Leviticus 13

• 1. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
• 2. "If some of the people notice a swelling or a rash or a shiny patch on their skin that develops into a contagious skin disease, they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.
• 3. The priest will then examine the affected area of a person's skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and appears to be more than skin-deep, then it is a contagious skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.
• 4. "But if the affected area of the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the spot has not turned white, the priest will put the infected person in quarantine for seven days.
• 5. On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If the affected area has not changed or spread on the skin, then the priest will put the person in quarantine for seven more days.
• 6. The priest will examine the skin again on the seventh day. If the affected area has faded and not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a temporary rash. So after washing the clothes, the person will be considered free of disease.
• 7. But if the rash continues to spread after this examination and pronouncement by the priest, the infected person must return to be examined again.
• 8. If the priest notices that the rash has spread, then he must pronounce this person ceremonially unclean, for it is a contagious skin disease.
• 9. "Anyone who develops a contagious skin disease must go to the priest for an examination.
• 10. If the priest sees that some hair has turned white and an open sore appears in the affected area,
• 11. it is clearly a contagious skin disease, and the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean. In such cases, the person need not be quarantined for further observation because it is clear that the skin is defiled by the disease.
• 12. "Now suppose the priest discovers after his examination that a rash has broken out all over someone's skin, covering the body from head to foot.
• 13. In such cases, the priest must examine the infected person to see if the disease covers the entire body. If it does, he will pronounce the person ceremonially clean because the skin has turned completely white.
• 14. But if any open sores appear, the infected person will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.
• 15. The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore because open sores indicate the presence of a contagious skin disease.
• 16. However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priest.
• 17. If, after another examination, the affected areas have indeed turned completely white, then the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
• 18. "If anyone has had a boil on the skin that has started to heal,
• 19. but a white swelling or a reddish white spot remains in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.
• 20. If the priest finds the disease to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, then the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean. It is a contagious skin disease that has broken out in the boil.
• 21. But if the priest sees that there is no white hair in the affected area, and if it doesn't appear to be more than skin-deep and has faded, then the priest is to put the person in quarantine for seven days.
• 22. If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a contagious skin disease.
• 23. But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce that person ceremonially clean.
• 24. "If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either a shiny reddish white or white,
• 25. then the priest must examine it. If the hair in the affected area turns white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a contagious skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce that person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a contagious skin disease.
• 26. But if the priest discovers that there is no white hair in the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, then the priest is to put the infected person in quarantine for seven days.
• 27. If at the end of that time the affected area has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a contagious skin disease.
• 28. But if the affected area has not moved or spread on the skin and has faded, it is simply a scar from the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
• 29. "If anyone, whether a man or woman, has an open sore on the head or chin,
• 30. the priest must examine the infection. If it appears to be more than skin-deep and fine yellow hair is found in the affected area, the priest must pronounce the infected person ceremonially unclean. The infection is a contagious skin disease of the head or chin.
• 31. However, if the priest's examination reveals that the infection is only skin-deep and there is no black hair in the affected area, then he must put the person in quarantine for seven days.
• 32. If at the end of that time the affected area has not spread and no yellow hair has appeared, and if the infection does not appear to be more than skin-deep,
• 33. the infected person must shave off all hair except the hair on the affected area. Then the priest must put the person in quarantine for another seven days,
• 34. and he will examine the infection again on the seventh day. If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin-deep, the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially clean. After washing clothes, that person will be clean.
• 35. But if the infection begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean,
• 36. the priest must do another examination. If the infection has spread, he must pronounce the infected person ceremonially unclean, even without checking for yellow hair.
• 37. But if it appears that the infection has stopped spreading and black hair has grown in the affected area, then the infection has healed. The priest will then pronounce the infected person ceremonially clean.
• 38. "If anyone, whether a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin,
• 39. the priest must examine the affected area. If the patch is only a pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean.
• 40. "If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.
• 41. And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean.
• 42. However, if a reddish white infection appears on the front or the back of his head, this is a contagious skin disease.
• 43. The priest must examine him, and if he finds swelling around the reddish white sore,
• 44. the man is infected with a contagious skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the infection.
• 45. "Those who suffer from any contagious skin disease must tear their clothing and allow their hair to hang loose. Then, as they go from place to place, they must cover their mouth and call out, `Unclean! Unclean!'
• 46. As long as the disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean and must live in isolation outside the camp.
• 47. "Now suppose an infectious mildew contaminates some woolen or linen clothing,
• 48. some woolen or linen fabric, the hide of an animal, or anything made of leather.
• 49. If the affected area in the clothing, the animal hide, the fabric, or the leather has turned bright green or a reddish color, it is contaminated with an infectious mildew and must be taken to the priest to be examined.
• 50. After examining the affected spot, the priest will put it away for seven days.
• 51. On the seventh day the priest must inspect it again. If the affected area has spread, the material is clearly contaminated by an infectious mildew and is unclean.
• 52. The priest must burn the linen or wool clothing or the piece of leather because it has been contaminated by an infectious mildew. It must be completely destroyed by fire.
• 53. "But if the priest examines it again and the affected spot has not spread in the clothing, the fabric, or the leather,
• 54. the priest will order the contaminated object to be washed and then isolated for seven more days.
• 55. Then the priest must inspect the object again. If he sees that the affected area has not changed appearance after being washed, even if it did not spread, the object is defiled. It must be completely burned up, whether it is contaminated on the inside or outside.
• 56. But if the priest sees that the affected area has faded after being washed, he is to cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.
• 57. If the spot reappears at a later time, however, the mildew is clearly spreading, and the contaminated object must be burned up.
• 58. But if the spot disappears after the object is washed, it must be washed again; then it will be ceremonially clean.
• 59. "These are the instructions for dealing with infectious mildew in woolen or linen clothing or fabric, or in anything made of leather. This is how the priest will determine whether these things are ceremonially clean or unclean."

