Delphi Septuagint

by Lancelot C L Brenton (ed)

  [29] And if a man or a woman have in them a plague of leprosy in the head or the beard; [30] then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard. [31] And if the priest should see the plague of the scurf, and, behold, the appearance of it be not beneath the skin, and there is no yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall set apart him that has the plague of the scurf seven days. [32] And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf be not spread, and there be no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin; [33] then the skin shall be shaven, but the scurf shall not be shaven; and the priest shall set aside the person having the scurf the second time for seven days. [34] And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man’s being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean. [35] But if the scurf be indeed spread in the skin after he has been purified, [36] then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scurf be spread in the skin, the priest shall not examine concerning the yellow hair, for he is unclean. [37] But if the scurf remain before him in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. [38] And if a man or woman should have in the skin of their flesh spots of a bright whiteness, [39] then the priest shall look; and, behold, there being bright spots of a bright whiteness in the skin of their flesh, it is a tetter; it burst forth in the skin of his flesh; he is clean. [40] And if any one’s head should lose the hair, he is only bald, he is clean. [41] And if his head should lose the hair in front, he is forehead bald: he is clean. [42] And if there should be in his baldness of head, or his baldness of forehead, a white or fiery plague, it is leprosy in his baldness of head, or baldness of forehead. [43] And the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the appearance of the plague be white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh, [44] he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head. [45] And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirt, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean. [46] All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be esteemed unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be without the camp.

  [47] And if a garment have in it the plague of leprosy, a garment of wool, or a garment of flax, [48] either in the warp or in the woof, or in the linen, or in the woollen threads, or in a skin, or in any workmanship of skin, [49] and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest. [50] And the priest shall look upon the plague, and the priest shall set apart that which has the plague seven days. [51] And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day; and if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatsoever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean. [52] He shall burn the garment, either the warp or woof in woollen garments or in flaxen, or in any utensil of skin, in which there may be the plague; because it is a confirmed leprosy; it shall be burnt with fire.

  [53] And if the priest should see, and the plague be not spread in the garments, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, [54] then the priest shall give directions, and one shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days. [55] And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and if this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burnt with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof. [56] And if the priest should look, and the spot be dark after it has been washed, he shall tear it off from the garment, either from the warp or from the woof, or from the skin. [57] And if it should still appear in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is a leprosy bursting forth: that wherein is the plague shall be burnt with fire. [58] And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, which shall be washed, and the plague depart from it, shall also be washed again, and shall be clean. [59] This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a woollen or linen garment, either of the warp, or woof, or any leathern article, to pronounce it clean or unclean.

  Chapter 14

  [1] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [2] This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest. [3] And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper. [4] And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop. [5] And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water. [6] And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water. [7] And he shall sprinkle seven times upon him that was cleansed of his leprosy, and he shall be clean; and he shall let go the living bird into the field. [8] and the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house seven days. [9] And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean. [10] And on the eighth day he shall take two lambs without spot of a year old, and one ewe lamp without spot of a year old, and three-tenths of fine flour for sacrifice kneaded with oil, and one small cup of oil. [11] And the priest that cleanses shall present the man under purification, and these offerings before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of witness. [12] And the priest shall take one lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and set them apart for a special offering before the Lord. [13] and they shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the whole-burnt-offerings, and the sin-offerings, in the holy places; for it is a sin-offering: as the trespass-offering, it belongs to the priest, it is most holy. [14] And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of the person under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. [15] And the priest shall take of the cup of oil, and shall pour it upon his own left hand. [16] And he shall dip with the finger of his right hand into some of the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle with his finger seven times before the Lord. [17] And the remaining oil that is in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him that is under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering. [18] And the remaining oil that is on the hand of the priest, the priest shall put on the head of the cleansed leper, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord. [19] And the priest shall sacrifice the sin-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the person under purification to cleanse him from his sin, and afterwards the priest shall slay the whole-burnt-offering. [20] And the priest shall offer the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifice upon the altar before the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed. [21] And if he should be poor, and cannot afford so much, he shall take one lamb for his transgression for a separate-o
ffering, so as to make propitiation for him, and a tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a sacrifice, and one cup of oil, [22] and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, as he can afford; and the one shall be for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering. [23] And he shall bring them on the eighth day, to purify him, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord. [24] And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and place them for a set-offering before the Lord. [25] And he shall slay the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. [26] And the priest shall pour of the oil on his own left hand. [27] And the priest shall sprinkle with the finger of his right hand some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. [28] And the priest shall put of the oil that is on his hand on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering. [29] And that which is left of the oil which is on the hand of the priest he shall put on the head of him that is purged, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.

