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This week's portion is named "Tazria-Metsora". It encompasses Leviticus chapters 12, 13, 14, 15.
In effect it is two portions.
The reading of the Weekly Portion is so arranged that within a year all of the Torah (i.e. the First Five Books of the Bible) will be read out. The Hebrew Calendar is based on a 19 year cycle with 7 of the years having an extra month. Certain years have more Sabbath Days than others. Because of this the Reading of the Weekly Portions are so arranged that when there are not enough Shabatot in a year to read all the portions some portions will be joined to each other.
This Shabat is such an occasion. The two otherwise separate portions of Tazria and Metsora have been joined together and are referred to as "Tazria-Metsora".
[Leviticus 12:1] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,
[Leviticus 12:2] SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, IF A WOMAN HAVE CONCEIVED SEED, AND BORN A MAN CHILD: THEN SHE SHALL BE UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS; ACCORDING TO THE DAYS OF THE SEPARATION FOR HER INFIRMITY SHALL SHE BE UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 12:3] AND IN THE EIGHTH DAY THE FLESH OF HIS FORESKIN SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED.
All male children had to be circumcised on the 8th day.
Scientifically the 8th day is the safest day in the life of a male child to be cicumcised upon.
On that day an clotting element in the male body should reach a peak it will never again achieve.
Circumcision is beneficial for numerous reasons. It is healthier. It prevents infection. The incidence of numerous veneral diseases, including AIDs, is greatly lessened by circumcision.
The eight day after birth is the day of circumcision. It is also (as S.R. Hirsch points out) the first day of purification. The purification process begins with circumcision. Purity begins with taking control of sexual needs and not letting them take control of us.
[Leviticus 12:4] AND SHE SHALL THEN CONTINUE IN THE BLOOD OF HER PURIFYING THREE AND THIRTY DAYS; SHE SHALL TOUCH NO HALLOWED THING, NOR COME INTO THE SANCTUARY, UNTIL THE DAYS OF HER PURIFYING BE FULFILLED.
[Leviticus 12:5] BUT IF SHE BEAR A MAID CHILD, THEN SHE SHALL BE UNCLEAN TWO WEEKS, AS IN HER SEPARATION: AND SHE SHALL CONTINUE IN THE BLOOD OF HER PURIFYING THREESCORE AND SIX DAYS.
If a male child was born the mother would be impure for seven days after which she would have to wait another 33 days for her final purification. During this interim period certain activities were forbidden her e.g. she could not touch certain hallowed foods or go to the Temple. Altogether there was a time of 40 days from birth of a male child to final purification.
For a femal child she would be impure for 14 days, then have to wait for 66 days before brigning her purification offerings, i.e. 80 days altogether.
[Leviticus 12:6] AND WHEN THE DAYS OF HER PURIFYING ARE FULFILLED, FOR A SON, OR FOR A DAUGHTER, SHE SHALL BRING A LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR A BURNT OFFERING, AND A YOUNG PIGEON, OR A TURTLEDOVE, FOR A SIN OFFERING, UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, UNTO THE PRIEST:
S.R. Hirsch related the incidences of Ritual Impurity to physical functions getting out of control. Ritual; Purification symbolized a person taking back reign over their body. When a woman gives birth she becomes a mother. She fulfils her feminine essence. Nevertheless the process can be trying and the actual giving of birth frightening and painful. A woman is liable in such a situation to say or think things she does not really mean. That is one of the reasons why amongst the offerings she brings is turtledove as a sin offering. She may have sinned in her mind do to her physical functions in the act of giving birth having taker control over her.
It is been pointed out that this whole process may well have had great social and psychological value. Giving birth can be traumatic. It happens that after giving birth a woman enters into a period of depression and uncertainty. This whole process with periods of varying degrees of impurity followed by purification and beinging sacrifices to the Temple may have helped the mother return to herself. It also would have emphasized to those around her such as her husband and other members of her household that she had uundergone a special experience, was still not entirely the same as she had been , and needed to be treated with extra consideration even though externally no great change was evident.
Husbands should take notice of this. No two women are the same as each other and no birth experience is the same for any one woman. One time she may give birth easily and almost immediately return to normal. At other times she may not or she may seem to do so and suddenly exhibit erratic behavior and attitudes. A woman who has given birth needs a period of extra consideration and allowance should be made for her to settle down again.