Leviticus 14

• 1. And the LORD said to Moses,
• 2. "The following instructions must be followed by those seeking purification from a contagious skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,
• 3. who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of the skin disease,
• 4. he will perform a purification ceremony, using two wild birds of a kind permitted for food, along with some cedarwood, a scarlet cloth, and a hyssop branch.
• 5. The priest will order one of the birds to be slaughtered over a clay pot that is filled with fresh springwater.
• 6. He will then dip the living bird, along with the cedarwood, the scarlet cloth, and the hyssop branch, into the blood of the slaughtered bird.
• 7. The priest will also sprinkle the dead bird's blood seven times over the person being purified, and the priest will pronounce that person to be ceremonially clean. At the end of the ceremony, the priest will set the living bird free so it can fly away into the open fields.
• 8. "The people being purified must complete the cleansing ceremony by washing their clothes, shaving off all their hair, and bathing themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to live inside the camp. However, they must still remain outside their tents for seven days.
• 9. On the seventh day, they must again shave off all their hair, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows, and wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be pronounced ceremonially clean.
• 10. "On the next day, the eighth day, each person cured of the skin disease must bring two male lambs and one female year-old lamb with no physical defects, along with five quarts of choice flour mixed with olive oil and three-fifths of a pint of olive oil.
• 11. Then the officiating priest will present that person for cleansing, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
• 12. The priest will take one of the lambs and the olive oil and offer them as a guilt offering by lifting them up before the LORD.
• 13. He will then slaughter the lamb there in the sacred area at the place where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering will be given to the priest. It is a most holy offering.
• 14. The priest will then take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the tip of the healed person's right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.
• 15. "Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.
• 16. He will dip his right finger into the oil and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD.
• 17. The priest will then put some of the oil remaining in his left hand on the tip of the healed person's right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot, in addition to the blood of the guilt offering.
• 18. The oil remaining in the priest's hand will then be poured over the healed person's head. In this way, the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the person being cleansed.
• 19. "Then the priest must offer the sin offering and again perform the atonement ceremony for the person cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the whole burnt offering
• 20. and offer it on the altar along with the grain offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for the person being cleansed, and the healed person will be ceremonially clean.
• 21. "But anyone who cannot afford two lambs must bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, along with two quarts of choice flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering and three-fifths of a pint of olive oil. The guilt offering will be presented by lifting it up, thus making atonement for the person being cleansed.
• 22. The person being cleansed must also bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering.
• 23. On the eighth day, the person being cleansed must bring the offerings to the priest for the cleansing ceremony to be performed in the LORD's presence at the Tabernacle entrance.
• 24. The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up before the LORD as an offering to him.
• 25. Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and put some of its blood on the tip of the person's right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.
• 26. "The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.
• 27. He will dip his right finger into the oil and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD.
• 28. The priest will then put some of the olive oil from his hand on the lobe of the person's right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot, in addition to the blood of the guilt offering.
• 29. The oil that is still in the priest's hand will then be poured over the person's head. In this way, the priest will make atonement for the person being cleansed.
• 30. "Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person was able to afford.
• 31. One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the person being cleansed.
• 32. These are the instructions for cleansing those who have recovered from a contagious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the sacrifices normally required for the ceremony of cleansing."
• 33. Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
• 34. "When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as an inheritance, I may contaminate some of your houses with an infectious mildew.
• 35. The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, `It looks like my house has some kind of disease.'
• 36. Before the priest examines the house, he must have the house emptied so everything inside will not be pronounced unclean. Then the priest will go in and inspect the house.
• 37. If he finds bright green or reddish streaks on the walls of the house and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall's surface,
• 38. he will leave the house and lock it up for seven days.
• 39. On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,
• 40. the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be thrown into an area outside the town designated as ceremonially unclean.
• 41. Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.
• 42. Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered.
• 43. "But if the mildew reappears after all these things have been done,
• 44. the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he sees that the affected areas have spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with an infectious mildew, and the house is defiled.
• 45. It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.
• 46. Anyone who enters the house while it is closed will be considered ceremonially unclean until evening.
• 47. All who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.
• 48. "But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the affected areas have not reappeared after the fresh plastering, then he will pronounce the house clean because the infectious mildew is clearly gone.
• 49. To purify the house the priest will need two birds, some cedarwood, a scarlet cloth, and a hyssop branch.
• 50. He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot that is filled with fresh springwater.
• 51. Then he will dip the cedarwood, the hyssop branch, the scarlet cloth, and the living bird into the blood of the slaughtered bird, and he will sprinkle the house seven times.
• 52. After he has purified the house in this way,
• 53. he will release the living bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way, the priest will make atonement for the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.
• 54. "These are the instructions for dealing with the various kinds of contagious skin disease and infectious mildew,
• 55. whether in clothing, in a house,
• 56. in a swollen area of skin, in a skin rash, or in a shiny patch of skin.
• 57. These instructions must be followed when dealing with any contagious skin disease or infectious mildew, to determine when something is ceremonially clean or unclean."

