Leviticus

Contains rules and instructions for rituals, offerings, and how to live a holy life.

Chapter 14

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Geneva: And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

KJV: This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

Geneva: This is the law of the leper in the day of his clensing: that is, he shall be brought vnto the Priest,

KJV: 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;

Geneva: And the Priest shall go out of the campe, & the Priest shall consider him: and if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper,

KJV: Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Geneva: Then shall the Priest commaunde to take for him that is clensed, two sparrowes aliue and cleane, and cedar wood and a skarlet lace, and hyssope.

KJV: And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Geneva: And the Priest shall commaunde to kill one of the birdes ouer pure water in an earthen vessell.

KJV: 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 killed over the running water:

Geneva: After, he shall take the liue sparowe with the cedar wood, and the skarlet lace, and the hyssope, and shall dip them and the liuing sparowe in the blood of the sparowe slaine, ouer the pure water,

KJV: 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.

Geneva: And hee shall sprinkle vpon him, that must be clensed of his leprosie, seuen times, and clense him, and shall let goe the liue sparowe into the broad fielde.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Then he that shall be clensed, shall wash his clothes, and shaue off all his heare, and wash himselfe in water, so he shalbe cleane: after that shall he come into the host, but shall tary without his tent seuen dayes.

KJV: 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 shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

Geneva: So in the seuenth day hee shall shaue off all his heare, both his head, and his beard, and his eye browes: euen all his heare shall he shaue, and shall wash his clothes and shall wash his flesh in water: so he shalbe cleane.

KJV: And on 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 with oil, and one log of oil.

Geneva: Then in the eight day he shal take two hee lambes without blemish, and an ewe lambe of a yere olde without blemish, and three tenth deales of fine flower for a meate offering, mingled with oyle, and a pint of oyle.

KJV: 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 of the tabernacle of the congregation:

Geneva: And the Priest that maketh him cleane shal bring the man which is to bee made cleane, and those things, before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

KJV: 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 LORD:

Geneva: Then the Priest shall take one lambe, and offer him for a trespasse offering, and the pint of oyle, and shake the to and fro before the Lord.

KJV: 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 trespass offering: it is most holy:

Geneva: And hee shall kill the lambe in the place where the sinne offring and the burnt offring are slaine, euen in the holy place: for as the sinne offring is the Priests, so is the trespasse offring: for it is most holy.

KJV: 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:

Geneva: So the Priest shal take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lappe of the right eare of him that shalbe clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote.

KJV: And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:

Geneva: The Priest shall also take of ye pint of oyle, and powre it into the palme of his left hand,

KJV: 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 seven times before the LORD:

Geneva: And the Priest shal dip his right finger in the oyle that is in his left hand, & sprinkle of the oyle with his finger seuen times before the Lord.

KJV: 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 of the trespass offering:

Geneva: And of the rest of the oyle that is in his hand, shal the Priest put vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote, where the blood of the trespasse offring was put.

KJV: 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 for him before the LORD.

Geneva: But the remnant of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shal powre vpon the head of him that is to be clensed: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

KJV: 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:

Geneva: And the Priest shal offer the sinne offring and make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed of his vncleannesse: then after shall he kill the burnt offring.

KJV: And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

Geneva: So the Priest shal offer ye burnt offring and the meat offring vpon ye altar and the Priest shall make an atonement for him: so he shalbe cleane.

KJV: 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;

Geneva: But if he be poore, and not able, then he shall bring one lambe for a trespasse offring to be shaken, for his reconciliation, and a tenth deale of fine flower mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, with a pinte of oyle.

KJV: 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 burnt offering.

Geneva: Also two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons, as he is able, whereof the one shalbe a sinne offering, and the other a burnt offring,

KJV: And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.

Geneva: And he shall bring them the eight day for his clensing vnto the Priest at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before ye Lord.

KJV: 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 before the LORD:

Geneva: The the Priest shall take the lambe of the trespasse offring, & the pint of oyle, & the Priest shall shake them to and fro before the Lord.

KJV: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and 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:

Geneva: And he shall kil the lambe of the trespasse offering, and the Priest shall take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lap of his right eare that is to be clensed, & vpon ye thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote.

