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it shall be thine, and thy sons' 9 ¶These shall ye eat of all

ch.23.14,Perpetual Statutes. with thee, by a statute for ever; that are in the waters: what

Ex.32.19, Indignation,

and unclean.

as the LORD hath commanded. soever hath fins and scales in Ge.1.21, Fish, Ps.8.8. 16 And Mō'şeş diligently the waters, in the seas, and in sought the goat of the sin offer- the rivers, them shall ye eat. ing, and, behold, it was burnt: 10 And all that have not fins and he was angry with E-le-a- and scales in the seas, and in [Nu.16.15. zar and Ith'a-mär, the sons of the rivers, of all that move in Aâr'on which were left alive, the waters, and of any living] saying, thing which is in the waters, 17 Wherefore have ye not they shall be an abomination p.p.ch.7.18; De.14.3. [ch.24.9. eaten the sin offering in the unto you:

Ex.29.32. Priests' Food,

Ex.29.14, Sin-offerings,
[Nu.6.11. holy place, seeing it is most 11 They shall be even an
Ex.26.33, Holy Place. holy, and God hath given it abomination unto you; ye shall
you to bear the iniquity of the not eat of their flesh, but ye
ch.4.20,Atonement,ch.14.21. congregation, to make atone- shall have their carcases in
ment for them before the LORD? abomination.

See Sin-bearer, Is.53.12.

p.p.ch.6.26.

18 Behold, the blood of it was 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor
not brought in within the holy scales in the waters, that shall
place: ye should indeed have be an abomination unto you.

eaten it in the holy place, as I 13 ¶And these are they which p.p.De.14.12.
commanded.

ye shall have in abomination

19 And Aâr'on said unto Mo'- among the fowls; they shall Ge.1.20, Birds, De.14.11.
şeş, Behold, this day have they not be eaten, they are an abom-
offered their sin offering and ination: the eagle, and the os-

Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings. their burnt offering before the sifrage, and the ospray,

LORD; and such things have 14 And the vulture, and the Vultures, De.14.13.
befallen me: and if I had eaten kite after his kind;
the sin offering to day, should
it have been accepted in the
[ings, Ge.4.5. sight of the LORD?

See Unacceptable Offer

B.C.1490.

20 And when Mo'şeş heard that, he was content.

CHAPTER 11

What beasts may and what may not
be eaten, etc.

A

15 Every raven after his kind;
16 And the owl, and the night Owls, De.14.16.
hawk, and the cuckow, and the Hawks, De.14.15.
hawk after his kind,

17 And the little owl, and the
cormorant, and the great owl,

Cormorants, De.14.17. 18 And the swan, and the pel-Pelicans, De.14.17. ican, and the gier eagle,

ND the LORD spake unto 19 And the stork, the heron Storks, Ps.104.17.
Mo'şeş and to Aâr'on, say-after her kind, and the lapwing,

ing unto them,

and the bat.

2 Speak unto the children of 20 All fowls that creep, going Ge.1.26, Creeping Things, Is'ra-el, saying, These are the upon all four, shall be an abom

beasts which ye shall eat among ination unto you.

all the beasts that are on the 21 Yet these may ye eat of
earth.
every flying creeping thing that
3 Whatsoever parteth the goeth upon all four, which have
hoof, and is clovenfooted, and legs above their feet, to leap
cheweth the cud, among the withal upon the earth;
22 Even these of them ye may

Ge.18.8, Food (3), De.32.14. beasts, that shall ye eat.

Ge.9.4, Food Prohibited,
[ch.22.8.
Ge.12.16, Camels, Jud.6.5.

Conies, Ps.104.18.

Swine, Is.65.4.

p.p.Is.52.11.

[v.42.

