Lev_12:1-8; Lev_13:1-59

SECTION XXVII.

TAZRIA.

XII.And the Lord spake with Mosheh saying: Speak with the children of Israel,saying: A woman, when she hath conceived and borne a male child, shall beunclean seven days; according to the days for the removal of her uncleanness,(or, her seclusion from her uncleanness,) she shall be unclean. And on theeighth day he shall be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin; and she shallcontinue thirty and three days in the purification of blood; no sacred thingmay she touch, nor may she come into the sanctuary, until the days of herpurification be completed. But if she bear a female child, she shall be uncleanfourteen days, according to (the law of) her separation; and sixty and six daysshe will remain for the purification of the blood. And when the days of herpurification are complete, for the son or for the daughter, let her bring alamb of its year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle dove fora sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of ordinance, unto the priest,who shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her, and she shallbe cleansed from the uncleanness of her blood. This is the law for her whobeareth male or female. But if she find not her hand sufficient for (theproviding of) a lamb, let her take two turtle doves, or two young pigeons; onefor the burnt offering, and the other for the sin offering, and the priestshall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. XIII.And the Lord spake with Mosheh and with Aharon, saying: A man, in the skin ofwhose flesh there may be an abscess, or pustule, or brightness, and it be inthe skin of his flesh like a stroke of the leprosy, shall be brought untoAharon the priest, or to one of his sons the priests. And the priest shall seethe plague in the skin of the flesh, and if the hair in the affected spot beturned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of hisflesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall inspect him and make(pronounce) him to be unclean. Butif a bright spot be in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance be not deeperthan the skin, and the hair be not turned white, the priest shall shut up thestricken (man) seven days. And on the seventh day the priest shall inspect him,and if the plague stands as it did, if the plague hath not increases in theskin, let the priest shut him up a second seven days. And the priest shall lookupon him on the second seventh day; and, behold, if the plague hath becomeobscure, and the plague hath not spread in the skin, the priest shall make himto be clean; it is a sore, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. Butif the diseased spot increase again in the skin after having ben seen by thepriest for his cleansing, he shall be brought a second time to the priest. Andthe priest inspecting, and, behold, the soreness hath increased in the skin,the priest shall make him to be unclean; it is the leprosy. Whenthe plague of leprosy is in a man, let him be brought to the priest. And thepriest shall inspect him, and, behold, if the abscess is white in the skin, andit hath turned the hair white, and the sign of quick flesh be in the abscess,it is an old leprosy in the skin of the flesh, and the priest shall make himunclean, but shall not shut him up (to ascertain his uncleanness), for he isunclean. And if the leprosy increasing shall increase in the skin, and theleprosy cover the whole skin of the plague (struck man) from his head unto hisfeet, wherever the eyes of the priest may look, the priest shall observe, and,behold, (if) the leprosy covereth all his flesh, the plagued shall be(considered) clean; the whole of him is turned white, he is clean. But in theday that quick flesh appeareth in him he shall be unclean; and the priest shallobserve the quick flesh, and make him to be unclean. The quick flesh isunclean, it is the leprosy. But if the quick flesh turn to be white, he shallcome to the priest; and the priest shall observe, and, behold, if the plague isturned white, the priest shall make the plagued to be clean; he is clean. Andif a man have in him, in his skin, an ulcer, and it hath healed, but in theplace of the ulcer there come a white abscess, or a bright spot, reddish-white,let him show it to the priest, and the priest shall inspect, and, behold, ifthe appearance of it be deeper than the skin, and the hair be turned white, thepriest shall make him to be unclean; it is the plague of leprosy increasing inthe ulcer. But if the priest look on it, and, behold, the hair is not white, nor(the depth) lower than the skin, and it hath become obscure, the priest shallseclude him seven days; and if increasing it increaseth in the skin, the priestshall make him to be unclean; it is the plague. But if the spot abideth in itsplace, and increaseth not, it is a description of an ulcer, and the priestshall make him clean. Or,if a man hath in his skin a burning wound, and there be the sign of a glowingwound whitish Ð red or (altogether) white, the priest shall look upon it, and,behold, if the hair