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On the eighth day the person will bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, before the Lord .

The priest will take the lamb for the penalty offering and the oil, and he will present them as an offering before the Lord .

He must offer one of the birds for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering, along with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make the person clean so he can belong to the Lord again; he will become clean.

"These are the teachings for making a person clean after he has had a skin disease, if he cannot afford the regular sacrifices for becoming clean."

he must go out and close up the house for seven days.

He will then go to an open field outside the city and let the living bird go free. This is how the priest makes the house clean and ready for service to the Lord ."

"‘When a person who discharges a body fluid is made clean, he must count seven days for himself for his cleansing. He must wash his clothes and bathe his body in fresh water, and he will be clean.

The priest will offer the birds, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest will make that person clean so he can belong to the Lord again.

"‘When a woman has her monthly period, she is unclean for seven days; anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

"‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman and her monthly period touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; every bed he lies on will be unclean.

"‘If a woman has a loss of blood for many days and it is not during her regular monthly period, or if she continues to have a loss of blood after her regular period, she will be unclean, as she is during her monthly period. She will be unclean for as long as she continues to bleed.

The priest must offer one bird for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. In this way the priest will make her clean so she can belong to the Lord again.

These are the teachings for the person who discharges a body fluid and for the man who becomes unclean from semen coming out of his body.

These are the teachings for the woman who becomes unclean from her monthly period, for a man or woman who has a discharge, and for a man who becomes unclean by having sexual relations with a woman who is unclean.

"This is how Aaron may enter the Most Holy Place: Before he enters, he must offer a bull for a sin offering and a male sheep for a whole burnt offering.

"Aaron must take from the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one male sheep for a burnt offering.

Then he will offer the bull for the sin offering for himself to remove sins from him and his family so they will belong to the Lord .

He will throw lots for the two goats—one will be for the Lord and the other for the goat that removes sin.

Then Aaron will take the goat that was chosen for the Lord by throwing the lot, and he will offer it as a sin offering.

"Then Aaron will offer the bull as a sin offering for himself, to remove the sins from him and his family so they will belong to the Lord ; he will kill the bull for the sin offering for himself.