[Leviticus 12:7] WHO SHALL OFFER IT BEFORE THE LORD, AND MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HER; AND SHE SHALL BE CLEANSED FROM THE ISSUE OF HER BLOOD. THIS IS THE LAW FOR HER THAT HATH BORN A MALE OR A FEMALE.
[Leviticus 12:8] AND IF SHE BE NOT ABLE TO BRING A LAMB, THEN SHE SHALL BRING TWO TURTLES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS; THE ONE FOR THE BURNT OFFERING, AND THE OTHER FOR A SIN OFFERING: AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HER, AND SHE SHALL BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:1] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND AARON, SAYING,
[Leviticus 13:2] WHEN A MAN SHALL HAVE IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH A RISING, A SCAB, OR BRIGHT SPOT, AND IT BE IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH LIKE THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY; THEN HE SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO AARON THE PRIEST, OR UNTO ONE OF HIS SONS THE PRIESTS:
Here we begin the laws of "Leprosy".
This however is not the same as the physical malady called leprosy but rather a spiritual affliction that expressed itself in a physical sense. The physical manifestation of this spiritually-derived sickness were similar too but not the same as the disease now known as leprosy.
Ritual leprosy in the Bible was caused, according to tradition by saying bad things about others and by looking at others with jealousy and meanness.
This is hinted at in the Bible.
When the Almighty first appeared to Moses HE told him to go and tell the Israelites that their hour of deliverance had come. Moses said that the Israelites would not believe him.
[Exodus 4:1] AND MOSES ANSWERED AND SAID, BUT, BEHOLD, THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE ME, NOR HEARKEN UNTO MY VOICE: FOR THEY WILL SAY, THE LORD HATH NOT APPEARED UNTO THEE.
God then told him to cast his staff on the ground. Moses did so and the staff was turned into a serpent. The serpent is associated with telling lies, words of deceit, and scandal-mongering. The serpent in the Garden of Eden deceived Eve the first woman. He told Eve that God did not want them to eat of the forbidden fruit because HE did not want them to have Divine Knowledge. Eve believed him and eat of the fruit and also gave to Adam her husband. As a result Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden and the whole of mankind was cursed.
Elsewhere in the Bible the serpent is again associated with the bad mouthing of others.
[The Preacher 10:11] SURELY THE SERPENT WILL BITE WITHOUT ENCHANTMENT; AND A BABBLER IS NO BETTER.
By seeing his staff turned into a serpent Moses was being told that he had spoken ill about the Children of Israel by claiming they would not believe him.
After that Moses was told to put his hand in his chest and take it out again. He did so and his hand had turned as white as snow like an affliction of leprosy. He was then told to put his hand back in his chest and it returned to normal (Exodus 4:6-7).
So too, later Miriam the sister of Moses, spoke against Moses (Numbers ch.12). She was punished by being afflicted with leprosy (Numbers 12:10). Moses prayed for her and she was healed (Numbers 12:13-15). We see here that leprosy or some kind of affliction whose symptoms were similar to leprosy was a punishment for speaking badly about others.
[Leviticus 13:3] AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON THE PLAGUE IN THE SKIN OF THE FLESH: AND WHEN THE HAIR IN THE PLAGUE IS TURNED WHITE, AND THE PLAGUE IN SIGHT BE DEEPER THAN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH, IT IS A PLAGUE OF LEPROSY: AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON HIM, AND PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN.
The priest would examine the symptoms. The Priest making the examination had to be an expert in medical science and in skin afflictions. He had to be able to distinguish between marks caused by illness (dermatology) or psychological trauma and those that were Divine in origin. The leprosy spoken of here is not real "leprosy" in the medical sense but rather certain marks that would appear as indicative of a spiritual failing.
This phenomenon existed only during the time of the Temple when the Israelites were at a higher spiritual level.
The whole of the rest of this portion involves afflictions of the skin or pathological changes in the coloring of clothing or the wall of houses and emissions from the sexual organs. These things occur. Sometimes they are indicative of molds and fungi or of venereal diseases. The process of examination is that of checking, quarantine, checking again, purification or isolation from the community of the infected person or object. In the case of the symptoms having been caused by physiological processes the quarantine and isolation would have helped the malady spreading to other members of the community. It would also have impressed upon the person afflicted the seriousness of their situation and the need for them to be healed of it. This would have affected a change in attitude that may well have helped the healing process.
