14And the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592"The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,H8451H6879H3117H2893H935H35483who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,H3548H3318H2351H4264H3548H7200H5061H6883H7495H68794he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.H3548H6680H3947H2891H8147H6833H2416H2889H730H6086H8144H8438H2315The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.H3548H6680H259H6833H7819H2789H3627H2416H43256He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.H2416H6833H3947H730H6086H8144H8438H231H2881H2416H6833H1818H6833H7819H2416H43257The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.H5137H2891H6883H7651H6471H2891H2416H6833H7971H6440H77048"The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days.H2891H3526H899H1548H8181H7364H4325H2891H310H935H4264H3427H2351H168H7651H31179On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.H7637H3117H1548H8181H7218H2206H1354H5869H8181H1548H3526H899H7364H1320H4325H289110"On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup of olive oil.H8066H3117H3947H8147H3532H8549H259H3535H1323H8141H8549H7969H6241H5560H4503H1101H8081H259H3849H808111Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.H3548H2891H5975H376H2891H6440H3068H6607H168H415012The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the LORD.H3548H3947H259H3532H7126H817H3849H8081H5130H8573H6440H306813He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.H7819H3532H4725H7819H2403H5930H6944H4725H2403H3548H817H6944H694414The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.H3548H3947H1818H817H3548H5414H8571H3233H241H2891H931H3233H3027H931H3233H727215"Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.H3548H3947H3849H8081H3332H3709H3548H804216He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD.H3548H2881H3233H676H8081H8042H3709H5137H8081H676H7651H6471H6440H306817The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.H3499H8081H3709H3548H5414H8571H3233H241H2891H931H3233H3027H931H3233H7272H1818H81718The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.H3498H8081H3548H3709H5414H7218H2891H3548H3722H6440H306819"Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offeringH3548H6213H2403H3722H2891H2932H310H7819H593020and offer it on the altar along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person who was healed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.H3548H5927H5930H4503H4196H3548H3722H289121"But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil.H1800H3027H5381H3947H259H3532H817H8573H3722H259H6241H5560H1101H8081H4503H3849H808122The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.H8147H8449H8147H1121H3123H3027H5381H259H2403H259H593023On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD's presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.H935H8066H3117H2893H3548H6607H168H4150H6440H306824The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the LORD.H3548H3947H3532H817H3849H8081H3548H5130H8573H6440H306825Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.H7819H3532H817H3548H3947H1818H817H5414H8571H3233H241H2891H931H3233H3027H931H3233H727226"The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.H3548H3332H8081H3709H3548H804227He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD.H3548H5137H3233H676H8081H8042H3709H7651H6471H6440H306828The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.H3548H5414H8081H3709H8571H3233H241H2891H931H3233H3027H931H3233H7272H4725H1818H81729The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.H3498H8081H3548H3709H5414H7218H2891H3722H6440H306830"Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford.H6213H259H8449H1121H3123H834H3027H538131One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.H3027H5381H259H2403H259H5930H4503H3548H3722H2891H6440H306832These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification."H8451H5061H6883H3027H5381H2893
Treatment of Contaminated Houses
33Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H55934"When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.H935H776H3667H5414H272H5414H5061H6883H1004H776H27235The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, 'It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.'H1004H935H5046H3548H559H7200H5061H100436Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.H3548H6680H6437H1004H3548H935H7200H5061H1004H2930H310H3548H935H7200H100437Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall's surface,H7200H5061H5061H7023H1004H8258H3422H125H4758H8217H4480H702338the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days.H3548H3318H1004H6607H1004H5462H1004H7651H311739On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,H3548H7725H7637H3117H7200H5061H6581H7023H100440the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean.H3548H6680H2502H68H2004H5061H7993H853H2931H4725H2351H589241Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.H1004H7106H1004H5439H8210H6083H7096H2351H5892H2931H472542Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered.H3947H312H68H935H8478H68H3947H312H6083H2902H100443"But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,H5061H7725H6524H1004H310H2502H68H310H7096H1004H310H290244the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled.H3548H935H7200H5061H6581H1004H3992H6883H1004H293145It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.H5422H1004H68H6086H6083H1004H3318H2351H5892H2931H472546Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening,H935H1004H3117H5462H2930H615347and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.H7901H1004H3526H899H398H1004H3526H89948"But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone.H3548H935H935H7200H5061H6581H1004H310H1004H2902H3548H1004H2891H5061H749549To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.H3947H2398H1004H8147H6833H730H6086H8144H8438H23150He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.H7819H259H6833H2789H3627H2416H432551He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.H3947H730H6086H231H8144H8438H2416H6833H2881H1818H7819H6833H2416H4325H5137H1004H7651H647152When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,H2398H1004H1818H6833H2416H4325H2416H6833H730H6086H231H8144H843853he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.H7971H2416H6833H2351H5892H6440H7704H3722H1004H289154"These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, including scabby sores;H8451H5061H6883H542455and mildew, whether on clothing or in a house;H6883H899H100456and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin.H7613H5597H93457This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean. "These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew."H3384H3117H2931H3117H2889H8451H6883
Leviticus 15
Bodily Discharges