KJV: And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:

Geneva: Also the Priest shal powre of the oyle into the palme of his owne left hand.

KJV: And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:

Geneva: So ye Priest shal with his right finger sprinkle of the oyle that is in his left hand, seuen times before the Lord.

KJV: And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand 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 place of the blood of the trespass offering:

Geneva: Then the Priest shall put of the oyle that is in his hande, vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote: vpon the place of the blood of the trespasse offring.

KJV: And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.

Geneva: But ye rest of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shall put vpon the head of him that is to be clensed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord.

KJV: And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;

Geneva: Also hee shall present one of the turtle doues, or of the yong pigeons, as he is able:

KJV: Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.

Geneva: Such, I say, as he is able, the one for a sinne offring, and the other for a burnt offring with the meate offring: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed before the Lord.

KJV: This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

Geneva: This is the lawe of him which hath the plague of leprosie, who is not able in his clensing to offer the whole.

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Geneva: The Lord also spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

KJV: When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

Geneva: When ye be come vnto the land of Canaan which I giue you in possession, if I sende the plague of leprosie in an house of the land of your possession,

KJV: And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

Geneva: Then he that oweth the house, shall come and tell the Priest, saying, Me thinke there is like a plague of leprosie in the house.

KJV: Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

Geneva: Then the Priest shall commande them to emptie the house before the Priest goe into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made vncleane, and then shall the Priest goe in to see the house,

KJV: And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

Geneva: And hee shall marke the plague: and if the plague be in the walles of the house, & that there be deepe spots, greenish or reddish, which seeme to be lower then the wall,

KJV: Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

Geneva: Then the Priest shall goe out of the house to the doore of the house, and shall cause to shut vp the house seuen dayes.

KJV: And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

Geneva: So the Priest shall come againe ye seuenth day: and if he see that the plague bee increased in the walles of the house,

KJV: Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

Geneva: Then the Priest shall commande them to take away the stones wherein the plague is, and they shall cast them into a foule place without the citie.

KJV: And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

Geneva: Also hee shall cause to scrape the house within rounde about, and powre the dust, that they haue pared off, without the citie in an vncleane place.

KJV: And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.

Geneva: And they shall take other stones, and put them in the places of those stones, and shall take other mortar, to plaister the house with.

KJV: And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;

Geneva: But if the plague come againe and breake out in the house, after that he hath taken away ye stones, and after that hee hath scraped and playstered the house,

KJV: Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

Geneva: Then the Priest shall come and see: and if the plague growe in the house, it is a freating leprosie in the house: it is therefore vncleane.

KJV: And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

Geneva: And hee shall breake downe the house, with the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house, and hee shall carie them out of the citie vnto an vncleane place.

KJV: Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

Geneva: Moreouer he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut vp, hee shall bee vncleane vntill the euen.

KJV: And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

Geneva: Hee also that sleepeth in the house shall wash his clothes: he likewise that eateth in the house, shall wash his clothes.

KJV: And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

Geneva: But if the Priest shall come and see, that the plague hath spread no further in the house, after the house be plaistered, the Priest shall pronounce that house cleane, for the plague is healed.

KJV: And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Geneva: Then shal he take to purifie the house, two sparrowes, and cedar wood, and skarlet lace, and hyssope.

KJV: And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

Geneva: And hee shall kill one sparowe ouer pure water in an earthen vessell,

KJV: And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

Geneva: And shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssope, and the skarlet lace with the liue sparow, and dip them in the blood of the slayne sparow, and in the pure water, and sprinkle the house seuen times:

KJV: And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

Geneva: So shall hee clense the house with ye blood of the sparowe, & with the pure water, and with the liue sparowe, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssope, and with the skarlet lace.

KJV: But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

Geneva: Afterwarde he shal let go the liue sparowe out of the towne into the broad fieldes: so shal he make atonement for the house, and it shal be cleane.

KJV: This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

Geneva: This is the law for euery plague of leprosie and blacke spot,

KJV: And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

Geneva: And of the leprosie of the garment, and of the house,

KJV: And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

Geneva: And of the swelling, and of the skab, and of the white spot.

KJV: To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

Geneva: This is the lawe of the leprosie to teache when a thing is vncleane, & when it is cleane.

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