1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: 3And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; 4Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:14.4 birds: or, sparrows 5And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 6As 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: 7And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.14.7 into…: Heb. upon the face of the field 8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash 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. 9But it shall be on the seventh day, 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, and he shall be clean.
10And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.14.10 of the…: Heb. the daughter of her year 11And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 12And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 13And 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: 14And 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: 15And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 16And 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 the LORD: 17And 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: 18And 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: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. 19And 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: 20And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
21And if he be poor, and cannot get 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;14.21 cannot…: Heb. his hand reach not14.21 to be…: Heb. for a waving 22And 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. 23And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. 24And 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 the LORD: 25And 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: 26And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: 27And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: 28And 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: 29And 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 the LORD. 30And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; 31Even 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 the LORD. 32This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
33¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; 35And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house: 36Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:14.36 empty: or, prepare 37And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; 38Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: 39And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; 40Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 41And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: 42And 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. 43And 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; 44Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45And 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. 46Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. 47And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 48And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.14.48 shall come…: Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc 49And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 50And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 51And 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: 52And he shall cleanse 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: 53But 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.
54This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 56And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.14.57 when it is unclean…: Heb. in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean
Regler for renselse efter en smitsom sygdom
1-2Herren gav derefter Moses følgende anvisninger for, hvordan urene personer kan blive erklæret rene igen:
3„Præsten skal gå uden for lejren for at undersøge dem, som er erklæret urene. Hvis præsten kan se, at sygdommen er forsvundet, 4skal han bede om to levende fugle af den slags, der må spises, noget cedertræ, en purpurrød snor og isopgrene. Tingene skal bruges i renselsesceremonien for dem, som er blevet helbredt. 5Præsten skal beordre den ene af fuglene slagtet over et lerkar med frisk kildevand. 6Den anden fugl, som stadig er i live, skal sammen med cedertræet, den purpurrøde snor og isopgrenen dyppes i det opsamlede blod. 7Så skal præsten syv gange stænke blod over dem, som er blevet helbredt, og erklære dem for raske, idet han slipper den levende fugl løs.
8Derefter skal de, som er blevet helbredt, vaske deres tøj, barbere håret af og bade, hvorefter de kan vende tilbage til lejren, men de skal holde sig uden for deres families telt i syv dage. 9På den syvende dag skal de igen barbere håret af og også øjenbrynene, samt skægget for mændenes vedkommende, og de skal bade og vaske deres tøj igen, før de endelig kan erklæres for fuldkommen helbredt for deres sygdom.
10Næste dag, altså på den ottende dag, skal de hver tage to vædderlam uden fysiske skavanker, et etårs gimmerlam, også uden fysiske skavanker, seks liter fint mel rørt op i olivenolie og en tredjedel liter olivenolie. 11Så skal præsten, som har foretaget undersøgelsen, bringe de helbredte og deres offergaver frem for Herren ved indgangen til åbenbaringsteltet. 12Han skal tage det ene af vædderlammene, det, der skal bruges til skyldoffer, sammen med olivenolien og svinge det foran alteret. 13Så skal han slagte lammet på det indviede sted, hvor syndoffer- og brændofferdyrene slagtes, og kødet fra dette skyldoffer tilfalder præsten, så han kan spise det. Det er jo indviet til Herren. 14Derefter skal han tage noget af blodet fra skyldofferet og smøre det på de helbredtes højre øreflip, højre tommelfinger og højre storetå. 15Så skal han hælde noget af olivenolien i sin venstre hånd, 16dyppe sin højre finger i det og stænke det syv gange foran Herren, 17og dernæst smøre noget af olien på de helbredtes højre øreflip, tommelfinger og storetå oven på skyldofferdyrets blod. 18Når det er gjort, skal han hælde resten af olien i sin hånd over deres hoved. På den måde skal han skaffe dem soning hos Herren.
19Derefter skal præsten ofre gimmerlammet som syndoffer og udføre forsoningsritualet på de helbredtes vegne. Til sidst skal han bringe det andet vædderlam som brændoffer 20og ofre det på alteret sammen med afgrødeofferet, så han skaffer dem soning. Da kan de endelig erklæres for rene.
21Hvis de pågældende imidlertid er fattige og ikke har råd til tre lam, kan de nøjes med at bringe et enkelt vædderlam som skyldoffer. Lammet skal svinges foran Herrens alter som soning for dem. Som afgrødeoffer kan de nøjes med at ofre tre liter fint mel rørt op i olivenolie samt en tredjedel liter olivenolie.
