Jan 26 - Leviticus 11-14
Leviticus
1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,2"Say to the Israelites: 'Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:3You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.4"'There are some that only chew the cud or only have a split hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you.5The coney, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.6The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.7And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.8You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.9"'Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales.10But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales-whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water-you are to detest.11And since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you must detest their carcasses.12Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to you.13"'These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are detestable: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,14the red kite, any kind of black kite,15any kind of raven,16the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,18the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,19the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.20"'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.21There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.22Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.23But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest.24"'You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.25Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.26"'Every animal that has a split hoof not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean.27Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.28Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening. They are unclean for you.29"'Of the animals that move about on the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.31Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.32When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.33If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.34Any food that could be eaten but has water on it from such a pot is unclean, and any liquid that could be drunk from it is unclean.35Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean.36A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.37If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.38But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.39"'If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean till evening.40Anyone who eats some of the carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.41"'Every creature that moves about on the ground is detestable; it is not to be eaten.42You are not to eat any creature that moves about on the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is detestable.43Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.44I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground.45I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.46"'These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the ground.47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.'"
1The LORD said to Moses,2"Say to the Israelites: 'A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.3On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.4Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.5If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.6"'When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.7He shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. "'These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.8If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"
1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,2"When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a bright spot on his skin that may become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.3The priest is to examine the sore on his skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is an infectious skin disease. When the priest examines him, he shall pronounce him ceremonially unclean.4If the spot on his skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for seven days.5On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to keep him in isolation another seven days.6On the seventh day the priest is to examine him again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash. The man must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.7But if the rash does spread in his skin after he has shown himself to the priest to be pronounced clean, he must appear before the priest again.8The priest is to examine him, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious disease.9"When anyone has an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.10The priest is to examine him, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling,11it is a chronic skin disease and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He is not to put him in isolation, because he is already unclean.12"If the disease breaks out all over his skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot,13the priest is to examine him, and if the disease has covered his whole body, he shall pronounce that person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.14But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he will be unclean.15When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; he has an infectious disease.16Should the raw flesh change and turn white, he must go to the priest.17The priest is to examine him, and if the sores have turned white, the priest shall pronounce the infected person clean; then he will be clean.18"When someone has a boil on his skin and it heals,19and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white spot appears, he must present himself to the priest.20The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease that has broken out where the boil was.21But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to put him in isolation for seven days.22If it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is infectious.23But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.24"When someone has a burn on his skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn,25the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is an infectious disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious skin disease.26But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and if it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to put him in isolation for seven days.27On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infectious skin disease.28If, however, the spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scar from the burn.29"If a man or woman has a sore on the head or on the chin,30the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean; it is an itch, an infectious disease of the head or chin.31But if, when the priest examines this kind of sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for seven days.32On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if the itch has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be more than skin deep,33he must be shaved except for the diseased area, and the priest is to keep him in isolation another seven days.34On the seventh day the priest is to examine the itch, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.35But if the itch does spread in the skin after he is pronounced clean,36the priest is to examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.37If, however, in his judgment it is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed. He is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.38"When a man or woman has white spots on the skin,39the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; that person is clean.40"When a man has lost his hair and is bald, he is clean.41If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean.42But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on his head or forehead.43The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like an infectious skin disease,44the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.45"The person with such an infectious disease must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of his face and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'46As long as he has the infection he remains unclean. He must live alone; he must live outside the camp.47"If any clothing is contaminated with mildew-any woolen or linen clothing,48any woven or knitted material of linen or wool, any leather or anything made of leather-49and if the contamination in the clothing, or leather, or woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest.50The priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the affected article for seven days.51On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mildew has spread in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a destructive mildew; the article is unclean.52He must burn up the clothing, or the woven or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has the contamination in it, because the mildew is destructive; the article must be burned up.53"But if, when the priest examines it, the mildew has not spread in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or the leather article,54he shall order that the contaminated article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days.55After the affected article has been washed, the priest is to examine it, and if the mildew has not changed its appearance, even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it with fire, whether the mildew has affected one side or the other.56If, when the priest examines it, the mildew has faded after the article has been washed, he is to tear the contaminated part out of the clothing, or the leather, or the woven or knitted material.57But if it reappears in the clothing, or in the woven or knitted material, or in the leather article, it is spreading, and whatever has the mildew must be burned with fire.58The clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or any leather article that has been washed and is rid of the mildew, must be washed again, and it will be clean."59These are the regulations concerning contamination by mildew in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.
1The LORD said to Moses,2"These are the regulations for the diseased person at the time of his ceremonial cleansing, when he is brought to the priest:3The priest is to go outside the camp and examine him. If the person has been healed of his infectious skin disease,4the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.5Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.6He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.7Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the infectious disease and pronounce him clean. Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields.8"The person to be cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. After this he may come into the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days.9On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair; he must shave his head, his beard, his eyebrows and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.10"On the eighth day he must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil.11The priest who pronounces him clean shall present both the one to be cleansed and his offerings before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.12"Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.13He is to slaughter the lamb in the holy place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.14The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.15The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,16dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the LORD seven times.17The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.18The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed and make atonement for him before the LORD.19"Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering20and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for him, and he will be clean.21"If, however, he is poor and cannot afford these, he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, together with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,22and two doves or two young pigeons, which he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.23"On the eighth day he must bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, before the LORD.24The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering, together with the log of oil, and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.25He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.26The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,27and with his right forefinger sprinkle some of the oil from his palm seven times before the LORD.28Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering-on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.29The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.30Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, which the person can afford,31one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed."32These are the regulations for anyone who has an infectious skin disease and who cannot afford the regular offerings for his cleansing.33The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,34"When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in that land,35the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, 'I have seen something that looks like mildew in my house.'36The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house.37He is to examine the mildew on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall,38the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.39On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,40he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town.41He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town.42Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.43"If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered,44the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.45It must be torn down-its stones, timbers and all the plaster-and taken out of the town to an unclean place.46"Anyone who goes into the house while it is closed up will be unclean till evening.47Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash his clothes.48"But if the priest comes to examine it and the mildew has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.49To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.50He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.51Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.52He shall purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn.53Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean."54These are the regulations for any infectious skin disease, for an itch,55for mildew in clothing or in a house,56and for a swelling, a rash or a bright spot,57to determine when something is clean or unclean. These are the regulations for infectious skin diseases and mildew.