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Luke
17 LEPERS 11 Now it happened as He
went to 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there
met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said,
"Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" 14 So when He saw them, He said to them,
"Go, show yourselves to the priests." And so
it was that as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was
healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet,
giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 So Jesus answered and said, "Were
there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 "Were there not any found who returned
to give glory to God except this foreigner?" 19 And He said to him, "Arise, go your
way. Your faith has made you well." (NKJV) The Law Concerning Leprosy Leviticus 13 1 And the LORD spoke
to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 "When a man
has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it
becomes on the skin of his body like a leprous sore, then he shall be brought
to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. 3 "The priest
shall examine the sore on the skin of the body; and if the hair on the sore has
turned white, and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous sore.
Then the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 "But if the
bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and does not appear to be deeper
than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate
the one who has the sore seven days. 5 "And the priest
shall examine him on the seventh day; and indeed if the sore appears to be as
it was, and the sore has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate
him another seven days. 6 "Then the
priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and indeed if the sore has
faded, and the sore has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce
him clean; it is only a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 7 "But if the
scab should at all spread over the skin, after he has been seen by the priest
for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again. 8 "And if the
priest sees that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy. 9
"When the leprous sore is on a person, then he shall be brought to the
priest. 10 "And the
priest shall examine him; and indeed if the swelling on the skin is white, and
it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of raw flesh in the swelling, 11
"it is an old leprosy on the skin of his body. The priest shall
pronounce him unclean, and shall not isolate him, for he is unclean. 12 "And if
leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of
the one who has the sore, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks, 13 "then the
priest shall consider; and indeed if the leprosy has covered all his body, he
shall pronounce him clean who has the sore. It has all turned white. He is
clean. 14 "But when
raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. 15
"And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him to be
unclean; for the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy. 16 "Or if the
raw flesh changes and turns white again, he shall come to the priest. 17 "And the
priest shall examine him; and indeed if the sore has turned white, then the
priest shall pronounce him clean who has the sore. He is clean. 18 "If the body
develops a boil in the skin, and it is healed, 19 "and in the
place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish-white,
then it shall be shown to the priest; 20 "and if,
when the priest sees it, it indeed appears deeper than the skin, and its hair
has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore
which has broken out of the boil. 21 "But if the
priest examines it, and indeed there are no white hairs in it, and it is not
deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall isolate him seven
days; 22 "and if it
should at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is a leprous sore. 23
"But if the bright spot stays in one place, and has not spread, it is the
scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24 "Or if the
body receives a burn on its skin by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes
a bright spot, reddish-white or white, 25 "then the
priest shall examine it; and indeed if the hair of the bright spot has turned
white, and it appears deeper than the skin, it is leprosy broken out in the
burn. Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore. 26 "But if the
priest examines it, and indeed there are no white hairs in the bright spot, and
it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall isolate
him seven days. 27 "And the
priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has at all spread over the
skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore. 28 "But if the
bright spot stays in one place, and has not spread on the skin, but has faded,
it is a swelling from the burn. The priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is
the scar from the burn. 29 "If a man or
woman has a sore on the head or the beard, 30 "then the
priest shall examine the sore; and indeed if it appears deeper than the skin,
and there is in it thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is a scaly leprosy of the head or beard. 31 "But if the
priest examines the scaly sore, and indeed it does not appear deeper than the
skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate the one
who has the scale seven days. 32 "And on the
seventh day the priest shall examine the sore; and indeed if the scale has not
spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the scale does not appear deeper
than the skin, 33 "he shall
shave himself, but the scale he shall not shave. And the priest shall isolate
the one who has the scale another seven days. 34 "On the
seventh day the priest shall examine the scale; and indeed if the scale has not
spread over the skin, and does not appear deeper than the skin, then the priest
shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean. 35 "But if the
scale should at all spread over the skin after his cleansing, 36 "then the
priest shall examine him; and indeed if the scale has spread over the skin, the
priest need not seek for yellow hair. He is unclean. 36 "then the priest shall examine him; and indeed if
the scale has spread over the skin, the priest need not seek for yellow hair.
