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right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, shall wash his clothes, and he who eats in the
on the place of the blood of the trespass offer- house shall wash his clothes.
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ing. The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s 48 “But if the priest comes in and examines it,
hand he shall put on the head of him who is to and indeed the plague has not spread in the
be cleansed, to make atonement for him house after the house was plastered, then the
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before the LORD. And he shall offer one of the priest shall pronounce the house clean,
turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he can because the plague is healed. And he shall
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afford— such as he is able to afford, the one take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar
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as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offer- wood, scarlet, and hyssop. Then he shall kill
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ing, with the grain offering. So the priest shall one of the birds in an earthen vessel over run-
make atonement for him who is to be cleansed ning water; and he shall take the cedar wood,
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before the LORD. This is the law for one who the hyssop, the scarlet, and the living bird,
had a leprous sore, who cannot afford the and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and
usual cleansing.” in the running water, and sprinkle the house
33 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, seven times. And he shall cleanse the house
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saying: “When you have come into the land with the blood of the bird and the running
of Canaan, which I give you as a possession, water and the living bird, with the cedar wood,
and I put the leprous plague in a house in the the hyssop, and the scarlet. Then he shall let
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land of your possession, and he who owns the living bird loose outside the city in the
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the house comes and tells the priest, saying, open field, and make atonement for the house,
‘It seems to me that there is some plague in the and it shall be clean.
house,’ then the priest shall command that 54 “This is the law for any leprous sore and
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they empty the house, before the priest goes scale, for the leprosy of a garment and of a
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into it to examine the plague, that all that is in house, for a swelling and a scab and a bright
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the house may not be made unclean; and after- spot, to teach when it is unclean and when it
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ward the priest shall go in to examine the is clean. This is the law of leprosy.”
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house. And he shall examine the plague; and
indeed if the plague is on the walls of the Psalm 26:1–5
house with ingrained streaks, greenish or red- A Psalm of David.
dish, which appear to be deep in the wall,
38 then the priest shall go out of the house, to V indicate me, O LORD,
the door of the house, and shut up the house For I have walked in my integrity.
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seven days. And the priest shall come again I have also trusted in the LORD;
on the seventh day and look; and indeed if the I shall not slip.
plague has spread on the walls of the house,
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away the stones in which is the plague, and
they shall cast them into an unclean place out- 26:1 Vindicate me. Literally,“Judge me!” This
side the city. And he shall cause the house to refers to exoneration of some false accusa-
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be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that tions and/or charges under the protection of
they scrape off they shall pour out in an the covenant stipulations of the theocratic
unclean place outside the city. Then they law (see Pss. 7:8; 35:24; 43:1). my integrity.
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shall take other stones and put them in the Again, this is not a claim to perfection, but of
place of those stones, and he shall take other innocence, particularly as viewed within the
mortar and plaster the house. context of ungrounded “legal”charges (see Ps.
43 “Now if the plague comes back and breaks 7:8; Prov. 10:9; 19:1; 20:7; 28:6).
out in the house, after he has taken away the
stones, after he has scraped the house, and
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after it is plastered, then the priest shall 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me;
come and look; and indeed if the plague has Try my mind and my heart.
spread in the house, it is an active leprosy in 3 For Your lovingkindness is before
the house. It is unclean. And he shall break my eyes,
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down the house, its stones, its timber, and all And I have walked in Your truth.
the plaster of the house, and he shall carry 4 I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,
them outside the city to an unclean place. Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
46 Moreover he who goes into the house at all 5 I have hated the assembly
while it is shut up shall be unclean until of evildoers,
evening. And he who lies down in the house And will not sit with the wicked.
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