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be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: 37 and he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall; 38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and 39 shut up the house seven days: oand the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of (40 the house; then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city: 41 and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an 42 unclean place: and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaister 43 the house. And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered; then the priest shall come in and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of 46 the city into an unclean place. Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be 47 unclean until the even. And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the (48 house shall wash his clothes. And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the 49 plague is healed. And he shall take

to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: (50 and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over 1running water: 51 and he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and 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

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And the LORD spake unto Moses 2 and to Aaron, saying, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue 3 he is unclean. And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is 4) his uncleanness. Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean and every thing whereon he 5 sitteth shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 6)°And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the 7 even. And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 9) And what saddle soever he that

hath the issue rideth upon shall be (10 unclean. And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 11) and be unclean until the even. ° And whomsoever he that hath the issue toucheth, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 12) and be unclean until the even. And the earthen vessel, which he that 2 Or, Icarriage]

VERSION OF 1611.-37 which in sight are: 40 away.. (they shall); 41 dust; 43 away; 48 (upon it); 50 (the); 53 fields, and.. (an); 55 of. — XV. 2 a running; 4 is; 10 (any of); 11 and hath not; 12 of earth. = [26]

hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken and every vessel of wood 13 shall be rinsed in water. And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in 1running water, and 14 shall be clean. And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tent of 'meeting, and give (15 them unto the priest: and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.

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And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity' seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be 20 unclean until the even. And every thing that she lieth upon in her "limpurity shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be 21 unclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 22 until the even. And whosoever toucheth any thing that she 'sitteth' upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until 23 the even. And if it be on the bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be un(24 clean until the even. And if any man lie with her, and her 'impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and 'every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

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in the days of her impurity: she 26 is unclean. Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her limpurity and levery thing whereon! she sitteth shall be unclean, as the 27 uncleanness of her impurity. And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 28 unclean until the even. But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 °And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtledoves', or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent (30 of meeting. And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

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Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them.

32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is 33 unclean thereby"; and of her that is sick with her limpurity', and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before 2 the LORD, and died; and the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the 3 mercy-seat. Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and (4) a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with 'the' linen girdle, and with the linen 3mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe! his flesh in water, and put them on.

2 Or, Iseparation

3 Or, Iturban

VERSION OF 1611.- 14 tabernacle.. the congregation; 15 (an); 16 wash; 19 put apart; 20 separation: 22 sat; 23 her; 24 (at all). . flowers. . all the; 25 out of.. separation.. it run.. . separation.. separation.. shall be; 26 separation. . whatsoever. . upon . separation; 29 turtles.. tabernacle.. the congregation; 30 (an); 31 among; 32 and . . defiled therewith; 33 of . . flowers. . which. XVI. 1 offered; 3 Thus; 4 a.. these.. therefore. . wash. . (so). = [47]

5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two hel-goats for a sin offering, and one ram for 6 a burnt offering. And Aaron shall 'present the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his 7 house. And he shall take the two goats, and 'set! them before the LORD at the door of the Itent of 'meeting'. * § °And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and 9 the other lot for Azazel'. And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for the LORD', and (10 offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel', shall be set! alive before the LORD, to make atonement for him, to 'send' him away for 'Azazel' into the wilder(11 ness. And Aaron shall 'present the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offer(12 ing which is for himself: and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the 13 veil: and he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, 14 that he die not: and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the (16 mercy-seat: and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the luncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, leven' all their sins: and so shall he do for the Itent' of Imeeting', that 'dwelleth with them in the (17 midst of their luncleannesses'. And there shall be no man in the 'tent! of meeting' when he goeth in to make atonement in the holy place, until he

1 Or, Idismissal\

come out, and have made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. (18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the 19 horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the 'uncleanness20 es of the children of Israel. And when he hath made an end of latoning for the holy place, and the 'tent of Imeeting, and the altar, he shall 'pre21 sent the live goat: and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, leven all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness' into 22 the wilderness: and the goat shall

bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go 23 the goat in the wilderness. °And Aaron shall come into the tent of Imeeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall (24 leave them there: and he shall 'bathe'

his flesh in water in 'a' holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for 25 the people. And the fat of the sin

offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that letteth' go the goat for

Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward 27 he shall come into the camp. And the bullock of the sin offering, and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, 28 and their flesh, and their dung. he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

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2 Or, lover!

