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Day 100 and 26
the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, if
anyone has a swelling or a rash or
discolored skin that might develop
into a serious skin disease, that
person must be brought to Aaron,
the priest, or to one of his sons.
The priest will examine the affected area
of the skin if the hair in the affected
area has turned white, and the problem
appears to be more than skin deep.
It is a serious skin disease, and the
priest who examines it must pronounce
the person ceremonially unclean.
But if the affected area of the skin
is only a white discoloration and
does not appear to be more than skin
deep, and if the hair on the spot
has not turned white, the priest will
quarantine the person for seven days.
On the seventh day, the priest will
make another examination if he finds
the affected area has not changed, and
the problem has not spread on the skin.
The priest will quarantine the
person for seven more days.
On the seventh day, the priest
will make another examination
if he finds the affected area
has faded and has not spread.
The priest will pronounce the
person ceremonially clean.
It was only a rash.
The person's clothing must be washed and
the person will be ceremonially clean.
But if the rash continues to
spread after the person has been
examined by the priest and has been
pronounced clean, The infected person
must return to be examined again.
If the priest finds that the rash
has spread, he must pronounce
the person ceremonially unclean
for it is indeed a skin disease.
Anyone who develops a serious skin disease
must go to the priest for an examination.
If the priest finds a white swelling
on the skin and some hair on the
spot has turned white and there
is an open sore in the affected
area, it is a chronic skin disease.
And the priest must pronounce
the person ceremonially unclean.
In such cases, the person need not be
quarantined for, it is obvious that
the skin is defiled by the disease.
Now, suppose the disease has
spread all over the person's skin,
covering the body from head to foot.
When the priest examines the infected
person and finds that the disease
covers the entire body, he will
pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
Since the skin has turned completely
white, the person is clean.
But if any open sores appear,
the infected person will be
pronounced ceremonially unclean.
The priest must make this
pronouncement as soon as he sees an
open sore, since open sores indicate
the presence of a skin disease.
However, if the open sores heal
and turn white like the rest of
the skin, the person must return to
the priest for another examination.
If the affected areas have indeed
turned white, the priest will then
pronounce the person ceremonially
clean by declaring you are clean.
If anyone has a boil on the skin
that has started to heal, but a white
swelling or a reddish white spot
develops in its place, that person
must go to the priest to be examined.
If the priest examines it and finds it to
be more than skin deep, and if the hair
in the affected area has turned white.
The priest must pronounce the
person ceremonially unclean.
The boil has become a serious skin
disease, but if the priest finds no
white hair on the affected area, and
the problem appears to be no more than
skin deep and has faded, the priest must
quarantine the person for seven days.
If during that time the affected area
spreads on the skin, the priest must
pronounce the person ceremonially,
unclean, because it is a serious disease.
But if the area grows no larger and
does not spread, it is merely the scar
from the boil, and the priest will
pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
If anyone has suffered a burn on the
skin and the burned area changes color
becoming either reddish, white or shiny
white, the priest must examine it.
If he finds that the hair in the affected
area has turned white and the problem
appears to be more than skin deep, a
skin disease has broken out in the burn.
The priest must then pronounce the
person ceremonially unclean for It has
clearly a serious skin disease, but if
the priest finds no white hair on the
affected area, and the problem appears to
be no more than skin deep and has faded.
The priest must quarantine the
infected person for seven days.
On the seventh day, the priest
must examine the person again.
If the affected area has spread on the
skin, the priest must pronounce that
person Ceremonially, unclean for it
is clearly a serious skin disease, but
if the affected area has not changed
or spread on the skin and has faded,
it is simply a swelling from the burn.
The priest will then pronounce
the person ceremonially clean.
For it is only the scar from the burn.
If anyone, either a man or woman
has a sore on the head or chin,
the priest must examine it.
If he finds it is more than skin
deep and has fine yellow hair
on it, the priest must pronounce
the person ceremonially unclean.
It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.
If the priest examines the scabby sore
and finds that it is only skin deep.
But there is no black hair on it.
He must quarantine the
person for seven days.
On the seventh day, the priest
must examine the sore again.
If he finds that the scabby sore has
not spread and there is no yellow hair
on it, and it appears to be only skin
deep, the person must shave off all hair
except the hair on the affected area.
Then the priest must quarantine
the person for another seven days.
On the seventh day, he will
examine the SOAR again.
If it has not spread and appears to be
no more than skindeep, the priest will
pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
The person's clothing must be washed and
the person will be ceremonially clean.
But if the scabby sore begins to spread
after the person is pronounced clean,
the priest must do another examination.
If he finds that the SOAR has
spread, the priest does not
need to look for yellow hair.
