1 Verder het die HERE met Moses gespreek en gesê:

2 Dit is die wet van die melaatse op die dag van sy reiniging. Hy moet na die priester gebring word,

3 en die priester moet buitekant die laer gaan. As die priester sien dat die plaag van melaatsheid genees is, van die melaatse weg is,

4 moet die priester bevel gee dat hulle vir hom wat gereinig moet word, twee lewendige rein voëls en sederhout en skarlakendraad en hisop moet bring.

5 Die priester moet ook bevel gee dat hulle die een voël in 'n erdepot oor vars water slag.

6 Die lewendige voël moet hy neem, sowel as die sederhout en die skarlakendraad en die hisop, en die en die lewendige voël insteek in die bloed van die voël wat oor die vars water geslag is.

7 En hy moet op hom wat van die melaatsheid gereinig moet word, sewe maal sprinkel en hom reinig, en die lewendige voël moet hy oor die oop veld laat wegvlieg.

8 Dan moet hy wat gereinig moet word, sy klere was en al sy hare afskeer en 'n bad neem; dan sal hy rein wees. En daarna kan hy in die laer kom, maar hy moet sewe dae lank buitekant sy tent bly.

9 En op die sewende dag moet hy al sy hare afskeer, sy hoof en sy baard en sy winkbroue al sy hare moet hy afskeer; en hy moet sy klere was en sy liggaam in die water bad. Dan sal hy rein wees.

10 En op die agtste dag moet hy twee lammers sonder gebrek neem en een jaaroud ooilam sonder gebrek en drie tiendes van 'n efa fynmeel as spysoffer, met olie gemeng, en een log olie.

11 En die priester wat die reiniging bewerk, moet die man wat gereinig word, en die gawes voor die aangesig van die HERE by die ingang van die tent van samekoms stel.

12 En die priester moet die een lam neem en dit saam met die log olie as skuldoffer aanbring en dit as beweegoffer voor die aangesig van die HERE beweeg.

13 Dan moet hy die lam slag op die plek waar hulle die sondoffer en die brandoffer slag, in die heilige plek; want die skuldoffer net soos die sondoffer behoort aan die priester; hoogheilig is dit.

14 En die priester moet van die bloed van die skuldoffer neem, en die priester moet dit stryk aan die regteroorlel van hom wat gereinig word, en aan die duim van sy regterhand en aan die groottoon van sy regtervoet.

15 Die priester moet ook van die log olie neem en dit giet in die priester se linkerhand.

16 Dan moet die priester sy regtervinger in die olie steek wat in sy linkerhand is, en met sy vinger van die olie sewe maal sprinkel voor die aangesig van die HERE.

17 En van die orige olie wat in sy hand is, moet die priester stryk aan die regteroorlel van hom wat gereinig word, en aan die duim van sy regterhand en aan die groottoon van sy regtervoet, bo oor die bloed van die skuldoffer.

18 Wat dan oor is van die olie wat in die priester se hand is, moet hy stryk op die hoof van hom wat gereinig word. So moet die priester dan vir hom versoening doen voor die aangesig van die HERE.

19 Die priester moet ook die sondoffer berei en vir hom wat gereinig word, versoening doen weens sy onreinheid; en daarna moet hy die brandoffer slag.

20 En die priester moet die brandoffer en die spysoffer op die altaar offer. So moet die priester dan vir hom versoening doen, en hy sal rein wees.

21 Maar as hy arm is en dit nie kan bekostig nie, moet hy een lam as skuldoffer neem om beweeg te word, om vir hom versoening te doen; daarby een tiende van 'n efa fynmeel met olie gemeng as spysoffer, en 'n log olie;

22 ook twee tortelduiwe of twee jong duiwe wat hy kan bekostig; en die een sal wees 'n sondoffer en die ander 'n brandoffer.

23 Hy moet hulle dan op die agtste dag n sy reiniging na die priester bring by die ingang van die tent van samekoms voor die aangesig van die HERE.

24 En die priester moet die skuldofferlam en die log olie neem; en die priester moet dit as beweegoffer voor die aangesig van die HERE beweeg.

25 Dan moet hy die skuldofferlam slag, en die priester moet van die bloed van die skuldoffer neem en dit stryk aan die regteroorlel van hom wat gereinig word, en aan die duim van sy regterhand en aan die groottoon van sy regtervoet.