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3 Or, lappointed

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VERSION OF 1611. - 5 kids of the; 6 offer his.. (an); 7 present. . tabernacle. . the congregation; 8 the scapegoat; 9 bring.. LORD'S; 10 to be the scapegoat.. presented.. (an). . with.. (and) go..a scapegoat; 11 bring.. (an); 12 (burning); 14 eastward; 15 that; 16 (an). . uncleanness tabernacle.. the congregation. . remaineth among.. uncleanness; 17 tabernacle.. the congregation. . (an) (an) congregation; 18 (an); 19 uncleanness; 20 reconciling.. tabernacle .. the congregation .. bring; 21 in.. putting.. fit; 22 not inhabited; 23 tabernacle. . the congregation; 24 wash. . with. . the ..(an); 26 let.. the scapegoat; 27 for .. for .. one carry; 29 this. == [73]

unto you in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no Imanner of work, the homeborn', or 'the stranger that sojourneth among 30) you: °for on this day shall atonement 'be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins 'shall ye be 31 clean before the LORD. It is a sab

bath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a 32 statute for ever. And the priest, Iwho shall be anointed' and who' shall be consecrated' to 'be priest' in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen Igarments, even the holy garments: (33 and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent' of 'meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all (34 the people of the assembly'. And

this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel 'because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

171 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath com3 manded, saying, What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the 4) camp, and hath not 'brought it unto the door of the 'tent' of meeting', to offer it as an 'oblation' unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD: blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among 5 his people: to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting', unto the priest, and Isacrificel them for 'sacrifices of peace offerings unto the 6 LORD. And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the 'tent of 'meeting', and

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And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them', that eateth any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among (11 his people. For the life of the

flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement 'by rea12 son of the life!. "Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

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And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among 'them', which Itaketh in hunting any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with 14 dust. For 'as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof; therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof whosoever eateth it shall be cut (15 off. And every soul that eateth that

which dieth' of itself, or that which lis torn of beasts, whether he be home born or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the 16 even then shall he be clean. But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

181 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Speak unto the children of

3 Heb. a carcase.

VERSION OF 1611.- (that). . at all, whether it be one of your own country. . a; 30 that.. the priest make an..that.. may; 31 shall be..by; 32 whom he. . anoint. . whom he.. consecrate. . minister in the priest's office. . clothes; 33 (an). . (an).. tabernacle. . the congregation.. (an).. congregation; 34 (an) ..for..a. XVII. 3 out of; 4 bringeth.. tabernacle.. the congregation.. offering; 5 offer tabernacle.. the congregation.. offer; 6 tabernacle.. the congregation; 7 offer.. devils.. have gone; 8 which you; 9 tabernacle. . the congregation. . offer. . (among); 10 you.. (even); 11 (an). . (an). . for. . soul; 13 you..hunteth and catcheth.. (even); 14 it is.. of it.. for; 15 died.. was.. with.. it.. one of your own country .. (both). = [96]

Israel, and say unto them, I am the 3 LORD your God. After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall 4) ye walk in their statutes. °My judgements shall ye do, and my statutes shall yel keep, to walk there5 in: I am the LORD your God. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgements: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

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None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the 7 LORD. The nakedness of thy father, leven the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her 8 nakedness. "The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: (9 it is thy father's nakedness. The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou 10 shalt not uncover. "The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is 11 thine own nakedness. The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her 12 nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is 14 thy mother's near kinswoman. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine 15 aunt. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not 16 uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt

not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's (17) nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover

the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wick18) edness. And thou shalt not take

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a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, 'beside the other in her life time. 19 And thou shalt not approach unto

a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure byꞌ her un20 cleanness. And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to 21 défile thyself with her. And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23) And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto : it is confusion.

24 Defile not 'ye! yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out (25 from before you and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land 26) vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my judgements, and shall not 'do' any of these abominations; neither the homeborn, nor the stranger that 27 sojourneth among you: °(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and 28 the land is defiled;) that the land Ivomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited! out the 29 nation that was before you. For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that 'do' them shall be cut off from among their (30) people. Therefore shall ye keep my charge', that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were 'done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

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4 Or, to set them apart to Molech

Heb. things of nought. See Jer. xiv. 14.

VERSION OF 1611.—XVIII. 3 ordinances; 4 mine ordinances; 7 or; 9 (she be); 17 neither. . (for) (her); 18 Neither.. wife.. vex. . besides; 19 Also.. put apart for; 20 Moreover; 21 let; 23 Neither; 24 you; 25 (itself): 26 commit.. any of your own nation ..any; 28 spue. . spued. . nations.. were; 29 commit. . commit; 30 mine ordinance..commit.. (one). . committed. = [40]

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