²“These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:^c ³The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.^d If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,^a^e ⁴the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop^f be brought for the person to be cleansed.^g ⁵Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.^h 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.ⁱ ⁷Seven times^j he shall sprinkle^k 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.^l

⁸“The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes,^m shave off all their hair and bathe with water;ⁿ then they will be ceremonially clean.^o After this they may come into the camp,^p but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

aThe 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.

Cross references

c Lev 13:57; Dt 24:8; Mt 8:2–4; Mk 1:40–44; Lk 5:12–14; 17:14
d Lev 13:46
eSee Lev 13:2
fSee Ex 12:22
gver 6, 49, 51, 52; Nu 19:6; Ps 51:7
hver 50
iSee ver 4
jver 51
k 2 Ki 5:10, 14; Isa 52:15; Eze 36:25
lver 53
mSee Lev 11:25
nver 9; See Ex 29:4; Lev 15:5; 17:15; 22:6; Nu 19:7, 8
over 20
pSee Lev 13:11; Nu 5:2, 3; 12:14, 15; 19:20; 31:24; 2 Ch 26:21