26 Ook moet die priester van die olie in die priester se linkerhand giet.

27 Dan moet die priester met sy regtervinger van die olie wat in sy linkerhand is, sewe maal sprinkel voor die aangesig van die HERE.

28 En die priester moet van die olie wat in sy hand is, stryk aan die regteroorlel van hom wat gereinig word, en aan die duim van sy regterhand en aan die groottoon van sy regtervoet, bo oor die plek van die bloed van die skuldoffer.

29 Wat dan oor is van die olie wat in die priester se hand is, moet hy stryk op die hoof van hom wat gereinig word, om versoening vir hom te doen voor die aangesig van die HERE.

30 Dan moet hy een van die tortelduiwe berei of van die jong duiwe wat hy kan bekostig

31 die een as sondoffer en die ander as brandoffer, saam met die spysoffer. So moet die priester dan vir hom wat gereinig word, versoening doen voor die aangesig van die HERE.

32 Dit is die wet vir hom op wie die plaag van melaatsheid was, wat by sy reiniging nie vermoënd is nie.

33 Verder het die HERE met Moses en A„ron gespreek en gesê:

34 As julle in die land Kana„n inkom wat Ek julle as besitting gee, en Ek die plaag van melaatsheid in 'n huis van die land van julle besitting laat kom,

35 moet hy aan wie die huis behoort, kom en aan die priester te kenne gee en sê: Dit lyk my of daar 'n plaag in die huis is.

36 En die priester moet bevel gee dat hulle die huis ontruim, voordat die priester die plaag kom bekyk, sodat alles wat in die huis is, nie onrein word nie; en daarna moet die priester kom om die huis te bekyk.

37 As hy die plaag bekyk en sien dat die plaag aan die mure van die huis is soos liggroen of rooierige kuiltjies, en hulle dieper lyk as die muur,

38 dan moet die priester uit die huis uitgaan na die deur van die huis en die huis sewe dae lank toesluit.

39 Op die sewende dag moet die priester dan terugkom; sien hy dan dat die plaag hom uitgebrei het aan die mure van die huis,

40 dan moet die priester bevel gee dat hulle die klippe uitbreek waaraan die plaag is, en dit buitekant die stad op 'n onrein plek gooi.

41 En die huis moet hulle binnekant rondom afkrap en die klei wat hulle afgekrap het, buitekant die stad op 'n onrein plek weggooi.

42 Dan moet hulle ander klippe neem en in die plek van daardie klippe insit, en hulle moet ander klei neem en die huis pleister.

43 Maar as die plaag weer in die huis uitbreek nadat hulle die klippe uitgebreek en die huis afgekrap het en dit gepleister is,

44 moet die priester kom; en as hy sien dat die plaag in die huis versprei het, dan is dit 'n kwaadaardige melaatsheid in die huis; dit is onrein.

45 Daarom moet hulle die huis afbreek: sy klippe en sy hout en al die klei van die huis, en hulle moet dit buitekant die stad op 'n onrein plek uitbring.

46 En hy wat in die huis kom, al die tyd dat hulle dit toegesluit hou, sal tot die aand toe onrein wees.

47 En hy wat in die huis slaap, moet sy klere was; en hy wat in die huis eet, moet sy klere was.

48 Maar as die priester kom en sien dat die plaag nie in die huis versprei het nadat die huis gepleister is nie, dan moet die priester die huis rein verklaar, want die aangetaste plek het gesond geword.

49 Dan moet hy om die huis te ontsondig twee voëls neem en sederhout en skarlakendraad en hisop,

50 en die een voël in 'n erdepot oor vars water slag.

51 Dan moet hy die sederhout en die hisop en die skarlakendraad en die lewendige voël neem en dit in die bloed van die geslagte voël en in die vars water insteek; en hy moet die huis sewe maal besprinkel.

52 So moet hy dan die huis ontsondig met die bloed van die voël sowel as met die vars water en die lewendige voël en die sederhout en die hisop en die skarlakendraad.

53 Daarop moet hy die lewendige voël buitekant die stad oor die oop veld laat wegvlieg. So moet hy dan vir die huis versoening doen, en dit sal rein wees.

54 Dit is die wet oor elke plaag van melaatsheid en oor skurfte

55 en oor melaatsheid van klere en huise

56 en oor swelsels en uitslag en ligte vlekke,

57 om te onderrig wanneer iets onrein en wanneer iets rein is. Dit is die wet oor die melaatsheid.

