Leviticus 14:1-9 ▼

1 The LORD told Moses,

2 |This is the law concerning those who have infectious skin diseases, after they have been cleansed:

3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infectious skin disease to confirm that the person has been healed.

4 If he has been healed, then the priest is to command that two live and clean birds, some cedar wood, some crimson thread, and hyssop be brought for the one cleansed.

5 Then the priest is to command that one bird be slaughtered on an earthen vessel over flowing water.

6 He is to take the live bird, the cedar wood, the crimson thread, and the hyssop, and dip them together in the blood of the bird that had been slaughtered over the flowing water.

7 He is to sprinkle the blood seven times on the person with the infectious skin disease and then pronounce him clean. Then he is to release the live bird into the open fields.

8 The person who is clean is to wash his clothes, shave all his hair, and bathe in water, after which he is to be declared clean. Then he can be brought back to the camp, but he is to remain outside his tent for seven days.

9 On the seventh day, he is to shave the hair on his head, chin, back, and eyebrows. After he has shaved all his hair, washed his clothes, and bathed himself with water, then he will be clean.|