Leviticus 11-13 - Prayer Tents

Leviticus 11

Ceremonially Clean and Unclean Animals

11Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H5592"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. "Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.H1696H1121H3478H559H2063H2416H398H929H7763You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.H6536H6541H8156H8157H5927H1625H929H3984You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.H389H398H5927H1625H6536H6541H1581H5927H1625H6536H6541H29315The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.H8227H5927H1625H6536H6541H29316The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.H768H5927H1625H6536H6541H29317The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.H2386H6536H6541H8156H8157H1641H1625H29318You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.H1320H398H5038H5060H29319"Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.H398H4325H5579H7193H4325H3220H5158H39810But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.H5579H7193H3220H5158H8318H4325H2416H5315H4325H826311They will always be detestable to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.H8263H398H1320H5038H826212Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.H5579H7193H4325H826313"These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,H8262H4480H5775H398H8263H5404H6538H582214the kite, falcons of all kinds,H1676H344H432715ravens of all kinds,H6158H432716the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,H1323H3284H8464H7828H5322H432717the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,H3563H7994H324418the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture,H8580H6893H736019the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.H2624H601H4327H1744H584720"You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.H5775H8318H1980H702H826321You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.H398H5775H8318H1980H702H3767H4605H7272H5425H2004H77622The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.H398H697H4327H5556H4327H2728H4327H2284H432723All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.H5775H8318H702H7272H826324"The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening.H2930H5060H5038H2930H615325If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H615326"Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.H929H6536H6541H8157H8156H5927H1625H2931H5060H293027Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.H3605H1992H1980H3709H2416H1980H702H2931H5060H5038H2930H615328If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H293129"Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds,H2931H8318H8317H776H2467H5909H6632H432730the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.H604H3581H3911H2546H858031All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.H2931H8318H5060H4194H2930H615332If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.H4194H5307H2930H3627H6086H899H5785H8242H3627H4399H6213H935H4325H2930H6153H289133"If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.H2789H3627H5307H8432H2930H766534If the water from such a container spills on any food, the food will be defiled. And any beverage in such a container will be defiled.H400H398H4325H935H2930H4945H8354H3627H293035Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.H5038H5307H2930H8574H3600H5422H2931H293136"However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled.H4599H953H4723H4325H2889H5060H5038H293037If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean.H5038H5307H2221H2233H2232H288938But if the seed is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will be defiled.H4325H5414H2233H5038H5307H293139"If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.H929H402H4191H5060H5038H2930H615340If you eat any of its meat or carry away its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.H398H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H615341"All small animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.H8318H8317H776H8263H39842This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.H1980H1512H1980H702H7235H7272H8318H8317H776H398H826343Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them.H8262H5315H8262H8318H8317H2933H293044For I am the LORD your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.H3068H430H6942H6918H6918H2930H5315H8318H7430H77645For I, the LORD, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.H3068H5927H776H4714H430H6918H691846"These are the instructions regarding land animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals that scurry along the ground.H8451H929H5775H2416H5315H7430H4325H5315H8317H77647By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten."H914H2931H2889H2416H398H2416H398

Leviticus 12

Purification after Childbirth

12The LORD said to Moses, "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.H3068H1696H4872H559 2If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period.H1696H1121H3478H559H802H2232H3205H2145H2930H7651H3117H3117H5079H1738H2930 3On the eighth day the boy's foreskin must be circumcised.H8066H3117H1320H6190H4135 4After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over.H3427H1818H2893H7969H7970H3117H5060H6944H935H4720H3117H3117H2892H4390 5If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.H3205H5347H2930H7620H5079H3427H1818H2893H8346H8337H3117 6"When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.H3117H2892H4390H1121H1323H935H3532H1121H8141H5930H1121H3123H8449H2403H6607H168H4150H3548 7The priest will then present them to the LORD to purify her. Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions for a woman after the birth of a son or a daughter.H7126H6440H3068H3722H2891H4726H1818H8451H3205H2145H5347 8"If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean."H4672H1767H3027H7716H3947H8147H8449H1121H3123H259H5930H259H2403H3548H3722H2891

