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then the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.

"However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean."

This is the law for any mark of leprosy—even for a scale,

and for the leprous garment or house,

and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot—

'Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water and will become clean.

'Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;

and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD because of his discharge.

'As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.

'When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.

'When she becomes clean from her discharge, she shall count off for herself seven days; and afterward she will be clean.

'Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them in to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

'The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.'

This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,

and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who lies with an unclean woman.

The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

"Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

"He shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

"Then Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household.

"Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat.