin (=comes quite out, type of the sinner confessing his totality of evil - then he is clean, 1 John 1:9,10), and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that has the spot from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looks;
13: Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that has the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
14: But when (=in the day, see Gen.2:17) raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
15: And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and declare him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
16: Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed to white, he shall come to the priest;
17: And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the
spot be turned into white; then the priest shall declare him clean that has the spot: he is clean.
18: The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
19: And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be showed to the priest;
20: And if, when the priest sees it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall declare him unclean: it is a spot of leprosy broken out of the boil.
21: But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there is no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but it be faint; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
22: And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall declare him unclean: it is a spot.
23: But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall declare him clean.
24: Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the living flesh that burns have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
25: Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it is in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall declare him unclean: it is the spot of leprosy.
26: But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but it be faint; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
27: And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall declare him unclean: it is the spot of leprosy.
28: And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it is fait; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall declare him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
29: If a man or woman have a spot upon the head or the beard;
30: Then the priest shall see the spot: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow short hair (an infallible sign of leprosy. A long hair, even though "yellow", no sign. In other parts of the body the hairs would be short and white, cp. v.19); then the priest shall declare him unclean: it is a dry scab, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
31: And if the priest look on the spot of the scab, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that has the spot of the scab seven days:
32: And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the spot: and, behold, if the scab spread not, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
33: He shall be shaven, but the scab shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that has the scab seven days more:
34: And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scab: and, behold, if the scab be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall declare him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
35: But if the scab spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
36: Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
37: But if the scab be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scab is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall declare him clean.
38: If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
39: Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be faintish (or dead white; a harmless eruption or "tetter") ; it is a freckled spot that grows in the skin; he is clean.
40: And the man whose hair is falls off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
41: And he that has his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
42: And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
43: Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appears in the skin of the flesh;
44: He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall declare him utterly unclean; his spot is in his head.
45: And the leper in whom the spot is, his clothes shall be torn (see 10:6), and his head bare, and he shall put a covering (=muffler) upon his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean, unclean.' (Fig. to emphasise the condition. Leprosy is the great type of sin: and teaches that the sinner is not only lost and ruined on account of what he has done, but on account of what he is. The former needed atonement to procure judicial righteousness, but the latter requires a Divine act and cleansing to give him imputed righteousness. The former we have through Christ's atonement, the latter we have God in Christ. It is not enough to confess what we "have done" or "left undone"; there must also be the confession "there is no health in us". Cp. Isa.6:5. Job 40:4; 42:6. Ps.51:5. Luke 5:8 &c.)
46: All the days wherein the spot shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; outside the camp shall his habitation be. (See Num.5:2; 12:10-15)
47: The garment (type of habits and ways seen by others, cp. Jude 23) also that the spot of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
48: Whether it be in the warp (Anglo-Saxon wearpen, to cast or throw = the longitudinal lines in the loom, through which the shuttle passes. Heb. shattah, to drink in. So called because of its drinking in the thread thrown by the shuttle), or woof (Anglo-Saxon to weave in. Heb. ‘årab, to intermingle. Hence used of what is mingled or woven in by the shuttle); of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
49: And if the spot is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spot of leprosy, and shall be showed to the priest:
50: And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that has the spot seven days:
51: And he shall look on the spot on the seventh day: if the spot is spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the spot is a rankling leprosy (only of what is malignant; occ. only here, v.52; 14:14, and Ezek.28:24); it is unclean.
52: He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the spot is: for it is a festering leprosy; it shall be burnt (down) in the fire.
53: And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the
spot is not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
54: Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the spot is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
55: And the priest shall look on the spot, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the spot have not changed his appearance (Heb. eye, eye put for appearance), and the spot be not spread; it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it is rank inside, whether it is bare within or without.
56: And if the priest look, and, behold, the spot
is faint after the washing of it; then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
57: And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading spot: you shall burn (down) that wherein
the spot is with fire.
58: And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which you shall wash, if the spot is departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
59: This is the law of the spot of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to declare it unclean."
