be burnt, either warp or woof, whether it be woollen or linen or any
thing that is made of skin wherein the plague is, for it is a fretting
leprosy, and shall be burnt in the fire. If the priest see that the
plague hath fretten no further in the cloth: either in the warp or woof
or in whatsoever thing of skin it be, then let the priest command then
to wash the thing wherein the plague is, and let him shut it up seven
days more. And let the priest look on it again after that the plague is
washed. If the plague have not changed his fashion though it be spread
no further abroad, it is yet unclean. And see that ye burn it in the
fire, for it is fretten inward: whether in part or in all together. But
and if the priest see that it is somewhat blackish after that it is
washed, let him rent it out of the cloth, or out of the skin or out of
the warp or woof. But and if it appear any more in the cloth either in
the warp or in the woof or in anything made of skin, then it is a
waxing plague. And see that ye burn that with fire, wherein the plague
is. Moreover the cloth either warp or woof or whatsoever thing of skin
it be which thou hast washed and the plague be departed from it, shall
be washed once again: and then it is clean. This is the law of the
plague of leprosy in a cloth whether it be woollen or linen: either
whether it be in the warp or woof, or in anything made of skins, to
make {judge} it clean or unclean.
Chapter .xiiij.
And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: this is the law of a leper when
he shall be cleansed: He shall be brought unto the priest, and the
priest shall go out without the host and look upon him. If the plague
of leprosy be healed in the leper, then shall the priest command that
there be brought for him that shall be cleansed two living birds that
are clean, and cypress {cedar} wood, and a piece of purple cloth and
hyssop. And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed
over {in} an earthen vessel of running water. And the priest shall take
the living bird and the cypress {cedar} wood and the purple and the
hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the
slain bird, and in the running water and sprinkle it upon him that must
be cleansed of his leprosy seven times and cleanse him, and shall let
the living bird go free into the fields. And he that is cleansed shall
wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water,
and then he is clean. And after that he shall come into the host, but
shall tarry without his tent seven days. When the seventh day is come,
he shall shave off all his hair both upon his head and his beard and on
his brows: and even all the hair that is on him, shall be shaven off.
And he shall wash his clothes and his flesh in water, and then he shall
be clean. And when the eighth day is come, let him take two lambs
without blemish and a ewe lamb of a year old without blemish, and three
tenth deals of fine flour for a meatoffering mingled with oil, and a
log of oil.
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