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35 of the land which you possess, the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, Something like a touch hath 36 appeared to me in the house. Upon this the priest shall order the house to be unfurnished, before he goeth in to view the touch, that what is in the house may not be made unclean. And this being done, the priest shall go in to examine the 37 house. And if, upon viewing the touch, he see that there is a touch in the walls of the house, and he seeth the cavities of a reddish or greenish colour, which appear to be deep in the wall; 38 upon coming out of the house, at the door of the house, the 39 priest shall sequestrate the house for seven days. And on the

seventh day the priest shall come again and view the house: And if he seeth that the touch hath spread in the walls of the 40 house, the priest shall order them to take out the stones in which is the touch, and to carry them out of the city to an unclean place, 41 and to scrape the house on the inside round about, and pour

out the dust which is scraped off, without the city, into an un42 clean place. And they shall take other stones, well scraped, and

put them in the place of those stones, and take other mortar, and 43 plaister the house. And if the touch come again, and break out

in the house after they have taken away the stones, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it hath been plaistered; 44 the priest shall go in and take a view; and if the touch hath

spread in the house, it is an inveterate leprosy in the house. It 45 is unclean. They shall therefore demolish the house, and carry

the wood thereof, and the stones thereof, and the rubbish thereof, 46 out of the city to an unclean place. Now he who goeth into

the house, all the while it is sequestrated, shall be unclean until 47 the evening. And he who sleepeth in the house shall wash his

clothes, and be unclean until the evening: And he who eateth in the house shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even48 ing. But when the priest shall come, and go in, if upon taking a view he seeth that the touch hath not spread in the house, after being plaistered, the priest shall pronounce the house clean, 49 because the touch is healed. And in order to cleanse the house,

he shall take two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet yarn, and hyssop. And he shall kill one of the birds, over spring 51 water, in an earthen vessel. Then he shall take the cedar wood, and the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and the living bird, and

dip them in the blood of the bird which was killed over spring 52 water, and with them sprinkle the house seven times, and cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the spring water, and with the living bird, and with the hyssop, and 53 with the scarlet yarn. Then he shall send away the live bird out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 This is the law for every touch of a leprosy and scald, and of the leprosy in a garment, and a house, and of a boil, and a scar, and the bright spot; and to teach when a thing is unclean, and when it is to be pronounced clean. This is the law of the leprosy.

XV.

Again the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man 3 hath an efflux from his body; because of his efflux he is unclean, and this is the law touching his uncleanness.

If his efflux be a gonorrhea, this is an uncleanness in him. So long as his gonorrhea continueth, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed on which such a one lieth is unclean; and every 5 seat whereon he shall sit, shall be unclean. And whoever shall

touch his bed must wash his clothes, and wash himself with wa6 tér, and shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever sitteth on the seat whereon he sat, shall wash his clothes, and wash 7 himself with water, and be unclean until the evening. And whoever toucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes, and wash 8 himself with water, and be unclean until the evening. And if he spit on one who is clean, the person who was clean shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean 9 until the evening. And every saddle of an ass on which he shall 10 ride, shall be unclean until evening. And whoever toucheth

any things which were under him, shall be unclean until evening. And whoever carrieth them shall wash his clothes, and wash 11 himself with water, and be unclean until evening. And every one whom he who hath the gonorrhea toucheth, without washing his hands, shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with 12 water, and be unclean until evening. And every earthen ves

sel which he shall touch shall be broken; but a vessel of wood 13 shall be washed with water, and shall be clean. And when he

is clean of his disorder, he shall reckon for himself seven days

for his purification, and he shall wash his clothes, and wash his 14 body with water, and he shall be clean. And on the eighth

day he shall take him two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them before the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle 15 of the testimony, and give them to the priest. And the priest shall offer one of them for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering. So shall the priest make atonement for him before the Lord, on the account of his efflux.