14:1-57. The Law of Leprosy.
14)
1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses , saying, (This was delivered to Moses alone, who was to communicate these regulations to Aaron and his sons; while the rules by which the plague was to be discerned were given to both Moses and Aaron. Thus the position of Moses as the great lawgiver was upheld and secured. See 5:14)
2: "This shall be the law of the leper (provides for his cleansing) in the day (=when) of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest: (Cp. Matt.8:2. Mark 1:40. Luke 5:12; 17:13. The leper could do nothing. He must be "brought". The priest to go forth to him v.3)
3: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the spot of leprosy be healed in the leper;
4: Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed (=him that is cleansing himself) two birds (or sparrows) alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: (Hence the ancient tradiion that the highest tree and the lowet herb give the leper purity, because pride was the cause of the spot, and humility is the necessary condition of its cure. These three were used also with the red heifer [Num.19:6]. Cp. Heb.9:19. Ps.51:7.)
5: And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: (Heb. living, i.e. not stagnant.)
6: As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
7: And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times (cp. 4:6. 2 Kings 5:10,14. #7 = spiritual perfection), and shall declare him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. (Heb. = over the face of the field.)
8: And he that is to be cleansed shall bathe his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
9: But it shall be on the seventh day (he was clean on the first day, now he enters into the enjoyment of it himself), that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water (=bathe his body. Flesh put or the body, as in Ecc.2:3. Isa.10:8. Ezek.10:12. Occ 8 times in Lev. - 14:9; 15:13,16; 16:4,24,26,28; 22:6, and is rendered in 3 different ways in the A.V. But a peculiar ritual phrase should obviously be rendered by the same English phrase. This is to be distiquished from "himself" in 14:8; 15:5,6,7,8,10,11,16,18,21,22,27; 17:15), and he shall be clean.
10: And on the eighth day (now, all the offerings are introduced, but the trespass offering comes first [v.12]. The number 8 denotes resurrection, regeneration) he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals (aprox. 1½ gal.) of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log (aprox. 2/3 of a pint) of oil.
11: And the priest that makes him clean shall present the man (=cause the man to stand, all is done for the leper, he can do nothing) that is to be made clean, and those things, before Yehovah, at the entrance of the tent of the assembly:
12: And the priest shall take one he lamb, and bring him near for a trespass offering (Heb. ’åsåm. Relates to sins of omission, while chatta relates to sins of commission = sin in general; 'Asam sin in relation to Mosaic law; sins of error arising from ignorance or negligence), and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yehovah:
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: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: (See Ex.3:5)
14: And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right 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:
15: And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
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 Yehovah:
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 cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
18: And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed (note how all the members of the body are in turn cleansed. All is forgiven. Ps.103:3. Col.1:14; 2:13. Eph.1:7): and the priest shall make an atonement for him before Yehovah. (See Ex.29:33)
19: And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
20: And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
21: And if he be poor (The Divine consideration is again shown here. Cp. 5:7,11; 12:8), and cannot get (Heb. "his hand reach not") so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
22: And two turtledoves, 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 to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, before Yehovah.
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 offering before Yehovah: (The ritual as imposing for the poor as for the rich.)
25: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right 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:
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 Yehovah:
28: And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right 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, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
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 Yehovah.
30: And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, 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 Yehovah.
32: This is the law of him in whom is the spot of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertains to his cleansing."
33-53. Leprosy In A House.
33: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, (See 5:14. The law of cleansing persons addressed to Moses alone; that about houses, &c. addressed to Aaron as well.)
34: "When you all come into the land of Canaan (here we have the first of 4 prospective laws, having no imediate bearing. See 19:23; 23:10; 25:2. Hence it is seperated from the law of lepos men and garments, in the form of an appendix), which I give to you for a possession, and I put the spot of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; (House leprosy is here presented as being supernatural. This was peculiar to Palestine and to houses of Israelites. The Targum of Jonathan renders this, "And if there be a man who builds his house with stolen goods, then I will put", &c.)