15The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H5592"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. "Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.H1696H1121H3478H559H376H376H2100H1320H2101H29313This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.H2932H2101H1320H7325H2101H1320H2856H2101H29324Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.H4904H7901H2100H2930H3627H3427H29305So if you touch the man's bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H376H5060H4904H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H61536If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H3427H3627H3427H2100H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H61537If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H5060H1320H2100H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H61538If the man spits on you, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H2100H7556H2889H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H61539Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.H4817H7392H2100H293010If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H5060H2930H6153H5375H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H615311If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H5060H2100H7857H3027H4325H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H615312Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.H3627H2789H5060H2100H7665H3627H6086H7857H432513"When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.H2100H2891H2101H5608H7651H3117H2893H3526H899H7364H1320H2416H4325H289114On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle and give his offerings to the priest.H8066H3117H3947H8147H8449H8147H1121H3123H935H6440H3068H6607H168H4150H5414H354815The priest will offer one bird for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the man before the LORD for his discharge.H3548H6213H259H2403H259H5930H3548H3722H6440H3068H210116"Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening.H376H2233H7902H3318H7364H1320H4325H2930H615317Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening.H899H5785H2233H7902H3526H4325H2930H615318After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.H802H376H7901H2233H7902H7364H4325H2930H615319"Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.H802H2100H2101H1320H1818H5079H7651H3117H5060H2930H615320Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.H7901H5079H2930H3427H293021If any of you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H5060H4904H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H615322If you touch any object she has sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H5060H3627H3427H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H615323This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.H4904H3627H3427H5060H2930H615324If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.H376H7901H7901H5079H2930H7651H3117H4904H7901H293025"If a woman has a flow of blood for many days that is unrelated to her menstrual period, or if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she is ceremonially unclean. As during her menstrual period, the woman will be unclean as long as the discharge continues.H802H2100H2101H1818H7227H3117H3808H6256H5079H2100H5921H5079H3117H2101H2932H3117H5079H293126Any bed she lies on and any object she sits on during that time will be unclean, just as during her normal menstrual period.H4904H7901H3117H2101H4904H5079H3627H3427H2931H2932H507927If any of you touch these things, you will be ceremonially unclean. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.H5060H2930H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H615328"When the woman's bleeding stops, she must count off seven days. Then she will be ceremonially clean.H2891H2101H5608H7651H3117H310H289129On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.H8066H3117H3947H8147H8449H8147H1121H3123H935H3548H6607H168H415030The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify her before the LORD for the ceremonial impurity caused by her bleeding.H3548H6213H259H2403H259H5930H3548H3722H6440H3068H2101H293231"This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.H5144H1121H3478H2932H4191H2932H2930H4908H843232These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semenH8451H2100H2233H7902H3318H293033or a woman during her menstrual period. It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean."H1739H5079H2100H2101H2145H5347H376H7901H2931
Psalms 34
34[A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.] I will praise the LORD at all times. I will constantly speak his praises.H1732H8138H2940H6440H40H1644H3212H1288H3068H6256H8416H8548H63102I will boast only in the LORD; let all who are helpless take heart.H5315H1984H3068H6035H8085H80553Come, let us tell of the LORD's greatness; let us exalt his name together.H1431H3068H7311H8034H31624I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.H1875H3068H6030H5337H40355Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.H5027H5102H6440H26596In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened; he saved me from all my troubles.H6041H7121H3068H8085H3467H68697For the angel of the LORD is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him.H4397H3068H2583H5439H3373H25028Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!H2938H7200H3068H2896H835H1397H26209Fear the LORD, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need.H3372H3068H6918H4270H337310Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.H3715H7326H7456H1875H3068H2637H289611Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the LORD.H3212H1121H8085H3925H3374H306812Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous?H376H2655H2416H157H3117H7200H289613Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!H5341H3956H7451H8193H1696H482014Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.H5493H7451H6213H2896H1245H7965H729115The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help.H5869H3068H6662H241H777516But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.H6440H3068H6213H7451H3772H2143H77617The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.H6817H3068H8085H5337H686918The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.H3068H7138H7665H3820H3467H1793H730719The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.H7227H7451H6662H3068H533720For the LORD protects the bones of the righteous; not one of them is broken!H8104H6106H259H2007H766521Calamity will surely overtake the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.H7451H4191H7563H8130H6662H81622But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.H3068H6299H5315H5650H2620H816
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. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,H8451
