Bible Reading Plan – Day 32

₁The LORD gave Moses ₂the following regulations about the ritual purification of a person cured of a dreaded skin disease. On the day he is to be pronounced clean, he shall be brought to the priest, ₃and the priest shall take him outside the camp and examine him. If the disease is healed, ₄the priest shall order two ritually clean birds to be brought, together with a piece of cedar wood, a red cord, and a sprig of hyssop. ₅Then the priest shall order one of the birds to be killed over a clay bowl containing fresh spring water. ₆He shall take the other bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the red cord, and the hyssop, in the blood of the bird that was killed. ₇He shall sprinkle the blood seven times on the person who is to be purified from his skin disease, and then he shall pronounce him clean. He shall let the live bird fly away over the open fields. ₈The person shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and have a bath; he will then be ritually clean. He may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent for seven days. ₉On the seventh day he shall again shave his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and all the rest of the hair on his body; he shall wash his clothes and have a bath, and then he will be ritually clean.

₁₀On the eighth day he shall bring two male lambs and one female lamb a year old that are without any defects, three kilogrammes of flour mixed with olive oil, and a third of a litre of olive oil. ₁₁The priest shall take the person and these offerings to the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence. ₁₂Then the priest shall take one of the male lambs and together with the one-third of a litre of oil he shall offer it as a repayment offering. He shall present them as a special gift to the LORD for the priest. ₁₃He shall kill the lamb in the place where the animals for the sin offerings and the burnt offerings are killed. He must do this because the repayment offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest and is very holy. ₁₄The priest shall take some of the blood of the lamb and put it on the lobe of the right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who is to be declared ritually clean. ₁₅The priest shall take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left hand, ₁₆dip a finger of his right hand in it, and sprinkle some of it seven times there in the LORD's presence. ₁₇He shall take some of the oil that is in the palm of his hand and some of the blood of the lamb and put them on the lobe of the right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who is to be declared ritually clean. ₁₈He shall put the rest of the oil that is in the palm of his hand on the person's head. In this way he shall perform the ritual of purification.

₁₉Then the priest shall offer the sin offering and perform the ritual of purification. After that, he shall kill the animal for the burnt offering ₂₀and offer it with the grain offering on the altar. In this way the priest shall perform the ritual of purification, and the person will be ritually clean.

₂₁If he is poor and cannot afford any more, he shall bring for his purification only one male lamb as his repayment offering, a special gift to the LORD for the priest. He shall bring only one kilogramme of flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering and a third of a litre of olive oil. ₂₂He shall also bring two doves or two pigeons, one for the sin offering and one for the burnt offering. ₂₃On the eighth day of his purification he shall bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent. ₂₄The priest shall take the lamb and the olive oil and present them as a special gift to the LORD for the priest. ₂₅He shall kill the lamb and take some of the blood and put it on the lobe of the person's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. ₂₆The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand ₂₇and with a finger of his right hand sprinkle some of it seven times there in the LORD's presence. ₂₈He shall put some of the oil on the same places as he put the blood: on the lobe of the person's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. ₂₉The rest of the oil that is in his palm he shall put on the person's head and in this way perform the ritual of purification. ₃₀Then he shall offer one of the doves or pigeons ₃₁as the sin offering and the other as the burnt offering with the grain offering. In this way the priest shall perform the ritual of purification. ₃₂This is the law for the one who has a dreaded skin disease but who cannot afford the normal offerings required for his purification.

₃₃The LORD gave Moses and Aaron _34-35the following regulations about houses affected by spreading mildew. (These were to apply after the people of Israel entered the land of Canaan, which the LORD was going to give them as their possession.) If someone finds that the LORD has sent mildew on his house, then he must go and tell the priest about it. ₃₆The priest shall order everything to be moved out of the house before he goes to examine the mildew; otherwise everything in the house will be declared unclean. Then he shall go to the house ₃₇and examine the mildew. If there are greenish or reddish spots that appear to be eating into the wall, ₃₈he shall leave the house and lock it up for seven days. ₃₉On the seventh day he shall return and examine it again. If the mildew has spread, ₄₀he shall order the stones on which the mildew is found to be removed and thrown into some unclean place outside the city. ₄₁After that he must have all the interior walls scraped and the plaster dumped in an unclean place outside the city. ₄₂Then other stones are to be used to replace the stones that were removed, and new plaster will be used to cover the walls.

