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Ceremonially Clean and Unclean Animals

11Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H559 2"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. "Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.H1696H1121H3478H559H2063H2416H398H929H776 3You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.H6536H6541H8156H8157H5927H1625H929H398 4You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.H389H398H5927H1625H6536H6541H1581H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 5The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.H8227H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 6The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.H768H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 7The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.H2386H6536H6541H8156H8157H1641H1625H2931 8You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.H1320H398H5038H5060H2931 9"Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.H398H4325H5579H7193H4325H3220H5158H398 10But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.H5579H7193H3220H5158H8318H4325H2416H5315H4325H8263 11They will always be detestable to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.H8263H398H1320H5038H8262 12Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.H5579H7193H4325H8263 13"These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,H8262H4480H5775H398H8263H5404H6538H5822 14the kite, falcons of all kinds,H1676H344H4327 15ravens of all kinds,H6158H4327 16the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,H1323H3284H8464H7828H5322H4327 17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,H3563H7994H3244 18the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture,H8580H6893H7360 19the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.H2624H601H4327H1744H5847 20"You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.H5775H8318H1980H702H8263 21You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.H398H5775H8318H1980H702H3767H4605H7272H5425H2004H776 22The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.H398H697H4327H5556H4327H2728H4327H2284H4327 23All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.H5775H8318H702H7272H8263 24"The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening.H2930H5060H5038H2930H6153 25If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153 26"Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.H929H6536H6541H8157H8156H5927H1625H2931H5060H2930 27Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.H3605H1992H1980H3709H2416H1980H702H2931H5060H5038H2930H6153 28If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H2931 29"Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds,H2931H8318H8317H776H2467H5909H6632H4327 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.H604H3581H3911H2546H8580 31All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.H2931H8318H5060H4194H2930H6153 32If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.H4194H5307H2930H3627H6086H899H5785H8242H3627H4399H6213H935H4325H2930H6153H2891 33"If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.H2789H3627H5307H8432H2930H7665 34If the water from such a container spills on any food, the food will be defiled. And any beverage in such a container will be defiled.H400H398H4325H935H2930H4945H8354H3627H2930 35Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.H5038H5307H2930H8574H3600H5422H2931H2931 36"However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled.H4599H953H4723H4325H2889H5060H5038H2930 37If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean.H5038H5307H2221H2233H2232H2889 38But if the seed is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will be defiled.H4325H5414H2233H5038H5307H2931 39"If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.H929H402H4191H5060H5038H2930H6153 40If you eat any of its meat or carry away its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.H398H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153 41"All small animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.H8318H8317H776H8263H398 42This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.H1980H1512H1980H702H7235H7272H8318H8317H776H398H8263 43Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them.H8262H5315H8262H8318H8317H2933H2930 44For I am the LORD your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.H3068H430H6942H6918H6918H2930H5315H8318H7430H776 45For I, the LORD, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.H3068H5927H776H4714H430H6918H6918 46"These are the instructions regarding land animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals that scurry along the ground.H8451H929H5775H2416H5315H7430H4325H5315H8317H776 47By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten."H914H2931H2889H2416H398H2416H398

Purification after Childbirth

12The LORD said to Moses, "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.H3068H1696H4872H559 2If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period.H1696H1121H3478H559H802H2232H3205H2145H2930H7651H3117H3117H5079H1738H2930 3On the eighth day the boy's foreskin must be circumcised.H8066H3117H1320H6190H4135 4After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over.H3427H1818H2893H7969H7970H3117H5060H6944H935H4720H3117H3117H2892H4390 5If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.H3205H5347H2930H7620H5079H3427H1818H2893H8346H8337H3117 6"When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.H3117H2892H4390H1121H1323H935H3532H1121H8141H5930H1121H3123H8449H2403H6607H168H4150H3548 7The priest will then present them to the LORD to purify her. Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions for a woman after the birth of a son or a daughter.H7126H6440H3068H3722H2891H4726H1818H8451H3205H2145H5347 8"If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean."H4672H1767H3027H7716H3947H8147H8449H1121H3123H259H5930H259H2403H3548H3722H2891

