Cleansing From Defiling Skin Diseases
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest: 3The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,14:3 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 7, 32, 54 and 57. 4the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the person 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 defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.
8“The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair and bathe with water; then they will be ceremonially clean. After this they may come into the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days. 9On the seventh day they must shave off all their hair; they must shave their head, their beard, their eyebrows and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe themselves with water, and they will be clean.
10“On the eighth day they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah14:10 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, and one log14:10 That is, about 1/3 quart or about 0.3 liter; also in verses 12, 15, 21 and 24 of oil. 11The priest who pronounces them clean shall present both the one to be cleansed and their 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 sanctuary area where the sin offering14:13 Or purification offering; also in verses 19, 22 and 31 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 their right hand and on the big toe of their 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 their right hand and on the big toe of their 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 them before the Lord.
19“Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from their uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering 20and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for them, and they will be clean.
21“If, however, they are poor and cannot afford these, they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22and two doves or two young pigeons, such as they can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
23“On the eighth day they must bring them for their 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 their right hand and on the big toe of their 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 their right hand and on the big toe of their 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 them before the Lord. 30Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, such as 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 a defiling skin disease and who cannot afford the regular offerings for their cleansing.
Cleansing From Defiling Molds
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 mold in a house in that land, 35the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like a defiling mold in my house.’ 36The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mold, 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 mold 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 mold 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 defiling mold 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 mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; 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 their clothes.
48“But if the priest comes to examine it and the mold has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the defiling mold 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 defiling skin disease, for a sore, 55for defiling molds in fabric or in a house, 56and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot, 57to determine when something is clean or unclean.
These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.
麻风病患者的洁净条例
1耶和华对摩西说： 2“以下是有关麻风病患者的洁净条例。
“麻风病患者痊愈后，要被带到祭司那里。 3祭司要到营外去检查，如果发现他的病已痊愈， 4要吩咐人为他拿来两只洁净的活鸟、香柏木、朱红色线和牛膝草。 5祭司要吩咐人在一个盛清水的陶器上宰杀一只鸟， 6然后祭司要把另一只鸟，连同香柏木、朱红色线和牛膝草一起蘸在掺了清水的鸟血里。 7祭司要用鸟血在他身上洒七次，宣布他是洁净的，然后放走那只活鸟，让它飞向田野。 8他要洗净衣服，剃去所有毛发，沐浴之后便洁净了，可以回到营内，但要住在自己的帐篷外七天。 9第七天，他要再次剃掉头发、胡须和眉毛等各处毛发，并洗衣、沐浴，之后便洁净了。
10“第八天，他要带来两只毫无残疾的公羊羔、一只毫无残疾的一岁母羊羔、三公斤作素祭的调油的细面粉和一杯油。 11主持洁净礼的祭司要把他及其祭物带到会幕门口、耶和华面前， 12并献上一只公羊羔和一杯油作赎过祭，作为摇祭在耶和华面前摇一摇。 13他要在杀赎罪祭牲和燔祭牲的圣洁之处宰公羊羔。赎过祭的祭物要归祭司，像赎罪祭一样，这是至圣之物。 14祭司要拿一些赎过祭祭牲的血抹在求洁净者的右耳垂、右手大拇指和右脚大脚趾上。 15祭司要拿那杯油，倒一些在自己左手掌中， 16用右手手指蘸左手掌里的油，在耶和华面前弹洒七次， 17然后用手掌中剩下的油抹求洁净者的右耳垂、右手大拇指和右脚大脚趾，就是抹了赎过祭祭牲血的地方。 18祭司要把手掌里剩下的油抹在求洁净者的头上。这样，祭司在耶和华面前为他赎了罪。 19祭司要献上赎罪祭，为求洁净者赎罪。然后，祭司要宰杀燔祭牲， 20在祭坛上献燔祭和素祭，为他赎罪，他就洁净了。
21“他如果贫穷，献不起那么多祭物，可以献一只公羊羔作赎过祭，用摇祭的方式赎罪；也要献一公斤作素祭的调油的细面粉和一杯油； 22还要按自己的能力献两只斑鸠或雏鸽，一只作赎罪祭，一只作燔祭。 23第八天，他必须把这些祭物带到会幕门口，在耶和华面前交给祭司，好使自己洁净。 24祭司要用作赎过祭的羊羔和一杯油作摇祭，在耶和华面前摇一摇。 25接着，祭司要宰杀作赎过祭的羊羔，拿一些羊血抹在求洁净者的右耳垂、右手大拇指和右脚大脚趾上。 26祭司也要把一些油倒在自己左手掌中， 27用一根右手指蘸左手掌中的油，在耶和华面前弹洒七次， 28然后把手掌中的一些油抹在求洁净者的右耳垂、右手大拇指和右脚大脚趾上，就是抹了赎过祭祭牲血的地方。 29祭司要把手掌里剩下的油抹在求洁净者的头上，在耶和华面前为他赎罪。 30然后献上那人按自己能力带来的两只斑鸠或雏鸽， 31一只作赎罪祭，一只作燔祭，和素祭一起献上。这样，祭司在耶和华面前为求洁净者赎了罪。 32这是献不起洁净礼所需祭物的麻风病患者应当遵守的条例。”
处理房子发霉的条例
33耶和华对摩西和亚伦说：
34“你们到了我赐给你们作产业的迦南以后，如果我使那里的房屋中有发霉现象， 35屋主必须去告诉祭司，‘我的房子里好像有发霉现象。’ 36祭司进去检查前，要吩咐人把房子腾空，免得房子里的一切都变得不洁净。之后，祭司要进去检查， 37如发现墙壁上出现红色或绿色霉斑，并且侵入墙中， 38祭司就要从房门出来，把房子封闭七天。 39第七天，祭司要回去检查。若发现墙壁上的霉斑蔓延， 40就要下令拆掉有霉斑的石块，丢到城外不洁净的地方， 41然后命人刮掉屋内墙壁上的灰泥，倒在城外不洁净的地方。 42要另找石块补被拆掉的地方，并用灰泥重新粉刷房子。
43“如果拆掉石块、刮掉灰泥、重新粉刷以后，房子再度出现霉斑， 44祭司要去检查，若发现霉斑已蔓延，就是恶性霉变，那房子就不洁净。 45房主要拆掉房子，把石块、木料和所有灰泥都丢到城外不洁净的地方。 46房子封闭期间，任何人进去，都不洁净，要等到傍晚才能洁净。 47凡在房内睡觉或吃饭的人，都必须洗净衣服。
48“祭司检查粉刷后的房子，若发现房内没有再度出现霉斑，就要宣布房子是洁净的，因为霉斑已消失。 49为洁净房子，祭司要取两只鸟、香柏木、朱红色线和牛膝草， 50在一个盛清水的陶器上宰杀一只鸟， 51然后用香柏木、牛膝草、朱红色线和另一只活鸟，蘸掺了清水的鸟血，向房子洒七次。 52祭司用鸟血、清水、活鸟、香柏木、牛膝草和朱红色线洁净那房子后， 53要放走那只活鸟，让它飞到城外的田野。这样，祭司为那房子赎了罪，房子就洁净了。”
54以上条例是有关麻风病、疥癣、 55衣物或房子发霉、 56肿包、皮疹或白斑的条例。 57根据这些条例，可以分辨有关的人或物何时洁净、何时不洁净。