4 Nevertheless these shall ye eat; the locust after his kind, Ex.10.4, Locusts, De.28.38.
not eat of them that chew the and the bald locust after his p.p.Mt.3.4.
cud, or of them that divide the kind, and the beetle after his

hoof: as the camel, because he kind, and the grasshopper after Grasshoppers, Nu.13.33.
cheweth the cud, but divideth his kind.

not the hoof; he is unclean un- 23 But all other flying creep-
to you.

ing things, which have four
5 And the coney, because he feet, shall be an abomination
cheweth the cud, but divideth unto you.

not the hoof; he is unclean un- 24 And for these ye shall be
to you.
unclean: whosoever toucheth
6 And the hare, because he the carcase of them shall be
cheweth the cud, but divideth unclean until the even.
not the hoof; he is unclean 25 And whosoever beareth
unto you.
ought of the carcase of them

ch.7.21, Pollutions (1).

7 And the swine, though he shall wash his clothes, and be ch.6.27, Washing.
divide the hoof, and be cloven- unclean until the even.
footed, yet he cheweth not the 26 The carcases of every
cud; he is unclean to you. beast which divideth the hoof,
8 Of their flesh shall ye not and is not clovenfooted, nor
eat, and their carcase shall ye cheweth the cud, are unclean
not touch; they are unclean to unto you: every one that touch-
eth them shall be unclean.

you.

The creeping things

ch.7.21, Pollutions (1).

LEVITICUS, 12

27 And whatsoever goeth upon clothes, and be unclean until
his paws, among all manner of the even: he also that beareth
beasts that go on all four, those the carcase of it shall wash his
are unclean unto you: whoso clothes, and be unclean until
toucheth their carcase shall be the even.
41 And every creeping thing
unclean until the even.
28 And he that beareth the that creepeth upon the earth
carcase of them shall wash his shall be an abomination; it
clothes, and be unclean until shall not be eaten.

the even: they are unclean 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the
belly, and whatsoever goeth up-
unto you.
29 These also shall be un- on all four, or whatsoever hath

which are unclean.

[De.14.19. Ge.1.26, Creeping Things. clean unto you among the creep-more feet among all creeping Ge.1.26, Creeping Things, ing things that creep upon the things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the earth, them ye shall not eat; Ge.9.4, Food Prohibited. mouse, and the tortoise after for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make your p.p.ch.20.25. his kind,

Mice, 1 S.6.4.

p.p.Ps.58.8.

ch.7.21, Pollutions (1).

p.p.ch.15.12.

ch.7.21, Pollutions (1).

ch.7.21, Pollutions (1).
p.p.ch.22.8; De.14.21.
ch.6.27, Washing.

30 And the ferret, and the selves abominable with any
chameleon, and the lizard, and creeping thing that creepeth,
neither shall ye make your-
the snail, and the mole.

Defilement (2), ch.15.2.
31 These are unclean to you selves unclean with them, that
among all that creep: whoso-ye should be defiled thereby.
ever doth touch them, when 44 For I am the LORD your p.p.Is.51.15.
they be dead, shall be unclean God: ye shall therefore sanc- Ex.19.22, Sanctification (2).
tify yourselves, and ye shall be
until the even.

32 And upon whatsoever any holy; for I am holy: neither

of them, when they are dead, shall ye defile yourselves with ch.11.43, Defilement (2).
doth fall, it shall be unclean; any manner of creeping thing
whether it be any vessel of that creepeth upon the earth.
wood, or raiment, or skin, or 45 For I am the LORD that

sack, whatsoever vessel it be, bringeth you up out of the land De.8.2, Divine Leader.
wherein any work is done, it of Egypt, to be your God: ye De.14.2, Spir. Adoption.
must be put into water, and it shall therefore be holy, for I Ex.19.6,Holiness (3),ch.19.2.
shall be unclean until the even; am holy.
so it shall be cleansed.

33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

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

34 Of all meat which may be earth:

eaten, that on which such wa- 47 To make a difference be

ter cometh shall be unclean: tween the unclean and the ch.10.10, Separation (7), and all drink that may be drunk clean, and between the beast

in every such vessel shall be that may be eaten and the

unclean.

35 And every thing where

beast that may not be eaten.