The infected person is ceremonially
unclean, but if the color of the
scabby sore does not change and black
hair has grown on it, it has healed.
The priest will then pronounce
the person ceremonially clean.
If anyone, either a man or woman has
shiny white patches on the skin, the
priest must examine the affected area.
If he finds that the shiny
patches are only pale white,
this is a harmless skin rash.
The person is ceremonially clean.
If a man loses his hair and his head
becomes bald, he is still ceremonially
clean and if he loses hair on his
forehead, he simply has a bald forehead.
He is still clean.
However, if a reddish white sore appears
on the bald area on top of his head or
on his forehead, this is a skin disease.
The priest must examine him, and
if he finds swelling around the
reddish white sore anywhere on the
man's head and it looks like a skin
disease, the man is indeed infected
with a skin disease and is unclean.
The priest must pronounce him ceremonially
unclean because of the sore on his head.
Those who suffer from a serious skin
disease must tear their clothing
and leave their hair combed.
They must cover their mouth
and call out unclean, unclean.
As long as the serious disease lasts,
they will be ceremonially unclean.
They must live in isolation in
their place outside the camp.
Now suppose mildew contaminates some
woolen or linen clothing, woolen
or linen fabric, the height of an
animal or anything made of leather.
If the contaminated area in the clothing,
the animal hide, the fabric or the
leather article has turned greenish
or reddish, it is contaminated with
mildew and must be shown to the priest.
After examining the affected spot,
the priest will put the article
in quarantine for seven days.
On the seventh day, the
priest must inspect it again.
If the contaminated area has spread,
the clothing or fabric or leather
is clearly contaminated by a serious
mildew and is ceremonially unclean,
the priest must burn the item.
The clothing, the wool or linen fabric
or piece of leather for it has been
contaminated by a serious mildew.
It must be completely destroyed by
fire, but if the priest examines
it, And finds that the contaminated
area has not spread in the clothing,
the fabric, or the leather.
The priest will order the
object to be washed and then
quarantined for seven more days.
Then the priest must
examine the object again.
If he finds that the contaminated
area has not changed color after
being washed, even if it did not
spread, the object is defiled.
It must be completely burned up,
whether the contaminated spot
is on the inside or outside.
But if the priest examines it and finds
that the contaminated area has faded after
being washed, he must cut the spot from
the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.
If the spot later reappears on the
clothing, the fabric or the leather
article, the mildew is clearly
spreading, and the contaminated
object must be burned up.
But if the spot disappears from
the clothing, the fabric, or the
leather article, after it has been
washed, it must be washed again.
Then it will be ceremonially clean.
These are the instructions for
dealing with mildew that contaminates
woolen, or linen clothing or
fabric, or anything made of leather.
This is how the priest will
determine whether these items are
ceremonially clean or unclean.
And the Lord said to Moses,
the following instructions are
for those seeking ceremonial
purification from a skin disease.
Those who have been healed must be
brought to the priest who will examine
them at a place outside the camp.
If the priest finds that someone has been
healed of a serious skin disease, he will
perform a purification ceremony using two
live birds that are ceremonially clean.
A stick of cedar, some scarlet
yarn, and a hiss up branch.
The priest will order that one
bird be slaughtered over a clay
pot filled with fresh water.
He will take the live bird, the
cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and
the hiss branch, and dip them into
the blood of the bird that was
slaughtered over the fresh water.
The priest will then sprinkle the blood
of the dead bird seven times on the
person being purified of the skin disease.
When the priest has purified the
person, he will release the live
bird in the open field to fly away.
The person's being purified must then
wash their clothes, shave off all their
hair, and bathe themselves in water.
Then they will be ceremonially
clean and may return to the camp.
However, they must remain outside
their tents for seven days.
On the seventh day, they must again shave
all the hair from their heads, including
the hair of the beard and eyebrows.
They must also wash their clothes
and bathe themselves in water.
Then they will be ceremonially
clean on the eighth day.
Each person being purified must bring
two male lambs and a one-year-old
female lamb, all with no defects, along
with a grain offering of six quartz of
choice flour moistened with olive oil.
A cup of olive oil, then the
officiating priest will present
that person for purification along
with the offerings before the Lord.
At the entrance of the tabernacle, the
priest will take one of the male lambs
and the olive oil and present them as
a guilt offering, lifting them up as
a special offering before the Lord.
He will then slaughter the male lamb
in the sacred area where sin offerings
and burnt offerings are slaughtered.
As with the sin offering, the guilt
offering belongs to the priest.
It is a most holy offering.
The priest will then take some of the
blood of the guilt offering and apply it
to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb
of the right hand, and the big toe of the
right foot of the person being purified.
Then the priest will pour
some of the olive oil into
the palm of his own left hand.