be white in the bright spot, and the appearance be deeperthan the skin, it is leprosy increasing in the wound, and the priest shall makehim unclean; it is the plague of leprosy. But if the priest see it, and,behold, the hair is not white in the spot, and it is not deeper than the skin,and is becoming obscure, it is (only) a burning sore, and the priest shall makehim to be clean, for it is the sign of an inflammation. Andif a man or a woman have a plague on the head, or in the beard, the priestshall inspect the plague, and, behold, if the appearance is deeper than theskin, and there is in it a thin reddish hair, the priest shall make himunclean; it is a scar (or scurvy), it is leprosy in the head or the beard. Andif the priest observe the plague of the scurvy, and, behold, its appearance isnot deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is not black, the priest shallseclude him who hath the plague of the scurvy seven days. And the priest shallinspect the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf hath notincreased, and there is no reddish hair in it, and the appearance of the scurfbe not deeper than the skin, he must shave around the scurfed spot; but thespot itself he must not shave; and the priest shall shut him up (who hath) thescurf a second seven days. And the priest shall look upon the scurf on theseventh day, and, behold, if the scurf is not increased in the skin, and itsappearance is not deeper than the skin, the priest shall make him clean; and heshall wash his clothes and be clean. But if the scurf increase in the skinafter that he hath been (pronounced) clean, the priest shall inspect him, and,behold, if the scurf be increased in the skin, the priest need not seek for thereddish hair; he is unclean. But if the scurf abide as it was, and black hairhave sprung up in it, the scurf hath healed, he is clean, and the priest shallmake him to be clean. Andif a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright white spots, thenthe priest shall look, and, behold, if the spots in the skin of their flesh bedim white, it si a freckle growing in the skin; he is clean. Andif a manÕs hair fall off from his head, he is bald, but he is clean. And if thehair of his head fall off toward his face, he is partly bald, but is clean. Butif in the baldness or partial baldness there be a whitish red scar, it isleprosy growing in the baldness or partial baldness. Then the priest shalllook, and, behold, if the plague spot be whitish red in the baldness or thepartial baldness, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh, theman is a leper, he is unclean; and the priest shall verily make him to beunclean; his plague is in his head. Andthe leper in whom is the plague, - his clothes shall be rent, and his head bared;and, like the mourner, he shall be covered unto his lip, and shall cry: Be notmade unclean! Be not made unclean! All the days that the plague is upon himshall he be unclean; he is unclean; he shall dwell apart, his habitation shallbe without the camp. Thegarment which hath the plague of leprosy in it, whether it be in a garment ofwoollen or of linen, whether in the warp or in the woof of linen or of woolen,or in leather, or anything made of skin: if the plague be green or red in thegarment or in the skin, whether in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything ofskin, it is a plague of leprosy, and must be showed to the priest. And thepriest shall look at the plague, and shut it up seven days. And he shall lookat the plague on the seventh day; if the plague hath increased in the garment,whether in the warp or in the woof, or in a skin, or anything made of skin forwork, it is a plague of consuming leprosy, it is unclean. And he shall burn thegarment, whether it be in warp or woof, of wool, or of linen, or anything(made) of skin, which hath the plague in it; for it is a consuming leprosy; heshall burn it in fire. But if the priest look, and, behold, the plague hath notincreased in the garment, whether in warp or woof, or in anything of skin; thenthe priest shall direct, and they shall wash that wherein is the plague, and heshall shut it up a second seven days. And the priest shall look after that theyhave washed the plague, and, behold, if (the state of) the plague hath notincreased, it is (nevertheless) unclean; thou shalt burn it with fire, it is afretting leprosy, whether in its smoothness or its roughness (i.e., its right or wrong side). And if the priest look,and, behold, the plague hath become obscure after they have washed it, he shalltear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or of thewoof. And if it reappear in the garment, in warp or woof, or increase in anyvessel of skin, thou shalt burn in fire that which hath the plague in it. Andthe garment, or warp, or woof, or anything of skin which hath been washed, andthe plague hath gone form it, shall be dipped the second time, and shall beclean. This is the law for the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen orlinen, in the warp or the woof, or anything of skin, to make it to be clean orunclean.