Serious Skin Diseases

13The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H559 2"If anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin that might develop into a serious skin disease, that person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.H120H5785H1320H7613H5597H934H5785H1320H5061H6883H935H175H3548H259H1121H3548 3The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.H3548H7200H5061H5785H1320H8181H5061H2015H3836H5061H4758H6013H5785H1320H5061H6883H3548H7200H2930 4"But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.H934H3836H5785H1320H4758H6013H5785H8181H2015H3836H3548H5462H5061H7651H3117 5On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has not changed and the problem has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days.H3548H7200H7637H3117H5061H5869H5975H5061H6581H5785H3548H5462H7651H3117H8145 6On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person's clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.H3548H7200H8145H7637H3117H5061H3544H5061H6581H5785H3548H2891H4556H3526H899H2891 7But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.H4556H6581H6581H5785H310H7200H3548H2893H7200H3548H8145 8If the priest finds that the rash has spread, he must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is indeed a skin disease.H3548H7200H4556H6581H5785H3548H2930H6883 9"Anyone who develops a serious skin disease must go to the priest for an examination.H5061H6883H120H935H3548 10If the priest finds a white swelling on the skin, and some hair on the spot has turned white, and there is an open sore in the affected area,H3548H7200H7613H3836H5785H2015H8181H3836H4241H2416H1320H7613 11it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease.H3462H6883H5785H1320H3548H2930H5462H2931 12"Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person's skin, covering the body from head to foot.H6883H6524H6524H5785H6883H3680H5785H5061H7218H7272H3548H4758H5869 13When the priest examines the infected person and finds that the disease covers the entire body, he will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. Since the skin has turned completely white, the person is clean.H3548H7200H6883H3680H1320H2891H5061H2015H3836H2889 14But if any open sores appear, the infected person will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.H3117H2416H1320H7200H2930 15The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease.H3548H7200H2416H1320H2930H2416H1320H2931H6883 16However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priestH2416H1320H7725H2015H3836H935H3548 17for another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring, 'You are clean!'H3548H7200H5061H2015H3836H3548H2891H5061H2889 18"If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,H1320H3588H5785H7822H7495 19but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.H4725H7822H3836H7613H934H3836H125H7200H3548 20If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease.H3548H7200H4758H8217H5785H8181H2015H3836H3548H2930H5061H6883H6524H7822 21But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.H3548H7200H3836H8181H8217H5785H3544H3548H5462H7651H3117 22If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a serious disease.H6581H6581H5785H3548H2930H5061 23But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean.H934H5975H6581H6867H7822H3548H2891 24"If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,H1320H5785H784H4348H4241H4348H3836H934H125H3836 25the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.H3548H7200H8181H934H2015H3836H4758H6013H5785H6883H6524H4348H3548H2930H5061H6883 26But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days.H3548H7200H3836H8181H934H8217H5785H3544H3548H5462H7651H3117 27On the seventh day the priest must examine the person again. If the affected area has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.H3548H7200H7637H3117H6581H6581H5785H3548H2930H5061H6883 28But if the affected area has not changed or spread on the skin and has faded, it is simply a swelling from the burn. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.H934H934H5975H6581H5785H3544H7613H4348H3548H2891H6867H4348 29"If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin,H376H802H5061H7218H2206 30the priest must examine it. If he finds it is more than skin-deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.H3548H7200H5061H4758H6013H5785H6669H1851H8181H3548H2930H5424H6883H7218H2206 31If the priest examines the scabby sore and finds that it is only skin-deep but there is no black hair on it, he must quarantine the person for seven days.H3548H7200H5061H5424H4758H6013H5785H7838H8181H3548H5462H5061H5424H7651H3117 32On the seventh day the priest must examine the sore again. If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread, and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin-deep,H7637H3117H3548H7200H5061H5424H6581H6669H8181H5424H4758H6013H5785 33the person must shave off all hair except the hair on the affected area. Then the priest must quarantine the person for another seven days.H1548H5424H1548H3548H5462H5424H7651H3117H8145 34On the seventh day he will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin-deep, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. The person's clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.H7637H3117H3548H7200H5424H5424H6581H5785H4758H6013H5785H3548H2891H3526H899H2891 35But if the scabby sore begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean,H5424H6581H6581H5785H310H2893 36the priest must do another examination. If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean.H3548H7200H5424H6581H5785H3548H1239H6669H8181H2931 37But if the color of the scabby sore does not change and black hair has grown on it, it has healed. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean.H5424H5869H5975H7838H8181H6779H5424H7495H2889H3548H2891 38"If anyone, either a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin,H376H802H5785H1320H934H3836H934 39the priest must examine the affected area. If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean.H3548H7200H934H5785H1320H3544H3836H933H6524H5785H2889 40"If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.H376H3588H4803H7218H7142H2889 41And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean.H4803H6285H7218H6440H1371H2889 42However, if a reddish white sore appears on the bald area at the top or back of his head, this is a skin disease.H7146H1372H3836H125H5061H6883H6524H7146H1372 43The priest must examine him, and if he finds swelling around the reddish white sore anywhere on the man's head and it looks like a skin disease,H3548H7200H7613H5061H3836H125H7146H1372H6883H4758H5785H1320 44the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.H6879H376H2931H3548H2930H2930H5061H7218 45"Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'H6879H5061H899H6533H7218H6544H5844H8222H7121H2931H2931 46As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.H3117H5061H2930H2931H3427H910H2351H4264H4186