CHAPTER 12

upon any part of their car- The purification of a woman after B.C.1490.

case falleth shall be unclean;
whether it be oven, or ranges

childbirth: 6 her offerings for her
purifying.

won pots, they shall be broken Moses, saying,
down: for they are unclean,

ND the LORD spake unto

[ch.20.25.

and shall be unclean unto you. 2 Speak unto the children of
36 Nevertheless a fountain or Iş'ra-el, saying, If a woman have
pit, wherein there is plenty of conceived seed, and born a man
water, shall be clean: but that child: then she shall be unclean ch.13.3, Uncleanness.
which toucheth their carcase seven days; according to the
shall be unclean.

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days of the separation for her ch.13.5, Separation (1).

37 And if any part of their infirmity shall she be unclean.
carcase fall upon any sowing 3 And in the eighth day the
seed which is to be sown, it flesh of his foreskin shall be
circumcised.
shall be clean.
38 But if any water be put 4 And she shall then continue
upon the seed, and any part of in the blood of her purifying
their carcase fall thereon, it three and thirty days; she shall
touch no hallowed thing, nor
shall be unclean unto you.

Ge.17.10, Circumcision.

39 And if any beast, of which come into the sanctuary, until
ye may eat, die; he that touch- the days of her purifying be Nu.31.20, Purification.
eth the carcase thereof shall be fulfilled.

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40 And he that eateth of the then she shall be unclean two ch.13.3, Uncleanness, carcase of it shall wash his weeks, as in her separation:

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Laws and tokens

D.D.Lu.2.22.

Ex.29.39, Lambs.
Ex-29.18, Burnt-offerings.
Ge. 15.9, Pigeons.
Ge. 15.9, Turtledoves.
Ex 29.14, Sin-offerings.

ch.4.20, Atonement.

LEVITICUS, 13

and she shall continue in the 7 But if the scab spread much
blood of her purifying three- abroad in the skin, after that he
score and six days.
hath been seen of the priest for

6 And when the days of her his cleansing, he shall be seen of
purifying are fulfilled, for a son, the priest again:

for discerning leprosy.

or for a daughter, she shall 8 And if the priest see that, be-
bring a lamb of the first year hold, the scab spreadeth in the
for a burnt offering, and a young skin, then the priest shall pro-
pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin nounce him unclean: it is a lep- v.3, Uncleanness.
offering, unto the door of the rosy.

tabernacle of the congregation, 9 When the plague of leprosy v.2, Leprosy.
unto the priest:
7 Who shall offer it before the brought unto the priest;
is in a man, then he shall be p.p.2 K.5.3.
LORD, and make an atonement 10 And the priest shall see
for her; and she shall be him: and, behold, if the rising
cleansed from the issue of her be white in the skin, and it have
blood. This is the law for her turned the hair white, and there
that hath born a male or a fe- be quick raw flesh in the rising;
male.
ch.14.30, Give ac. to Ability. 8 And if she be not able to skin of his flesh, and the priest
11 It is an old leprosy in the
bring a lamb, then she shall shall pronounce him unclean,
pigeons; the one for the burnt he is unclean.
bring two turtles, or two young and shall not shut him up: for
offering, and the other for a sin 12 And if a leprosy break out
offering: and the priest shall abroad in the skin, and the lep-
make an atonement for her, and rosy cover all the skin of him
she shall be clean.
that hath the plague from his
head even to his foot, whereso-
The laws and tokens in discerning ever the priest looketh;
leprosy.
ND the LORD spake unto sider: and, behold, if the lepro-
13 Then the priest shall con-

Ge.15.9, Turtledoves.
Ge. 15.9, Pigeons, ch.14.22.

B.C.1490.

Leprosy, ch.14.2.

Uncleanness, v.14.

Quarantine, v.46.
Ge.2.3, Seven Days.

Separation (1), v.21.

ch.6.27, Washing.

