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priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean it [is but] 7 a scab and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of 8 the priest again And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean it [is] a leprosy.

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When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall 10 be brought unto the priest; And the priest shall see [him :] and, behold, [if] the rising [be] white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and [there be] quick raw flesh in the 11 rising; It [is] an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut 12 him up for he is unclean. And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of [him that hath] the plague from his head even to his foot, where13 soever the priest looketh; Then the priest shall consider : and, behold, [if] the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he [is] clean; it is only a salt humour of body, 14 thrown out by the strength of his constitution. But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. This was a sign that the poison of the disease was not wholly driven out, but did still lurk within the flesh, and so rendered the disease more dangerous to him that had it, and more infectious to others. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean [for] the raw flesh [is] unclean it [is] a lep16 rosy. Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto 17 white, he shall come unto the priest; And the priest shall see him and, behold, [if] the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the plague he [is] clean, though he may have the scurvy all over his body.

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The flesh also, in which, [even] in the skin thereof, was a 19 boil, and is healed, And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, 20 and it be showed to the priest; And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it [be] in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white: the priest shall pronounce him unclean it [is] a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, [there be] no white hairs therein, and [if] it [be] not lower than the skin, but [be] somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up sev22 en days: And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the 23 priest shall pronounce him unclean it [is] a plague. But

if the bright spot stay in his place, [and] spread not, it [is] a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Or if there be [any] flesh, in the skin whereof [there is] a a white hot burning, and the quick [flesh] that burneth have 25 bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it [be in] sight deeper than the skin; it [is] a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean it [is] the plague of 26 leprosy. But if the priest look on it, and, behold, [there be} no white hair in the bright spot, and it [be] no lower than the [other] skin, but [be] somewhat dark; then the priest shall 27 shut him up seven days: And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day : [and] if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean it [is] the 38 plague of leprosy. And if the bright spot stay in his place, [and] spread not in the skin, but it [be] somewhat dark; it [is] a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean for it [is] an inflammation of the burning.

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If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the 30 beard ;* Then the priest shall see the plague and, behold, if it [be] in sight deeper than the skin; [and there be] in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him un→ clean it [is] a dry scall, [even] a leprosy upon the head 31 or beard. And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it [be] not in sight deeper than the skin, and [that there is] no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut 32 up [him that hath] the plague of the scall seven days: And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, [if] the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall [be] not in sight deeper than 33 the skin: He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave and the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the scall 34 seven days more: And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, [if] the scall be not spread in the skin, nor [be] in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean and he shall wash his 35 clothes and be clean. But if the scall spread much in the 36 skin after his cleansing; Then the priest shall look on him ;

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and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall 37 not seek for yellow hair; he [is] unclean. But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and [that] there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he [is] clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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• This, among the Romans, was looked upon as a most dreadful distemper, even worse than death."

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their flesh [be] darkish white; it [is] a freckled spot [that] groweth in the skin; he [is] clean.

And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he [is] bald; 41 [yet is] he clean. And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he [is] forehead bald: 42 [yet is] he clean. And if there be in the bald head, or bald

forehead, a white reddish sore; it [is] a leprosy sprung up in 43 his bald head or his bald forehead. Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, [if] the rising of the sore [be] white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the 44 leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; He [is] a leprous man, he [is] unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean: his plague [is] in his head.

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And the leper in whom the plague [is,] his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, cover it with his hand or garment, in token of sorrow and shame, (Ezek. xxiv. 17, 22. Mic. iii. 7.) and shall cry, 46 Unclean, unclean. All the days wherein the plague [shall be] in him, he shall be defiled; he [is] unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp [shall] his habitation [be.]

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The garment also that the plague of leprosy [is] in, [wheth48 er it be] a woollen garment, or a linen garment; Whether [it be] in the warp, or woof, inside or outside; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment,

or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it [is] a plague of leprosy, and shall be 50 showed unto the priest: And the priest shall look upon the 51 plague, and shut up [it that hath] the plague, seven days: And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, [or] in any work that is made of skin; the 52 plague [is] a fretting leprosy; it [is] unclean. He shall

therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is for 53 it [is] a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any 54 thing of skin; Then the priest shall command that they wash [the thing] wherein the plague [is,] and he shall shut it up 55 seven days more: And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, [if] the plague have not changed his colour, and, or though, the plague be not spread; it [is] unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it [is] fret in56 ward, [whether] it [be] bare within or without. And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague [be] somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or 57 out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: And

if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it [is] a spreading [plague :] 58 thou shalt burn that wherein the plague [is] with fire. And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin [it be,] which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.

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This [is] the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. The leprosy of garments and houses, we, through divine mercy, know nothing of; it was perhaps a plague peculiar to Canaan.

CHAP. XIV.

The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper; the signs of leprosy in an house; and the cleansing of that house.

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ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing : 3 He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, [if] the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] clean, to denote that his flesh was now restored to the same soundness as other living creatures, whereas before it might be looked upon as dead, and cedar wood, which was incorruptible, to denote that the corruption of the humours of his body were removed, and scarlet, to denote that the colour of his blood was changed from a livid to a scarlet colour, and hyssop, to denote that the disagreeable smell proceed5 ing from his leprosy was removed: And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel, over run6 ning water: As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird [that was] 7 killed over the running water: And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field, to denote that the person cleansed was now at liberty to return to his former habitation, and converse with other men. And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off and he shall wash his clothes, also he VOL. I.

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to shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. And of the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour [for] a meat offering, mingled 11 with oil, and one log of oil, which held a pint. And the priest that maketh [him] clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, [at] the door 12 of the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them [for] a wave offering before the 13 LORD: And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place for as the sin offering [is] the priest's, [so is] the 14 trespass offering it [is] most holy: And the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, to denote that he was now free to hear God's word, to touch any person or thing, and to go 15 where he would: And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil, and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand : 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that [is] in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger 17 seven times before the LORD: And of the rest of the oil that [is] in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood 18 of the trespass offering: And the remnant of the oil that [is] in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement 19 for him before the LORD. And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering. This burnt offering is the gift mentioned, Mat. viii. 4. 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat of fering upon the altar and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

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And if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; 22 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a 23 burnt offering. And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the taber24 nacle of the congregation before the LORD. And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering be25 fore the LORD: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass

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