Treatment of Contaminated Clothing

47"Now suppose mildew contaminates some woolen or linen clothing,H899H5061H6883H6785H899H6593H899 48woolen or linen fabric, the hide of an animal, or anything made of leather.H8359H6154H6593H6785H5785H4399H5785 49If the contaminated area in the clothing, the animal hide, the fabric, or the leather article has turned greenish or reddish, it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.H5061H3422H125H899H5785H176H8359H6154H3627H5785H5061H6883H7200H3548 50After examining the affected spot, the priest will put the article in quarantine for seven days.H3548H7200H5061H5462H5061H7651H3117 51On the seventh day the priest must inspect it again. If the contaminated area has spread, the clothing or fabric or leather is clearly contaminated by a serious mildew and is ceremonially unclean.H7200H5061H7637H3117H5061H6581H899H8359H6154H5785H4399H6213H5785H5061H3992H6883H2931 52The priest must burn the item—the clothing, the woolen or linen fabric, or piece of leather—for it has been contaminated by a serious mildew. It must be completely destroyed by fire.H8313H899H8359H6154H6785H6593H3627H5785H5061H3992H6883H8313H784 53"But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has not spread in the clothing, the fabric, or the leather,H3548H7200H5061H6581H899H176H8359H176H6154H176H3627H5785 54the priest will order the object to be washed and then quarantined for seven more days.H3548H6680H3526H5061H5462H7651H3117H8145 55Then the priest must examine the object again. If he finds that the contaminated area has not changed color after being washed, even if it did not spread, the object is defiled. It must be completely burned up, whether the contaminated spot is on the inside or outside.H3548H7200H5061H310H3526H5061H2015H5869H5061H6581H2931H8313H784H6356H7146H1372 56But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has faded after being washed, he must cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.H3548H7200H5061H3544H310H3526H7167H899H5785H8359H6154 57If the spot later reappears on the clothing, the fabric, or the leather article, the mildew is clearly spreading, and the contaminated object must be burned up.H7200H5750H899H8359H6154H3627H5785H6524H8313H5061H784 58But if the spot disappears from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather article after it has been washed, it must be washed again; then it will be ceremonially clean.H899H8359H6154H3627H5785H3526H5061H5493H3526H8145H2891 59"These are the instructions for dealing with mildew that contaminates woolen or linen clothing or fabric or anything made of leather. This is how the priest will determine whether these items are ceremonially clean or unclean."H8451H5061H6883H899H6785H6593H8359H6154H3627H5785H2891H2930

33Let the godly sing for joy to the LORD; it is fitting for the pure to praise him.H7442H3068H6662H8416H5000H3477 2Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.H3034H3068H3658H2167H5035H6218 3Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.H7891H2319H7892H5059H3190H8643 4For the word of the LORD holds true, and we can trust everything he does.H1697H3068H3477H4639H530 5He loves whatever is just and good; the unfailing love of the LORD fills the earth.H157H6666H4941H776H4390H2617H3068 6The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.H1697H3068H8064H6213H6635H7307H6310 7He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.H3664H4325H3220H5067H5414H8415H214 8Let the whole world fear the LORD, and let everyone stand in awe of him.H776H3372H3068H3427H8398H1481 9For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.H559H6680H5975 10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes.H3068H6331H6098H1471H6331H5106H4284H5971H5106 11But the LORD's plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken.H6098H3068H5975H5769H4284H3820H1755H1755 12What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD, whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.H835H1471H430H3068H5971H977H5159 13The LORD looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.H3068H5027H8064H7200H1121H120 14From his throne he observes all who live on the earth.H4349H3427H7688H3427H776 15He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do.H3335H3820H3162H995H4639 16The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.H4428H3467H7230H2428H1368H5337H7230H3581 17Don't count on your warhorse to give you victory—for all its strength, it cannot save you.H5483H8267H8668H4422H7230H2428 18But the LORD watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.H5869H3068H3373H3176H2617 19He rescues them from death and keeps them alive in times of famine.H5337H5315H4194H2421H7458 20We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield.H5315H2442H3068H5828H4043 21In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.H3820H8055H982H6944H8034 22Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD, for our hope is in you alone.H2617H3068H3176


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