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and the priest shall go out to a place outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy,

then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds, cedar wood, a scarlet string, and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

"Now on the eighth day he is to take two male lambs without defect, and a yearling ewe lamb without defect, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil;

"Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it as a guilt offering, with the log of oil, and present them as a wave offering before the LORD.

"But if he is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil,

and two turtledoves or two young doves, which are within his means. The one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

"The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall offer them as a wave offering before the LORD.

"He shall offer what he can afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed.

"When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a spot of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession,

then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'Something like a spot of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.'

then the priest shall come in and make an inspection. If he sees that the spot has indeed spread in the house, it is a malignant spot in the house; it is unclean.

"To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds, cedar wood, a scarlet string, and hyssop,

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

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

"Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

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

'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.

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

'If a man sleeps with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in 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.