[Leviticus 13:4] IF THE BRIGHT SPOT BE WHITE IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH, AND IN SIGHT BE NOT DEEPER THAN THE SKIN, AND THE HAIR THEREOF BE NOT TURNED WHITE; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL SHUT UP HIM THAT HATH THE PLAGUE SEVEN DAYS:
[Leviticus 13:5] AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON HIM THE SEVENTH DAY: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE IN HIS SIGHT BE AT A STAY, AND THE PLAGUE SPREAD NOT IN THE SKIN; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL SHUT HIM UP SEVEN DAYS MORE:
[Leviticus 13:6] AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON HIM AGAIN THE SEVENTH DAY: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE BE SOMEWHAT DARK, AND THE PLAGUE SPREAD NOT IN THE SKIN, THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN: IT IS BUT A SCAB: AND HE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:7] BUT IF THE SCAB SPREAD MUCH ABROAD IN THE SKIN, AFTER THAT HE HATH BEEN SEEN OF THE PRIEST FOR HIS CLEANSING, HE SHALL BE SEEN OF THE PRIEST AGAIN.
[Leviticus 13:8] AND IF THE PRIEST SEE THAT, BEHOLD, THE SCAB SPREADETH IN THE SKIN, THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN: IT IS A LEPROSY.
[Leviticus 13:9] WHEN THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY IS IN A MAN, THEN HE SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO THE PRIEST;
[Leviticus 13:10] AND THE PRIEST SHALL SEE HIM: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE RISING BE WHITE IN THE SKIN, AND IT HAVE TURNED THE HAIR WHITE, AND THERE BE QUICK RAW FLESH IN THE RISING;
[Leviticus 13:11] IT IS AN OLD LEPROSY IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH, AND THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN, AND SHALL NOT SHUT HIM UP: FOR HE IS UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:12] AND IF A LEPROSY BREAK OUT ABROAD IN THE SKIN, AND THE LEPROSY COVER ALL THE SKIN OF HIM THAT HATH THE PLAGUE FROM HIS HEAD EVEN TO HIS FOOT, WHERESOEVER THE PRIEST LOOKETH;
[Leviticus 13:13] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL CONSIDER: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE LEPROSY HAVE COVERED ALL HIS FLESH, HE SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN THAT HATH THE PLAGUE: IT IS ALL TURNED WHITE: HE IS CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:14] BUT WHEN RAW FLESH APPEARETH IN HIM, HE SHALL BE UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:15] AND THE PRIEST SHALL SEE THE RAW FLESH, AND PRONOUNCE HIM TO BE UNCLEAN: FOR THE RAW FLESH IS UNCLEAN: IT IS A LEPROSY.
[Leviticus 13:16] OR IF THE RAW FLESH TURN AGAIN, AND BE CHANGED UNTO WHITE, HE SHALL COME UNTO THE PRIEST;
[Leviticus 13:17] AND THE PRIEST SHALL SEE HIM: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE BE TURNED INTO WHITE; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN THAT HATH THE PLAGUE: HE IS CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:18] THE FLESH ALSO, IN WHICH, EVEN IN THE SKIN THEREOF, WAS A BOIL, AND IS HEALED,
[Leviticus 13:19] AND IN THE PLACE OF THE BOIL THERE BE A WHITE RISING, OR A BRIGHT SPOT, WHITE, AND SOMEWHAT REDDISH, AND IT BE SHEWED TO THE PRIEST;
[Leviticus 13:20] AND IF, WHEN THE PRIEST SEETH IT, BEHOLD, IT BE IN SIGHT LOWER THAN THE SKIN, AND THE HAIR THEREOF BE TURNED WHITE; THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN: IT IS A PLAGUE OF LEPROSY BROKEN OUT OF THE BOIL.
[Leviticus 13:21] BUT IF THE PRIEST LOOK ON IT, AND, BEHOLD, THERE BE NO WHITE HAIRS THEREIN, AND IF IT BE NOT LOWER THAN THE SKIN, BUT BE SOMEWHAT DARK; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL SHUT HIM UP SEVEN DAYS:
[Leviticus 13:22] AND IF IT SPREAD MUCH ABROAD IN THE SKIN, THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN: IT IS A PLAGUE.
[Leviticus 13:23] BUT IF THE BRIGHT SPOT STAY IN HIS PLACE, AND SPREAD NOT, IT IS A BURNING BOIL; AND THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN.