Leviticus 15

• 1. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
• 2. "Give these further instructions to the Israelites: Any man who has a genital discharge is ceremonially unclean because of it.
• 3. This defilement applies whether the discharge continues or is stopped up. In either case the man is unclean.
• 4. Any bedding on which he lies and anything on which he sits will be defiled.
• 5. "So if you touch the man's bedding, you will be required to wash your clothes and bathe in water, and you will remain ceremonially defiled until evening.
• 6. If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you will be required to wash your clothes and bathe in water. You will then remain defiled until evening.
• 7. The same instructions apply if you touch the man who has the unclean discharge.
• 8. And if he spits on you, you must undergo the same procedure.
• 9. Any blanket on which the man rides will be defiled.
• 10. If you touch or carry anything that was under him, you will be required to wash your clothes and bathe in water, and you will remain defiled until evening.
• 11. If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, then you will be required to wash your clothes and bathe in water, and you will remain defiled until evening.
• 12. Any clay pot touched by the man with the discharge must be broken, and every wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.
• 13. "When the man's discharge heals, he must count off a period of seven days. During that time, he must wash his clothes and bathe in fresh springwater. Then he will be ceremonially clean.
• 14. On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present himself to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle and give his offerings to the priest.
• 15. The priest will present the offerings there, one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD for his discharge.
• 16. "Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must wash his entire body, and he will remain ceremonially defiled until evening.
• 17. Any clothing or leather that comes in contact with the semen must be washed, and it will remain defiled until evening.
• 18. After having sexual intercourse, both the man and the woman must bathe, and they will remain defiled until evening.
• 19. "Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. If you touch her during that time, you will be defiled until evening.
• 20. Anything on which she lies or sits during that time will be defiled.
• 21. If you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe in water, and you will remain defiled until evening.
• 22. The same applies if you touch an object on which she sits,
• 23. whether it is her bedding or any piece of furniture.
• 24. If a man has sexual intercourse with her during this time, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain defiled for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be defiled.
• 25. "If the menstrual flow of blood continues for many days beyond the normal period, or if she discharges blood unrelated to her menstruation, the woman will be ceremonially unclean as long as the discharge continues.
• 26. Anything on which she lies or sits during that time will be defiled, just as it would be during her normal menstrual period.
• 27. If you touch her bed or anything on which she sits, you will be defiled. You will be required to wash your clothes and bathe in water, and you will remain defiled until evening.
• 28. "When the woman's menstrual discharge stops, she must count off a period of seven days. After that, she will be ceremonially clean.
• 29. On the eighth day, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
• 30. The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her menstrual discharge.
• 31. "In this way, you will keep the people of Israel separate from things that will defile them, so they will not die as a result of defiling my Tabernacle that is right there among them.
• 32. These are the instructions for dealing with a man who has been defiled by a genital discharge or an emission of semen;
• 33. for dealing with a woman during her monthly menstrual period; for dealing with anyone, man or woman, who has had a bodily discharge of any kind; and for dealing with a man who has had intercourse with a woman during her period."

New Living Translation: 36 of 324 days.