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

2 This is the law of the leper on the day when he is made clean: he is to be taken to the priest;

3 And the priest is to go outside the tent-circle; and if, after looking, the priest sees that the mark of the disease has gone from him,

4 Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.

5 And the priest will give orders for one of the birds to be put to death in a vessel made of earth, over flowing water.

6 And he will take the living bird and the wood and the red thread and the hyssop and put them in the blood of the bird which was put to death over flowing water.

7 And shaking it seven times over the man who is to be made clean, he will say that he is clean and will let the living bird go free into the open country.

8 And he who is to be made clean will have his clothing washed and his hair cut and have a bath, and he will be clean. And after that he will come back to the tent-circle; but he is to keep outside his tent for seven days.

9 And on the seventh day he is to have all the hair cut off his head and his chin and over his eyes--all his hair is to be cut off--and he will have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and he will be clean.

10 And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

11 And the priest who is making him clean will put the man who is being made clean, together with these things, before the door of the Tent of meeting.

12 And the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

13 And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the property of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.

14 And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

15 And take some of the oil and put it in the hollow of his left hand;

16 And let the priest put his right finger in the oil which is in his left hand, shaking it out with his finger seven times before the Lord;

17 And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

18 And the rest of the oil in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean; and so the priest will make him free from sin before the Lord.

19 And the priest will give the sin-offering, and take away the sin of him who is to be made clean from his unclean condition; and after that he will put the burned offering to death.

20 And the priest is to have the burned offering and the meal offering burned on the altar; and the priest will take away his sin and he will be clean.

21 And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

22 And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

23 And on the eighth day he will take them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, so that he may be made clean.

24 And the priest will take the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

25 And he will put to death the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the priest will take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

26 And the priest will put out some of the oil in the hollow of his left hand,

27 Shaking out drops of oil with his right finger before the Lord seven times:

28 And the priest will put some of the oil which is in his hand on the point of the ear of the man who is to be made clean and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place where the blood of the offering for wrongdoing was put;

29 And the rest of the oil which is in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean, to take away his sin before the Lord.

30 And he will make an offering of one of the doves or the young pigeons, such as he is able to get;

31 And of these, he will give one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, with the meal offering; and the priest will take away the sin of him who is to be made clean before the Lord.

32 This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.

33 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

34 When you have come into the land of Canaan which I will give you for your heritage, if I put the leper's disease on a house in the land of your heritage,

35 Then let the owner of the house come and say to the priest, It seems to me that there is a sort of leper's disease in the house.

36 And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;

37 And if he sees that the walls of the house are marked with hollows of green and red, and if it seems to go deeper than the face of the wall;

38 Then the priest will go out of the door of the house, and keep the house shut up for seven days:

39 And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;

40 Then the priest will give orders to them to take out the stones in which the disease is seen, and put them out into an unclean place outside the town:

41 And he will have the house rubbed all over inside, and the paste which is rubbed off will be put out into an unclean place outside the town:

42 And they will take other stones and put them in place of those stones, and he will take other paste and put it on the walls of the house.

43 And if the disease comes out again in the house after he has taken out the stones and after the walls have been rubbed and the new paste put on,

44 Then the priest will come and see it; and if the disease in the house is increased in size, it is the leper's disease working out in the house: it is unclean.

45 And the house will have to be pulled down, the stones of it and the wood and the paste; and everything is to be taken out to an unclean place outside the town.

46 And, in addition, anyone who goes into the house at any time, while it is shut up, will be unclean till evening.

47 And anyone who has been sleeping in the house will have to have his clothing washed; and anyone who takes food in that house will have to have his clothing washed.

48 And if the priest comes in, and sees that the disease is not increased after the new paste has been put on the house, then the priest will say that the house is clean, because the disease is gone.

49 And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

50 And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;

51 And take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread and the living bird and put them in the blood of the dead bird and in the flowing water, shaking it over the house seven times.

52 And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.

53 But he will let the living bird go out of the town into the open country; so he will take away sin from the house and it will be clean.

54 This is the law for all signs of the leper's disease and for skin diseases;

55 And for signs of disease in clothing, or in a house;

56 And for a growth or a bad place or a bright mark on the skin;

57 To make clear when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law about the disease of the leper.