CHAPTER 13

A Mo'ses and Aaron, saying, sy have covered all his fest,

2 When a man shall have in shall pronounce him clean that
the skin of his flesh a rising, a hath the plague: it is all turned
scab, or bright spot, and it be in white: he is clean.

v.3, Uncleanness.

the skin of his flesh like the 14 But when raw flesh appear-
plague of leprosy; then he shall eth in him, he shall be unclean. v.3, Uncleanness, v.25.
be brought unto Aâr'on the 15 And the priest shall see the
priest, or unto one of his sons raw flesh, and pronounce him to
the priests:
3 And the priest shall look on unclean: it is a leprosy.
be unclean: for the raw flesh is
the plague in the skin of the 16 Or if the raw flesh turn
v.2, Leprosy.
flesh: and when the hair in the again, and be changed unto
plague is turned white, and the white, he shall come unto the
plague in sight be deeper than priest;

the skin of his flesh, it is a 17 And the priest shall see him:
plague of leprosy: and the and, behold, if the plague be
priest shall look on him, and turned into white; then the
pronounce him unclean.
priest shall pronounce him

4 If the bright spot be white clean that hath the plague:
in the skin of his flesh, and in he is clean.

sight be not deeper than the 18 The flesh also, in which,
skin, and the hair thereof be not even in the skin thereof, was a
turned white; then the priest boil, and is healed,
shall shut up him that hath the 19 And in the place of the boil
plague seven days:
5 And the priest shall look on bright spot, white, and some-
there be a white rising, or a
him the seventh day: and, be- what reddish, and it be shewed
hold, if the plague in his sight to the priest;

Ex.9.9, Boils, 2 K.20.7.

be at a stay, and the plague 20 And if, when the priest
spread not in the skin; then the seeth it, behold, it be in sight
priest shall shut him up seven lower than the skin, and the
days more:
6 And the priest shall look on the priest shall pronounce him
hair thereof be turned white;
him again the seventh day: and, unclean: it is a plague of lep- v.2, Leprosy.
behold, if the plague be some- rosy broken out of the boil.
what dark, and the plague 21 But if the priest look on it,
spread not in the skin, the priest and, behold, there be no white
shall pronounce him clean: it hairs therein, and if it be not
is but a scab: and he shall wash lower than the skin, but be
[Nu.8.7. his clothes, and be clean. somewhat dark; then the priest

Ge.35.2, Cleanliness (1),

Laws and tokens

v.4, Quarantine.

v.5, Separation (1), v.33.

v.3, Uncleanness.

p.p.Mt.8.4; Lu.17.14.

v.3, Uncleanness, v.36. v.2, Leprosy.

v.4, Quarantine.
v.5, Separation (1).

Ge.2.3, Seven Days.

v.2, Leprosy.

ch.26.21, Plagues. p.p.Mal.2.7.

v.3, Uncleanness.
v.2, Leprosy.

v.4, Quarantine.

v.5, Separation (1).

LEVITICUS, 13

for discerning leprosy.

shall shut him up seven days: the priest shall shut up him that v.5, Separation (1), v.46.
22 And if it spread much hath the scall seven days more: v.4, Quarantine.
abroad in the skin, then the 34 And in the seventh day the
priest shall pronounce him un-priest shall look on the scall:
and, behold, if the scall be not
clean: it is a plague.

23 But if the bright spot stay spread in the skin, nor be in
in his place, and spread not, it sight deeper than the skin; then
is a burning boil; and the priest the priest shall pronounce him
shall pronounce him clean.

Ge.35.2, Cleanliness (1).

clean: and he shall wash his ch.6.27, Washing.
24 TOr if there be any flesh, clothes, and be clean.
in the skin whereof there is 35 But if the scall spread much
a hot burning, and the quick in the skin after his cleansing; Ex.30.20, Cleansing (1).
flesh that burneth have a white 36 Then the priest shall look
bright spot, somewhat reddish, on him: and, behold, if the scall
be spread in the skin, the priest
or white;
25 Then the priest shall look shall not seek for yellow hair;
upon it: and, behold, if the hair he is unclean.

in the bright spot be turned 37 But if the scall be in his
white, and it be in sight deeper sight at a stay, and that there
than the skin; it is a leprosy is black hair grown up therein;
broken out of the burning: the scall is healed, he is clean:
wherefore the priest shall pro- and the priest shall pronounce
nounce him unclean: it is the him clean.
plague of leprosy.