Leviticus 13

Serious Skin Diseases

13The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H5592"If anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin that might develop into a serious skin disease, that person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.H120H5785H1320H7613H5597H934H5785H1320H5061H6883H935H175H3548H259H1121H35483The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.H3548H7200H5061H5785H1320H8181H5061H2015H3836H5061H4758H6013H5785H1320H5061H6883H3548H7200H29304"But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.H934H3836H5785H1320H4758H6013H5785H8181H2015H3836H3548H5462H5061H7651H31175On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has not changed and the problem has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days.H3548H7200H7637H3117H5061H5869H5975H5061H6581H5785H3548H5462H7651H3117H81456On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person's clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.H3548H7200H8145H7637H3117H5061H3544H5061H6581H5785H3548H2891H4556H3526H899H28917But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.H4556H6581H6581H5785H310H7200H3548H2893H7200H3548H81458If the priest finds that the rash has spread, he must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is indeed a skin disease.H3548H7200H4556H6581H5785H3548H2930H68839"Anyone who develops a serious skin disease must go to the priest for an examination.H5061H6883H120H935H354810If the priest finds a white swelling on the skin, and some hair on the spot has turned white, and there is an open sore in the affected area,H3548H7200H7613H3836H5785H2015H8181H3836H4241H2416H1320H761311it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease.H3462H6883H5785H1320H3548H2930H5462H293112"Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person's skin, covering the body from head to foot.H6883H6524H6524H5785H6883H3680H5785H5061H7218H7272H3548H4758H586913When the priest examines the infected person and finds that the disease covers the entire body, he will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. Since the skin has turned completely white, the person is clean.H3548H7200H6883H3680H1320H2891H5061H2015H3836H288914But if any open sores appear, the infected person will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.H3117H2416H1320H7200H293015The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease.H3548H7200H2416H1320H2930H2416H1320H2931H688316However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priestH2416H1320H7725H2015H3836H935H354817for another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring, 'You are clean!'H3548H7200H5061H2015H3836H3548H2891H5061H288918"If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,H1320H3588H5785H7822H749519but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.H4725H7822H3836H7613H934H3836H125H7200H354820If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease.H3548H7200H4758H8217H5785H8181H2015H3836H3548H2930H5061H6883H6524H782221But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.H3548H7200H3836H8181H8217H5785H3544H3548H5462H7651H311722If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a serious disease.H6581H6581H5785H3548H2930H506123But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean.H934H5975H6581H6867H7822H3548H289124"If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,H1320H5785H784H4348H4241H4348H3836H934H125H383625the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.H3548H7200H8181H934H2015H3836H4758H6013H5785H6883H6524H4348H3548H2930H5061H688326But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days.H3548H7200H3836H8181H934H8217H5785H3544H3548H5462H7651H311727On the seventh day the priest must examine the person again. If the affected area has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.H3548H7200H7637H3117H6581H6581H5785H3548H2930H5061H688328But if the affected area has not changed or spread on the skin and has faded, it is simply a swelling from the burn. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.H934H934H5975H6581H5785H3544H7613H4348H3548H2891H6867H434829"If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin,H376H802H5061H7218H220630the priest must examine it. If he finds it is more than skin-deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.H3548H7200H5061H4758H6013H5785H6669H1851H8181H3548H2930H5424H6883H7218H220631If the priest examines the scabby sore and finds that it is only skin-deep but there is no black hair on it, he must quarantine the person for seven days.H3548H7200H5061H5424H4758H6013H5785H7838H8181H3548H5462H5061H5424H7651H311732On the seventh day the priest must examine the sore again. If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread, and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin-deep,H7637H3117H3548H7200H5061H5424H6581H6669H8181H5424H4758H6013H578533the person must shave off all hair except the hair on the affected area. Then the priest must quarantine the person for another seven days.H1548H5424H1548H3548H5462H5424H7651H3117H814534On the seventh day he will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin-deep, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. The person's clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.H7637H3117H3548H7200H5424H5424H6581H5785H4758H6013H5785H3548H2891H3526H899H289135But if the scabby sore begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean,H5424H6581H6581H5785H310H289336the priest must do another examination. If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean.H3548H7200H5424H6581H5785H3548H1239H6669H8181H293137But if the color of the scabby sore does not change and black hair has grown on it, it has healed. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean.H5424H5869H5975H7838H8181H6779H5424H7495H2889H3548H289138"If anyone, either a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin,H376H802H5785H1320H934H3836H93439the priest must examine the affected area. If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean.H3548H7200H934H5785H1320H3544H3836H933H6524H5785H288940"If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.H376H3588H4803H7218H7142H288941And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean.H4803H6285H7218H6440H1371H288942However, if a reddish white sore appears on the bald area at the top or back of his head, this is a skin disease.H7146H1372H3836H125H5061H6883H6524H7146H137243The priest must examine him, and if he finds swelling around the reddish white sore anywhere on the man's head and it looks like a skin disease,H3548H7200H7613H5061H3836H125H7146H1372H6883H4758H5785H132044the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.H6879H376H2931H3548H2930H2930H5061H721845"Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'H6879H5061H899H6533H7218H6544H5844H8222H7121H2931H293146As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.H3117H5061H2930H2931H3427H910H2351H4264H4186

