The priests are forbidden wine. LEVITICUS, XI. Of meats, clean and unclean. the congregation, lest ye die: it B. C. 1490. AND the LORD spake unto Moses shall be a statute for ever through out your generations; 10 And that ye may put n differ ence between holy and unholy, n ch.11.47. and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach o the| children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made 20.25.26. Jer. 15.19. Eze.44.23. o Ne.8.2.8. Mal.2.7. and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat a among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof. and is cloven-footed, b and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the by fire, and eat it without leaven p Nu. 18.10.cud, but divideth not the hoof; he beside the altar: for it is most holy : 13 And ye shall eat it in the p holy place, because it is thy due, and is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of 9 ch.6.26,30. hoof; he is unclean unto you. the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. 14 And the wave-breast and heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. 15 The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast shall they bring, with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. 16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the ini- b Ps. 1.1.2. quity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, q as I commanded. c Is.52.11. Acts 10. 10- 2Cor.6.17. 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: c they are unclean to you. 9 These shall ye eat, of all that are in the waters: d whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. scales in the seas, and in the rivers. of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an e abomination unto you: 10 And all that have not fins and 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the ffowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind, 15 Every raven after his kind; 16 And the owl, and he nighthawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the f Deut. 14. 12. bat. 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. Clean and LEVITICUS, XII. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every B. C. 1490. flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs g Mat.3.4. above their feet, to leap withal Mark 1.6. upon the earth; h ver.8. ch. 17.15 22 Even these of them ye may eat; g the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the ch.14.8. grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be unclean whosoever toucheth h the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcase of them shall wash i his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 15.5. Nu. 19. 10, 22. 31.24. Ps.51.2,7. Zec. 13.1. Jno. 13.8. Acts 22.16. Heb.9.10. 10.22. 1Pet.3.21. Rev.7.4. 26 The carcases of every beast k ver.24,25. which divideth the hoof, and is Is.66.17. not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash k his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. 29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind. 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. m ver.8. n ch.15.12. a ch.6.28. a gathering together of waters. ch.17.15. 22.8. Deut. 14.21. Eze.4.14. 2 doth mu!- 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth m touch them, when they be dead, q ch.20.25. shall be unclean until the even. 5 your souls. 20.7,26. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth r ch.19.2. fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, n it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and o ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink Ex.19.6. Rev.22.11, 14. unclean beasts. | shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth p of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination: it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever 2 hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not q make 3 yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and r ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the LORD that s bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth; 47 To make a difference t between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. 45. 8 Ex.6.7. Hos. 11.1. that may be drunk in every such t ch. 10.10. vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth Eze.44.23. Mal.3.18. Purification after childbirth. Tokens to discern the leprosy. and the plague spread not in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: LEVITICUS, XIII. rael, saying, If a woman have con- | B. C. 1490. ceived seed, and born a man-child; then a she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the (CHAP. 12.) separation for herb infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the c eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days: she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. a Job.14.4. Ps.51.5. b ch.15.19. c Ge. 17.12. 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six d Luke 2.22. days. 6 And when the days of her d1 purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb 1 of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest; a son of his year. e ch.5.7. 2 her hand 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This (CHAP. 13.) is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 8 And e if 2 she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her and she shall be clean. CHAPTER XIII. Tokens to discern the leprosy. A and Aaron, saying, 1 or, swell- a Deut.28.27. b De. 17.8,9. 2 When a man shall have in the c Nu. 12. 15. 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh; and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. d Nu. 12. 10, 2 the quick- living Jno.9.41. 4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair e Is.64.6. thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall c shut up him that hath the plague seven days: 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, f Ex.9.9. 6 And the 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 a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 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 the priest again: 8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. 9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 10 And the priest d shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be 2 quick raw flesh in the rising; 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. 12 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, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13 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: e he is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean; for the raw flesh is unclean it is a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; 17 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. 18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was af boil, and is healed. 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; 20 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 The law of leprosy. 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: LEVITICUS, XIII. of leprosy broken out of the boil. B. C. 1490. 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 g up seven days: 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot stay h in his place, and spread not, it is burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him i clean." 24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is 3 a hot burning,k and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white, g 1Cor.5.5. Pr.28.13. i 2Cor.2.7. 7 1Ki.8.38. n ver.7,27. o Ec.7.20. 25 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 4 head is pronounce him unclean: it is the pilled. plague of leprosy. p Is. 1.5. q 2Sa. 13. 19. 26 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 shut him up seven days: 27 And the priest shall look upon r ch.10.6. him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 28 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. 29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard, 30 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 hun unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 31 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 up him that hath the plague of the scall seven m days: 32 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 the skin; 21.10. s Eze.24.17, 22. Mi.3.7. t Job 42.6. 34 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 clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread much n in the skin after his cleansing, 36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. 37 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. 38 If a man also or a woman ha e in the skin of their flesh bright spots, o even white bright spots, 39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 40 And the man whose 4 hair is fallen off his head, he is bald yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore: it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall look upon 1Cor.6.11. it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; u Pr.30.12. 12.14. 2 Ch.26.21. 2Th.3.6. 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his p head. 45 And the leper in whom the 1Co.5.5,13. plague is, his clothes shall be q rent, and r his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper Rev.21.27. lip, s and shall cry, Unclean, t un22.15. clean. w Jos.7.21. Ec.9.8. 64.6. 46 All the days u wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; v without the camp shall his habitation be. 47 The garment w also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it be in the warp, or The law of leprosy. LEVITICUS, XIV. Cleansing of the leper. woof; of linen, or of woollen; B. C. 1490.AND the LORD spake unto Mo whether in a skin, or in any 5 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 6 thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: 51 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 plague is r a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn y that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is for it is a fretting leprosy: it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 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 thing of skin; 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: 2 and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret: inward, whether it be 7 bare within or without. 56 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 out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 5 work of. x ch. 14.44. ses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought a unto the priest: 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of Ac.19.19, leprosy be healed in the leper, 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two 1 birds alive and clean, and b cedar-wood, and scarlet, and c hyssop: 20. 7 bald in of. 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over d running water: 6 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: 7 And he shall e sprinkle upon him (CHAP. 14.) that is to be cleansed from the a Mat.8.2,4. leprosy f seven times, and shall Mark 1.44. pronounce him clean, and shall let Lu.5.12,14. the living bird loose 2 into the open field. 17.14. 1 or, spar. b Nu. 19.6. Heb.9.19. c Ps.51.7. 19. Is.52.15. Jno. 19.34. 2Ki.5.10,14. 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash g his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself h 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. 9 But it shall be on the seventh Eze.36.25. day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, i 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. 10 And on the eighth day k he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb, 3 of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for l a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. Ps.51.2. 2 upon the face of the field. 57 And if it appear still in the gar-g ch.13.6. ment, either in the warp, or in the h ch.11.25. woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a Ep.5.26. He. 10.22. spreading plague; thou shalt burn a 1 Pet.3.21. that wherein the plague is with fire. Rev.1.5,6. 58 And the garment, either warp, i Nu.6.9. or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, k ver.23. if the plague be departed from 3 the daughthem, then it shall be washed the ter of her second time, and shall be clean. year. 59 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. 8.7. ch.2.1. Nu. 15.4,15. 21. |