38 ¶If a man also or a woman
26 But if the priest look on it, have in the skin of their flesh
and, behold, there be no white bright spots, even white bright|
hair in the bright spot, and it be spots;

no lower than the other skin, 39 Then the priest shall look:
but be somewhat dark; then the and, behold, if the bright spots
priest shall shut him up seven in the skin of their flesh be dark-
ish white; it is a freckled spot
days:
27 And the priest shall look that groweth in the skin; he is
upon him the seventh day: and clean.

if it be spread much abroad in 40 And the man whose hair is

v.3, Uncleanness, v.45.

the skin, then the priest shall fallen off his head, he is bald; Baldness, De.14.1.
pronounce him unclean: it is yet is he clean.

the plague of leprosy.

41 And he that hath his hair

28 And if the bright spot stay fallen off from the part of his
in his place, and spread not in head toward his face, he is fore-
the skin, but it be somewhat head bald: yet is he clean.
dark; it is a rising of the burn- 42 And if there be in the bald
ing, and the priest shall pro-head, or bald forehead, a white

nounce him clean: for it is an reddish sore; it is a leprosy v.2, Leprosy.
sprung up in his bald head, or
inflammation of the burning.

29 ¶If a man or woman have a his bald forehead.
plague upon the head or the 43 Then the priest shall look
upon it: and, behold, if the ris-
beard;
30 Then the priest shall see ing of the sore be white reddish
the plague: and, behold, if it be in his bald head, or in his bald
in sight deeper than the skin; forehead, as the leprosy appear-
and there be in it a yellow thin eth in the skin of the flesh;
hair; then the priest shall pro- 44 He is a leprous man, he is
nounce him unclean: it is a unclean: the priest shall pro-
dry scall, even a leprosy upon nounce him utterly unclean;
his plague is in his head.
the head or beard.

45 And the leper in whom the Lepers, ch.22.4.
31 And if the priest look on
the plague of the scall, and, be- plague is, his clothes shall be Ge.37.29, Clothes Rent.
hold, it be not in sight deeper rent, and his head bare, and he p.p.ch.10.6.

than the skin, and that there is shall put a covering upon his up- p.p.Lam.4.15.

no black hair in it; then the per lip, and shall cry, Unclean, v.3, Uncleanness, ch.14.46. priest shall shut up him that unclean.

[Nu.5.3.

hath the plague of the scall 46 All the days wherein the ch.26.21, Plagues.
plague shall be in him he shall ch.11.43, Defilement (2).
seven days:
32 And in the seventh day the be defiled; he is unclean: he v.4. Quarantine, ch.14.8.
priest shall look on the plague: shall dwell alone; without the Ex.29.14, Without the Camp,
and, behold, if the scall spread camp shall his habitation be.
not, and there be in it no yellow 47 The garment also that the p.p.Is.64.6; Zec.3.4.
hair, and the scall be not in plague of leprosy is in, wheth-
sight deeper than the skin;

v.5, Separation (1), Nu.5.3.

Ge.41.14, Shaving, Nu.6.9.

er it be a woollen garment, or a Wool, ch.19.19.
33 He shall be shaven, but the linen garment;
scall shall he not shave; and 48 Whether it be in the warp,

For discerning leprosy.

ch.26.21, Plagues. v.4, Quarantine.

p.p.ch.14.44.

v.2, Leprosy.

ch.6.27, Washing, ch.14.8.

v.3, Uncleanness.

ch.6.27, Washing.

Ge.35.2, Cleanliness (1).

LEVITICUS, 14

or woof; of linen, or of woollen; to pronounce it clean, or to pro-
whether in a skin, or in any nounce it unclean.

thing made of skin;

CHAPTER 14

Cleansing of the leper.

49 And if the plague be green- The rites and sacrifices in cleansing B.C.1490.
ish or reddish in the garment,
or in the skin, either in the
warp, or in the woof, or in any

of the leper. 33 The signs of lep-
rosy in a house: 48 the cleansing of
that house.