16 And if any man's seed go from him by copulation, he shall wash his whole body with water, and be unclean until even17 ing. And every garment, and every skin on which the seminal

matter may be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean 18 until the evening. And with respect to a woman, if any man

lie carnally with her, they shall wash themselves with water, 19 and be unclean until the evening. And if any woman hath an efflux, and it be in her body, she shall confine herself seven days to her peculiar seat. Every one who toucheth her shall 20 be unclean until the evening. And every thing on which she lieth during her state of separation, shall be unclean; and every 21 thing on which she shall sit, shall be unclean. And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with 22 water, and be unclean until evening. And whoever toucheth

any thing on which she sat, shall wash his clothes, and wash 23 himself with water, and be unclean until evening. Whether she be in bed, or on any seat whereon she may sit, when one 24 toucheth her, he shall be unclean until evening. But if any one lie down by her, and her uncleanness is upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he may lie, shall 25 be unclean. And if any woman hath an efflux of blood many days, out of the time of her separation; or if it continue beyond the time of her separation, all the days of this issue of 26 uncleanness, shall be like the days of her separation. She shall be unclean; and every bed on which she may lie during this issue, shall be to her like her bed of separation. And every seat on which she may sit, shall be unclean according to the 27 uncleanness of her separate state. Every one who toucheth her

shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and wash his body 28 with water, and be unclean until evening. And when she is clear of her disorder she shall reckon for herself seven days,

29 and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day she shall take two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, and carry them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the testi30 mony. And the priest shall offer one of them for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord, on the account of her 31 uncleanness. Thus shall you make the children of Israel religiously careful to guard against their uncleannesses, that they may not die for their uncleanness-for defiling my tabernacle which is among them. 32 This is the law for him who hath a gonorrhea, and for him. whose seed goeth from him so as to be defiled thereby; and 53 for her who is menstruous; and for the emission of seed between a man and a woman; and for a man who lieth by a woman; in her state of separation.

XVI. And the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two

sons of Aaron: when they brought strange fire before the Lord, 2 and were dead, the Lord said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, and let him not come at all times into the sanctuary, within the veil, into the presence of the propitiatory, which is on the ark of the testimony; that he may not die. For in a cloud I will appear on the propitiatory. In this manner Aaron 3 shall come into that holy place. With a young bull from the herd for a sin offering [he shall bring]a ram for a whole burnt 4 offering. And he shall put on a holy linen vesture, and shall have linen drawers on his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and shall put on a linen tiara. These are holy garments, therefore he shall wash his whole body with water, and put them 5 on. And he shall take, from the congregation of the children of Israel, two he goats for a sin offering, and a ram for a whole 6 burnt offering. And Aaron shall offer the young bull for his own sin offering, and make atonement for himself and his house7 hold. Then he shall take the two he goats, and present them

before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots on the goats, one lot, "For the 9 Lord," and one lot, "For escape." And Aaron shall bring

forward the goat, on which the lot, "For the Lord" fell; and 10 shall offer it for a sin offering, but the goat, on which the lot,

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"For escape," fell, he shall present alive before the Lord, to make atonement on it, so as to let it escape; and he shall send it away into the wilderness.

Then Aaron shall bring forward the young bull for his own sin offering, to make atonement for himself and his house12 hold, and shall slay the young bull for his sin offering; and

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he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar, which is before the Lord, and he shall fill his hands with the com13 pound incense, beaten fine, and carry it within the veil; and he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord; and the smoke of this incense shall cover the propitiatory which is on 14 the testimonies, and he shall not die. Then he shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the propitiatory, on the east side. In front of the propitiatory he shall sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. 15 Then he shall kill the goat for a sin offering-that for the people, before the Lord, and he shall carry some of its blood within the veil, and do with the blood thereof as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle the blood thereof on the pro16 pitiatory, in front of the propitiatory, and make atonement for the holy place on account of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and on account of their transgressions, for all their sins. While he shall be doing this in the tabernacle of the testimony, which is built among them in the midst of their unclean17 ness, there shall be no other man in the tabernacle of the testi

mony, from the time of his going in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out. And when he shall have made atonement for himself, and his household, and for all the 18 congregation of the children of Israel, he shall come out to the altar which is before the Lord, and make atonement on it. He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about, 19 and sprinkle some of the blood against it seven times with his finger, and purify it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the 20 children of Israel. And when he hath finished making atone

ment for the sanctuary, and for the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar, and hath made purification for the priests, then. 21 he shall bring forward the living goat, and Aaron shall lay his hands on the head of the live goat, and over it make confession

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