"These are the
regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the
priest: The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling
skin disease, the priest shall order that two live clean
birds and some
cedar wood, scarlet
yarn and
hyssop be brought for the person to be cleansed. Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot. He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the
blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water."
"Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields. The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair and bathe with water; then they will be ceremonially clean. After this they may come into the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days. On the seventh day they must shave off all their
hair; they must shave their
head, their
beard, their
eyebrows and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe themselves with water, and they will be clean."
"On the eighth day they must bring two male
lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an
ephah of the finest
flour mixed with
olive oil for a
grain offering, and one log of oil. The priest who pronounces them clean shall present both the one to be cleansed and their offerings before the
LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a
guilt offering, along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the
LORD as a
wave offering. He is to
slaughter the lamb in the
sanctuary area where the
sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most
holy. The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the
lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the
thumb of their right hand and on the
big toe of their right foot. The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand, dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the
LORD seven times. The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed and make
atonement for them before the
LORD. Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from their uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering and offer it on the
altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for them, and they will be clean."
Leviticus 14:2-21