Mō'şeş, saying,

thing of skin; it is a plague of AND the LORD spake unto Ex.4.6, Divine Commands.
leprosy, and shall beshewed unto
the priest:

2 This shall be the law of the

50 And the priest shall look leper in the day of his cleansing: ch.13.2, Leprosy, v.34.
upon the plague, and shut up it He shall be brought unto the p.p.Eze.44.23.
that hath the plague seven priest:

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51 And he shall look on the out of the camp; and the priest Ex. 29.14, Without the Camp.
plague on the seventh day: if shall look, and, behold, if the

the plague be spread in the gar- plague of leprosy be healed in
ment, either in the warp, or in the leper;

ch.13.45, Lepers.

Ex.25.4, Scarlet, Nu.4.8.

the woof, or in a skin, or in any 4 Then shall the priest com-
work that is made of skin; the mand to take for him that is to
plague is a fretting leprosy; it is be cleansed two birds alive and Ge.1.20, Birds.
clean, and cedar wood, and scar- 2 S.7.2, Cedar.
unclean.
52 He shall therefore burn that let, and hyssop:
garment, whether warp or woof, 5 And the priest shall com-
in woollen or in linen, or any mand that one of the birds be
thing of skin, wherein the killed in an earthen vessel over
plague is: for it is a fretting running water:
leprosy; it shall be burnt in the 6 As for the living bird, he
shall take it, and the cedar wood,

fire.

53 And if the priest shall look, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, Ex.12.22, Hyssop, Nu.19.6. and, behold, the plague be not and shall dip them and the living

spread in the garment, either in bird in the blood of the bird

the warp, or in the woof, or in that was killed over the running

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54 Then the priest shall com- 7 And he shall sprinkle upon Ex.12.7, Blood Sprinkled.
mand that they wash the thing him that is to be cleansed from

wherein the plague is, and he the leprosy seven times, and ch.4.6.Seven Times, Nu.19.4.
shall shut it up seven days more: shall pronounce him clean, and
55 And the priest shall look on shall let the living bird loose
the plague, after that it is into the open field.

washed: and, behold, if the 8 And he that is to be cleansed Ex.30.20, Cleansing (1),
plague have not changed his shall wash his clothes, and shave

Ich.16.26.

colour, and the plague be not off all his hair, and wash himself ch.6.27, Washing, ch.16.28.
spread; it is unclean; thou shalt in water, that he may be clean:
burn it in the fire; it is fret in- and after that he shall come
ward, whether it be bare within into the camp, and shall tarry
or without.

abroad out of his tent seven ch.13.4, Quarantine, Nu.5.2.

56 And if the priest look, and, days.

behold, the plague be somewhat 9 But it shall be on the seventh

dark after the washing of it; day, that he shall shave all his Ge.41.14, Shaving.
then he shall rend it out of the hair off his head and his beard Beard, ch.19.27.
garment, or out of the skin, or and his eyebrows, even all his

out of the warp, or out of the hair he shall shave off : and he 2 S.14.26, Hair.
shall wash his clothes, also he
woof:
57 And if it appear still in the shall wash his flesh in water,
garment, either in the warp, or and he shall be clean.

Ge.35.2, Cleanliness (1).

in the woof, or in any thing of 10 And on the eighth day he
skin; it is a spreading plague: shall take two he lambs without Ex.29.39, Lambs.
thou shalt burn that wherein the blemish, and one ewe lamb of
plague is with fire.

the first year without blemish, Ex.12.5, Unblemished.

58 And the garment, either and three tenth deals of fine
warp, or woof, or whatsoever flour for a meat offering, min- ch.2.1, Meal-offerings.
thing of skin it be, which thou gled with oil, and one log of oil. ch.29.2, Oil (2).
shalt wash, if the plague be de- 11 And the priest that maketh
parted from them, then it shall him clean shall present the man

be washed the second time, and that is to be made clean, and
those things, before the LORD,
shall be clean.

59 This is the law of the plague at the door of the tabernacle of Ex.25.8, Tabernacle.
of leprosy in a garment of wool- the congregation:

len or linen, either in the warp, 12 And the priest shall take one
or woof, or any thing of skins, he lamb, and offer him for a tres-

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