₄₃If the mildew breaks out again in the house after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and plastered, ₄₄the priest shall go and look. If it has spread, the house is unclean. ₄₅It must be torn down, and its stones, its wood, and all its plaster must be carried out of the city to an unclean place. ₄₆Anyone who enters the house while it is locked up will be unclean until evening. ₄₇Anyone who lies down or eats in the house must wash his clothes.

₄₈If, when the priest comes to look, the mildew has not reappeared after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house ritually clean, because the mildew has been completely removed. ₄₉To purify the house, he shall take two birds, some cedar wood, a red cord, and a sprig of hyssop. ₅₀He shall kill one of the birds over a clay bowl containing fresh spring water. ₅₁Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red cord, and the live bird and shall dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water. And he shall sprinkle the house seven times. ₅₂In this way he shall purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red cord. ₅₃Then he shall let the live bird fly away outside the city over the open fields. In this way he shall perform the ritual of purification for the house, and it will be ritually clean.

₅₄These are the laws about dreaded skin diseases; _55-56sores, boils, or inflammations; and about mildew in clothes or houses. ₅₇These laws determine when something is unclean and when it is clean.

₁The LORD gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations ₂for the people of Israel. When any man has a discharge from his penis, the discharge is unclean, ₃whether the penis runs with it or is stopped up by it. ₄Any bed on which he sits or lies is unclean. ₅Anyone who touches his bed ₆or sits on anything the man has sat on must wash his clothes and have a bath, and he remains unclean until evening. ₇Anyone who touches the man with the discharge must wash his clothes and have a bath, and he remains unclean until evening. ₈If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is ritually clean, that person must wash his clothes and have a bath, and he remains unclean until evening. ₉Any saddle or seat on which the man with the discharge sits is unclean. ₁₀Anyone who touches anything on which the man sat is unclean until evening. Anyone who carries anything on which the man sat must wash his clothes and have a bath, and he remains unclean until evening. ₁₁If a man who has a discharge touches someone without first having washed his hands, that person must wash his clothes and have a bath, and he remains unclean until evening. ₁₂Any clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed.

₁₃After the man is cured of his discharge, he must wait seven days and then wash his clothes and bathe in fresh spring water, and he will be ritually clean. ₁₄On the eighth day he shall take two doves or two pigeons to the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence and give them to the priest. ₁₅The priest shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way he will perform the ritual of purification for the man.

₁₆When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body, and he remains unclean until evening. ₁₇Anything made of cloth or leather on which the semen falls must be washed, and it remains unclean until evening. ₁₈After sexual intercourse both the man and the woman must have a bath, and they remain unclean until evening.

₁₉When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her is unclean until evening. ₂₀Anything on which she sits or lies during her monthly period is unclean. _21-23Anyone who touches her bed or anything on which she has sat must wash his clothes and have a bath, and he remains unclean until evening. ₂₄If a man has sexual intercourse with her during her period, he is contaminated by her impurity and remains unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies is unclean.

₂₅If a woman has a flow of blood for several days outside her monthly period or if her flow continues beyond her regular period, she remains unclean as long as the flow continues, just as she is during her monthly period. ₂₆Any bed on which she lies and anything on which she sits during this time is unclean. ₂₇Anyone who touches them is unclean and must wash his clothes and have a bath; he remains unclean until evening. ₂₈After her flow stops, she must wait seven days, and then she will be ritually clean. ₂₉On the eighth day she shall take two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence. ₃₀The priest shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and in this way he will perform the ritual of purification for her.

₃₁The LORD told Moses to warn the people of Israel about their uncleanness, so that they would not defile the Tent of his presence, which was in the middle of the camp. If they did, they would be killed.

₃₂These are the regulations about a man who has a discharge or an emission of semen, ₃₃a woman during her monthly period, or a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ritually unclean.