He will dip his right finger into the oil
in his palm and sprinkle some of it with
his finger seven times before the Lord.
The priest will then apply some of the
oil in his palm over the blood from the
guilt offering that is on the lobe of
the right ear, the thumb of the right
hand, and the big toe of the right
foot of the person being purified.
The priest will apply the oil
remaining in his hand to the head
of the person being purified.
Through this process, the priest will
purify the person before the Lord.
Then the priest must present the
sin offering to purify the person
who was cured of the skin disease.
After that, the priest will slaughter
the burnt offering and offer it on the
altar, along with the grain offering.
Through this process, the priest will
purify the person who was healed, and
the person will be ceremonially clean.
But anyone who is too poor and cannot
afford these offerings may bring one male
lamb for a guilt offering to be lifted up
as a special offering for purification.
The person must also bring two
quartz of choice flour moistened
with olive oil for the grain
offering, and a cup of olive oil.
The offering must also include two
turtle doves or two young pigeons,
whichever the person can afford.
One of the pair must be used
for the sin offering and the
other for a burnt offering.
On the eighth day of the purification
ceremony, the person being purified
must bring the offerings to the
priest in the Lord's presence.
At the entrance of the tabernacle, the
priest will take the lamb for the guilt
offering along with the olive oil and lift
them up as a special offering to the Lord.
Then the priest will slaughter
the lamb for the guilt offering.
He will take some of its blood and apply
it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb
of the right hand, and the big toe of the
right foot of the person being purified.
The priest will also pour
some of the olive oil into
the palm of his own left hand.
He will dip his right finger into
the oil in his palm and sprinkle some
of it seven times before the Lord.
The priest will then apply some of the
oil in his palm over the blood from the
guilt offering that is on the lobe of
the right ear, the thumb of the right
hand, and the big toe of the right
foot of the person being purified.
The priest will apply the oil
remaining in his hand to the head
of the person being purified.
Through this process, the priest will
purify the person before the Lord.
Then the priest will offer the two
turtle doves or the two young pigeons,
whichever the person can afford.
One of them is for a sin offering and
the other for a burnt offering to be
presented along with the grain offering.
Through this process, the priest will
purify the person before the Lord.
These are the instructions for
purification for those who have
recovered from a serious skin
disease, but who cannot afford to
bring the offerings normally required
for the ceremony of purification.
Then the Lord said to Moses and
Aaron, when you arrive in Canaan,
the land I am giving you as your own
possession, I may contaminate some of
the houses in your land with mildew.
The owner of such a house must then
go to the priest and say, it appears
that my house has some kind of mildew.
Before the priest goes in to inspect
the house, he must have the house
emptied, so nothing inside will be
pronounced ceremonially unclean.
Then the priest will go in and
examine the mildew on the walls.
If he finds greenish or reddish streaks,
and the contamination appears to go
deeper than the wall's surface, the
priest will step outside the door and put
the house in quarantine for seven days.
On the seventh day, the priest
must return for another inspection.
If he finds that the mildew on
the walls of the house has spread,
the priest must order that the
stones from those areas be removed.
The contaminated material will
then be taken outside the town.
To an area designated
as ceremonially unclean.
Next, the inside walls of the entire
house must be scraped thoroughly
and the scrapings dumped in the
unclean place outside the town.
Other stones will be brought in to
replace the ones that were removed
and the walls will be replastered.
But if the mildew reappears after all
the stones have been replaced and the
house has been scraped and replastered.
The priest must return and
inspect the house again if he
finds that the mildew has spread.
The walls are clearly contaminated with a
serious mildew, and the house is defiled.
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.
Those who enter the house during
the period of quarantine will be
ceremonially unclean until evening,
and all who sleep or eat in the
house must wash their clothing.
But if the priest returns for his
inspection and finds that the mildew has
not reappeared in the house after the
fresh plastering, he will pronounce it
clean because the mildew is clearly gone.
To purify the house, the priest must
take two birds, a stick of cedar,
some scarlet yarn, and a hisa branch.
He will slaughter one of the birds over
a clay pot filled with fresh water.
He will take the cedar stick, the hiss
branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live
bird, and dip them into the blood of the
slaughtered bird and into the fresh water.
Then he will sprinkle
the house seven times.
When the priest has purified the house in
exactly this way, he will release the live
bird in the open fields outside the town.
Through this process, the priest
will purify the house and it
will be ceremonially clean.
These are the instructions for dealing
with serious skin diseases, including
scabby, sores and mildew, whether on
clothing or in a house, and a swelling
on the skin, a rash or discolored skin.
This procedure will determine
whether a person or object is
ceremonially, clean or unclean.
These are the instructions
regarding skin diseases and mildew.
This concludes today's
Immer Reading experience.
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