Treatment of Contaminated Clothing

47"Now suppose mildew contaminates some woolen or linen clothing,H899H5061H6883H6785H899H6593H89948woolen or linen fabric, the hide of an animal, or anything made of leather.H8359H6154H6593H6785H5785H4399H578549If the contaminated area in the clothing, the animal hide, the fabric, or the leather article has turned greenish or reddish, it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.H5061H3422H125H899H5785H176H8359H6154H3627H5785H5061H6883H7200H354850After examining the affected spot, the priest will put the article in quarantine for seven days.H3548H7200H5061H5462H5061H7651H311751On the seventh day the priest must inspect it again. If the contaminated area has spread, the clothing or fabric or leather is clearly contaminated by a serious mildew and is ceremonially unclean.H7200H5061H7637H3117H5061H6581H899H8359H6154H5785H4399H6213H5785H5061H3992H6883H293152The priest must burn the item—the clothing, the woolen or linen fabric, or piece of leather—for it has been contaminated by a serious mildew. It must be completely destroyed by fire.H8313H899H8359H6154H6785H6593H3627H5785H5061H3992H6883H8313H78453"But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has not spread in the clothing, the fabric, or the leather,H3548H7200H5061H6581H899H176H8359H176H6154H176H3627H578554the priest will order the object to be washed and then quarantined for seven more days.H3548H6680H3526H5061H5462H7651H3117H814555Then the priest must examine the object again. If he finds that the contaminated area has not changed color after being washed, even if it did not spread, the object is defiled. It must be completely burned up, whether the contaminated spot is on the inside or outside.H3548H7200H5061H310H3526H5061H2015H5869H5061H6581H2931H8313H784H6356H7146H137256But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has faded after being washed, he must cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.H3548H7200H5061H3544H310H3526H7167H899H5785H8359H615457If the spot later reappears on the clothing, the fabric, or the leather article, the mildew is clearly spreading, and the contaminated object must be burned up.H7200H5750H899H8359H6154H3627H5785H6524H8313H5061H78458But if the spot disappears from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather article after it has been washed, it must be washed again; then it will be ceremonially clean.H899H8359H6154H3627H5785H3526H5061H5493H3526H8145H289159"These are the instructions for dealing with mildew that contaminates woolen or linen clothing or fabric or anything made of leather. This is how the priest will determine whether these items are ceremonially clean or unclean."H8451H5061H6883H899H6785H6593H8359H6154H3627H5785H2891H2930