35: And he that owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'It seems to me there is as it were a spot in the house:'
36: Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the spot (This law was not benign in its intention), that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
37: And he shall look on the spot, and, behold, if the spot be in the walls of the house with sunken places, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower or deeper than the surface of the wall;
38: Then the priest shall go out of the house to the entrance of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
39: And the priest shall come again the seventh day (note the frequency of this number throughout = 7 = spiritual perfection), and shall look: and, behold, if the spot is spread in the walls of the house; (This is a bad sign in noting the presence and workings of our inward corruption)
40: Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the spot is (Of the verbs in these three verses, note that two are in the singular, viz., v.42, "he shall take", and "he shall plaister". Hence the authorities of the second temple interpreted the plural of the owners of the "party-wall", and the singular of the owner of the affected house), and they shall cast them into an unclean place outside the city:
41: And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off, outside the city into an unclean place:
42: And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
43: And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
44: Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house (the same criterion as in the case of men and garments, see v.37 and 13:6), it is a rankling 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 morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
46: Moreover he that goes into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
47: And he that lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
48: And if the priest shall (actually) come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the spot has not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the spot is healed.
49: And he shall take to cleanse (from sin) the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
50: And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
51: And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
52: And he shall cleanse (from sin) the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
53: But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
54: This is the law for all manner of spot of leprosy, and scab, (VV.54-57 are the recapitulation of the law, summing up chapters 13 & 14.)
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: To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy."
15:1-33. Issues.
(Alternation.)
J4 O 1-12. Men.
P 13-18. Their cleansing.
O 19-27. Women.
P 28-33. Their cleansing.
15)
1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2: "Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to 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 his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
4: Every bed, whereon he lies that has the issue, is unclean: and every thing (piece of furniture, vessel,or article), whereon he sits, shall be unclean.
5: And whosoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water (see 1:5), and be unclean until the evening.
6: And he that sits on any thing whereon he sat that has the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
7: And he that touches the flesh of him that has the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
8: And if he that has the issue spit upon him that is clean (a common practice among oriental nations to exress insult or contempt: Num.12:4. Deut.25:9. Job 30:10. Isa.50:6. Matt.26:67); then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
9: And what carriage soever he rides upon that has the issue shall be unclean. (Occ. only here and 1 Kings 4:26, where it is rendered "chariot", and Song 3:9. The seat in a palanquin, a litter borne by several persons. The Fem. form occurs 44 times, and is always rendered "chariot".)
10: And whosoever touches any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that bears any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
11: And whomsoever he touches that has the issue, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
12: And the vessel of earth, that he touches which has the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. (=washed or baptised. This is what is refered to in Mark 7:4.)
13: And when he that has 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 (see 14:5), and shall be clean.
14: And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before Yehovah unto the door of the tent of the assembly, and give them to the priest:
15: And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord (Yehovah) for his issue. (see Ex.29:33)
16: And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water (here with eth kol added, meaning all his body, to distinguish it from the word "flesh", which is thus probably used in this section bythe Fig. Euphemy, for private part. Cp.15:5-8,10,11,18,21,22,27, were the A.V. inserted "himself" in italics. See further note on 14:9), and be unclean until the evening.
17: And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
18: The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
19: And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
20: And every thing that she lies upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sits upon shall be unclean.
21: And whosoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
22: And whosoever touches any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
23: And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
24: And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers (=uncleaness) be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lies shall be unclean.
25: And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
26: Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her issue shall be to her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sits upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
27: And whosoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
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 to her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of the assembly.
30: And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before Yehovah for the issue of her uncleanness.
31: Thus shall you all separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile My tabernacle (=the dwelling place of Yehovah) that is among them.
32: This is the law of him that has an issue (vv.32.33 are a summary of the contents of the chapter, though the order as in other cases is varied), and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled therewith;
33: And of her that is sick of her uncleanness, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her that is unclean.' "
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