  [30] And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves or of the young pigeons, as he can afford it, [31] the one for a sin-offering, the other for a whole-burnt-offering with the meat-offering, and the priest shall make an atonement before the Lord for him that is under purification. [32] This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, and who cannot afford the offerings for his purification.

  [33] And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, [34] Whensoever ye shall enter into the land of the Chananites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession; [35] then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, I have seen as it were a plague in the house. [36] And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and thus none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house. [37] And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house, he will see greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them will be beneath the surface of the walls. [38] And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate the house seven days. [39] And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, if the plague is spread in the walls of the house, [40] then the priest shall give orders, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague is, and shall cast them out of the city into an unclean place. [41] And they shall scrape the house within round about, and shall pour out the dust scraped off outside the city into an unclean place. [42] And they shall take other scraped stones, and put them in the place of the former stones, and they shall take other plaster and plaster the house. [43] And if the plague should return again, and break out in the house after they have taken away the stones and after the house is scraped, and after it has been plastered, [44] then the priest shall go in and see if the plague is spread in the house: it is a confirmed leprosy in the house, it is unclean. [45] And they shall take down the house, and its timbers and its stones, and they shall carry out all the mortar without the city into an unclean place. [46] And he that goes into the house at any time, during its separation, shall be unclean until evening. [47] And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.

  [48] and if the priest shall arrive and enter and see, and behold the plague be not at all spread in the house after the house has been plastered, then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the plague is healed. [49] And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop. [50] And he shall slay one bird in an earthen vessel over running water. [51] And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times. [52] and he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet. [53] And he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the field, and shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean. [54] This is the law concerning every plague of leprosy and scurf, [55] and of the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, [56] and of a sore, and of a clear spot, and of a shining one, [57] and of declaring in what day it is unclean, and in what day it shall be purged: this is the law of the leprosy.

  Chapter 15

  [1] And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, [2] Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatever man shall have an issue out of his body, his issue is unclean. [3] And this is the law of his uncleanness; whoever has a gonorrhoea out of his body, this is his uncleanness in him by reason of the issue, by which, his body is affected through the issue: all the days of the issue of his body, by which his body is affected through the issue, there is his uncleanness. [4] Every bed on which he that has the issue shall happen to lie, is unclean; and every seat on which he that has the issue may happen to sit, shall be unclean. [5] And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening. [6] And whosoever sits on the seat on which he that has the issue may have sat, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening. [7] And he that touches the skin of him that has the issue, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening. [8] And if he that has the issue should spit upon one that is clean, that person shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. [9] And every ass’s saddle, on which the man with the issue shall have mounted, shall be unclean till evening. [10] And every one that touches whatsoever shall have been under him shall be unclean until evening; and he that takes them up shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening. [11] And whomsoever he that has the issue shall touch, if he have not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. [12] And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean. [13] and if he that has the issue should be cleansed of his issue, then shall he number to himself seven days for his purification; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be clean. [14] And on the eighth day he shall take to himself two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, and he shall bring them before the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall give them to the priest. [15] And the priest shall offer them one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his issue.

  [16] And the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening. [17] And every garment, and every skin on which there shall be the seed of copulation shall both be washed with water, and be unclean until evening. [18] And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation — they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening. [19] And the woman whosoever shall have an issue of blood, when her issue shall be in her body, shall be seven days in her separation; every one that touches her shall be unclean until evening. [20] And every thing whereon she shall lie in her separation, shall be unclean; and whatever she shall sit upon, shall be unclean.

  [21] And whosoever shall touch her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. [22] and every one that
touches any vessel on which she shall sit, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening. [23] And whether it be while she is on her bed, or on a seat which she may happen to sit upon when he touches her, he shall be unclean till evening. [24] And if any one shall lie with her, and her uncleanness be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he shall have lain shall be unclean. [25] And if a woman have an issue of blood many days, not in the time of her separation; if the blood should also flow after her separation, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. [26] And every bed on which she shall lie all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation, and every seat whereon she shall sit shall be unclean according to the uncleanness of her separation. [27] Every one that touches it shall be unclean; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean till evening. [28] But if she shall be cleansed from her flux, then she shall number to herself seven days, and afterwards she shall be esteemed clean. [29] And on the eighth day she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and shall bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness. [30] And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean flux.