22De skal så i stedet bringe to turtelduer eller to unge duer, afhængigt af hvad de har råd til. Den ene due skal bruges som syndoffer og den anden som brændoffer. 23På den ottende dag, efter at de er erklæret rene, skal de bringe dyrene til præsten ved indgangen til åbenbaringsteltet. 24Han skal så tage lammet og svinge det foran Herrens alter sammen med olivenolien, 25hvorpå han skal slagte lammet og bringe det som skyldoffer og smøre noget af blodet på de helbredtes højre øreflip, tommelfinger og storetå.
26Præsten skal nu hælde olivenolie i sin venstre hånd, 27dyppe sin højre finger i det og stænke det syv gange på Herrens alter. 28Derefter skal han smøre noget af den tiloversblevne olivenolie på deres højre øreflip, tommelfinger og storetå oven på skyldofferdyrets blod. 29Den resterende olie i hans hånd skal han hælde ud over hovedet på dem, på hvis vegne renselsesceremonien udføres, og derved skaffe soning for dem hos Herren.
30Derpå skal han ofre de to turtelduer eller de to unge duer, hvad nu de helbredte kom med. 31Den ene af duerne skal bruges til syndoffer og den anden til brændoffer sammen med afgrødeofferet. På den måde skal præsten skaffe dem soning hos Herren.”
32Disse regler gælder for dem, som ikke er i stand til at bringe de ofre, der normalt kræves i forbindelse med renselsesceremonien.
33Derefter sagde Herren til Moses og Aron: 34„Når I ankommer til Kana’ans land, som jeg har givet jer lovning på, kan det ske, at der kommer mug eller svamp i et hus. 35I så fald skal husets ejer henvende sig til præsten og ikke lægge skjul på sin mistanke om, at der er noget smitsomt i hans hus. 36Så skal præsten beordre huset ryddet, før han går i gang med at undersøge det, så ikke hele indboet bliver urent. 37Hvis han i husets vægge opdager grønlige eller rødlige pletter, der går dybere end selve overfladen, 38skal han afspærre huset i syv dage 39og derefter komme og inspicere det igen. Viser det sig nu, at pletterne på væggen har bredt sig, 40skal præsten beordre den del af væggen fjernet og materialerne anbragt på en dertil indrettet losseplads uden for byen. 41Derefter skal han sørge for, at husets indervægge bliver skrabet grundigt, og at al det afskrabede materiale bliver smidt på lossepladsen uden for byen. 42Så skal der sættes nye sten ind i stedet for de gamle, og væggen skal pudses med ny mørtel.
43Hvis pletterne nu viser sig igen, 44skal præsten komme tilbage og undersøge huset på ny. Hvis han ser, at pletterne har bredt sig, er der tale om noget smitsomt, og huset er urent. 45Derfor skal han beordre huset revet ned, og han skal sørge for, at både sten, tømmer og puds bliver fjernet og smidt på lossepladsen.
46Enhver, der overtræder forbudet om at gå ind i det afspærrede hus, skal regnes for uren indtil aften, 47og enhver, som sover eller spiser i huset, skal vaske sit tøj bagefter.
48Men hvis præsten ved den næste undersøgelse kan se, at der ikke er nye pletter, skal han foretage den ceremonielle renselse, for huset er nu uden for smittefare. 49Renselsen foregår ved, at han tager to fugle, et stykke cedertræ, en purpurrød snor og en isopgren. 50Den ene fugl skal han slagte over et lerkar med frisk kildevand 51-52og derefter dyppe cedertræet, isopgrenen, den purpurrøde snor og den levende fugl i det opsamlede blod. Så skal han bestænke huset syv gange, for at huset kan blive renset, 53og lade den levende fugl slippe fri uden for byen. Det er den fremgangsmåde, som må følges, når et hus er urent, og der skal skaffes soning for det, så det kan blive renset.”
54Det var reglerne for, hvordan man kan fastslå angreb af smitsomme sygdomme 55på tøj og i huse 56og i forbindelse med pletter på huden, udslæt og sår. 57Ved at følge de her regler, kan I afgøre, om der er tale om angreb af en smitsom sygdom eller ej. Derfor blev denne lov givet.