He is unclean. 37 "But if the
scale appears to be at a standstill, and there is black hair grown up in it,
the scale has healed. He is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 "If a man or
a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, specifically white bright
spots, 39 "then the
priest shall look; and indeed if the bright spots on the skin of the body are
dull white, it is a white spot that grows on the skin. He is clean. 40 "As for the
man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, but he is clean. 41 "He whose
hair has fallen from his forehead, he is bald on the forehead, but he is clean. 42 "And if
there is on the bald head or bald forehead a reddish-white sore, it is leprosy
breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead. 43 "Then the
priest shall examine it; and indeed if the swelling of the sore is
reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, as the appearance of
leprosy on the skin of the body, 44
"he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce
him unclean; his sore is on his head. 45 "Now the
leper on whom the sore is, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare; and he
shall cover his mustache, and cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!' 46
"He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be
unclean. He is unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside
the camp. 47 "Also, if a
garment has a leprous plague in it, whether it is a woolen garment or a linen
garment, 48 "whether it
is in the warp or woof of linen or wool, whether in leather or in anything made
of leather, 49
"and if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the
leather, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in anything made of leather, it
is a leprous plague and shall be shown to the priest. 50 "The priest
shall examine the plague and isolate that which has the plague seven days. 51 "And he
shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the
garment, either in the warp or in the woof, in the leather or in anything made
of leather, the plague is an active leprosy. It is unclean. 52 "He shall
therefore burn that garment in which is the plague, whether warp or woof, in
wool or in linen, or anything of leather, for it is an active leprosy; the
garment shall be burned in the fire. 53 "But if the
priest examines it, and indeed the plague has not spread in the garment, either
in the warp or in the woof, or in anything made of leather, 54 "then the
priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the plague; and he
shall isolate it another seven days. 55 "Then the
priest shall examine the plague after it has been washed; and indeed if the
plague has not changed its color, though the plague has not spread, it is
unclean, and you shall burn it in the fire; it continues eating away, whether
the damage is outside or inside. 56 "If the
priest examines it, and indeed the plague has faded after washing it, then he
shall tear it out of the garment, whether out of the warp or out of the woof,
or out of the leather. 57 "But if it
appears again in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in anything
made of leather, it is a spreading plague; you shall burn with fire that in
which is the plague. 58 "And if you
wash the garment, either warp or woof, or whatever is made of leather, if the
plague has disappeared from it, then it shall be washed a second time, and
shall be clean. 59 "This is the
law of the leprous plague in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or
woof, or in anything made of leather, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it
unclean." Leviticus 14 1 Then the LORD
spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "This shall
be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to
the priest. 3 "And the
priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed,
if the leprosy is healed in the leper, 4
"then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two
living and clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. 5 "And the
priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over
running water. 6 "As for the
living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop,
and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over
the running water. 7 "And he shall
sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and
shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose in the open
field. 8 "He who is to
be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in
water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall
stay outside his tent seven days. 9 "But on the
seventh day he shall shave all the hair off his head and his beard and his
eyebrows-all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes and wash
his body in water, and he shall be clean. 10 "And on the
eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb of the
first year without blemish, three-tenths of an ephah
of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil. 11 "Then the
priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and
those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 12
"And the priest shall take one male lamb and offer it as a trespass
offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. 13 "Then he
shall kill the lamb in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt
offering, in a holy place; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the
trespass offering. It is most holy. 14 "The priest
shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put
it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of
his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 15
"And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the
palm of his own left hand. 16 "Then the
priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and
shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD. 17 "And of the
rest of the oil in his hand, the priest shall put some on the tip of the right
ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the
big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering. 18 "The rest of
the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to
be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD. 19
"Then the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him
who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall kill the
burnt offering. 20 "And the
priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So
the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21 "But if he
is poor and cannot afford it, then he shall take one male lamb as a trespass
offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour
mixed with oil as a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 "and two
turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford: one shall be a
sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 23
"He shall bring them to the priest on the eighth day for his cleansing, to
the door of the tabernacle of meeting, before the LORD. 24 "And the
priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering
before the LORD. 25 "Then he
shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of
the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of
him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe
of his right foot. 26 "And the
priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. 27 "Then the
priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left
hand seven times before the LORD. 28 "And the
priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right
ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the
big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering. 29 "The rest of
the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to
be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD. 30 "And he
shall offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he can afford- 31 "such as he
is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,
with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to
be cleansed before the LORD. 32
"This is the law for one who had a leprous sore, who cannot afford the
usual cleansing." 33 And the LORD
spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 34 "When you
have come into the land of Canaan, which I give you as a possession, and I put
the leprous plague in a house in the land of your possession, 35 "and he who owns
the house comes and tells the priest, saying, 'It seems to me that there is
some plague in the house,' 36 "then the
priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it
to examine the plague, that all that is in the house may not be made unclean;
and afterward the priest shall go in to examine the house. 37 "And he shall examine the plague; and indeed if the
plague is on the walls of the house with ingrained streaks, greenish or
reddish, which appear to be deep in the wall, 38
"then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and
shut up the house seven days. 39 "And the
priest shall come again on the seventh day and look; and indeed if the plague
has spread on the walls of the house, 40 "then the
priest shall command that they take away the stones in which is the plague, and
they shall cast them into an unclean place outside the city. 41 "And he
shall cause the house to be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that they
scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place
outside the city. 42
"Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those
stones, and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house. 43 "Now if the
plague comes back and breaks out in the house, after he has taken away the
stones, after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered, 44 "then the
priest shall come and look; and indeed if the plague has spread in the house,
it is an active leprosy in the house. It is unclean. 45 "And he
shall break down the house, its stones, its timber, and all the plaster of the
house, and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place. 46 "Moreover he
who goes into the house at all while it is shut up shall be unclean until
evening. 47 "And he who
lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house
shall wash his clothes. 48 "But if the
priest comes in and examines it, and indeed the plague has not spread in the
house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house
clean, because the plague is healed. 49 "And he
shall take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. 50 "Then he
shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water; 51 "and he
shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet, and the living bird, and
dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle
the house seven times. 52 "And he
shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the running water and
the living bird, with the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet. 53 "Then he
shall let the living bird loose outside the city in the open field, and make
atonement for the house, and it shall be clean. 54 "This is the
law for any leprous sore and scale, 55 "for the
leprosy of a garment and of a house, 56 "for a
swelling and a scab and a bright spot, 57
"to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law
of leprosy." (NKJV) |