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[Leviticus 13:24] OR IF THERE BE ANY FLESH, IN THE SKIN WHEREOF THERE IS A HOT BURNING, AND THE QUICK FLESH THAT BURNETH HAVE A WHITE BRIGHT SPOT, SOMEWHAT REDDISH, OR WHITE;
[Leviticus 13:25] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK UPON IT: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE HAIR IN THE BRIGHT SPOT BE TURNED WHITE, AND IT BE IN SIGHT DEEPER THAN THE SKIN; IT IS A LEPROSY BROKEN OUT OF THE BURNING: WHEREFORE THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN: IT IS THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY.
[Leviticus 13:26] BUT IF THE PRIEST LOOK ON IT, AND, BEHOLD, THERE BE NO WHITE HAIR IN THE BRIGHT SPOT, AND IT BE NO LOWER THAN THE OTHER SKIN, BUT BE SOMEWHAT DARK; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL SHUT HIM UP SEVEN DAYS:
[Leviticus 13:27] AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK UPON HIM THE SEVENTH DAY: AND IF IT BE SPREAD MUCH ABROAD IN THE SKIN, THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN: IT IS THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY.
[Leviticus 13:28] AND IF THE BRIGHT SPOT STAY IN HIS PLACE, AND SPREAD NOT IN THE SKIN, BUT IT BE SOMEWHAT DARK; IT IS A RISING OF THE BURNING, AND THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN: FOR IT IS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE BURNING.
[Leviticus 13:29] IF A MAN OR WOMAN HAVE A PLAGUE UPON THE HEAD OR THE BEARD;
[Leviticus 13:30] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL SEE THE PLAGUE: AND, BEHOLD, IF IT BE IN SIGHT DEEPER THAN THE SKIN; AND THERE BE IN IT A YELLOW THIN HAIR; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN: IT IS A DRY SCALL, EVEN A LEPROSY UPON THE HEAD OR BEARD.
[Leviticus 13:31] AND IF THE PRIEST LOOK ON THE PLAGUE OF THE SCALL, AND, BEHOLD, IT BE NOT IN SIGHT DEEPER THAN THE SKIN, AND THAT THERE IS NO BLACK HAIR IN IT; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL SHUT UP HIM THAT HATH THE PLAGUE OF THE SCALL SEVEN DAYS:
[Leviticus 13:32] AND IN THE SEVENTH DAY THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON THE PLAGUE: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE SCALL SPREAD NOT, AND THERE BE IN IT NO YELLOW HAIR, AND THE SCALL BE NOT IN SIGHT DEEPER THAN THE SKIN;
[Leviticus 13:33] HE SHALL BE SHAVEN, BUT THE SCALL SHALL HE NOT SHAVE; AND THE PRIEST SHALL SHUT UP HIM THAT HATH THE SCALL SEVEN DAYS MORE:
[Leviticus 13:34] AND IN THE SEVENTH DAY THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON THE SCALL: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE SCALL BE NOT SPREAD IN THE SKIN, NOR BE IN SIGHT DEEPER THAN THE SKIN; THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN: AND HE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:35] BUT IF THE SCALL SPREAD MUCH IN THE SKIN AFTER HIS CLEANSING;
[Leviticus 13:36] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON HIM: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE SCALL BE SPREAD IN THE SKIN, THE PRIEST SHALL NOT SEEK FOR YELLOW HAIR; HE IS UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:37] BUT IF THE SCALL BE IN HIS SIGHT AT A STAY, AND THAT THERE IS BLACK HAIR GROWN UP THEREIN; THE SCALL IS HEALED, HE IS CLEAN: AND THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:38] IF A MAN ALSO OR A WOMAN HAVE IN THE SKIN OF THEIR FLESH BRIGHT SPOTS, EVEN WHITE BRIGHT SPOTS;
[Leviticus 13:39] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE BRIGHT SPOTS IN THE SKIN OF THEIR FLESH BE DARKISH WHITE; IT IS A FRECKLED SPOT THAT GROWETH IN THE SKIN; HE IS CLEAN.
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[Leviticus 13:40] AND THE MAN WHOSE HAIR IS FALLEN OFF HIS HEAD, HE IS BALD; YET IS HE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:41] AND HE THAT HATH HIS HAIR FALLEN OFF FROM THE PART OF HIS HEAD TOWARD HIS FACE, HE IS FOREHEAD BALD: YET IS HE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:42] AND IF THERE BE IN THE BALD HEAD, OR BALD FOREHEAD, A WHITE REDDISH SORE; IT IS A LEPROSY SPRUNG UP IN HIS BALD HEAD, OR HIS BALD FOREHEAD.
[Leviticus 13:43] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK UPON IT: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE RISING OF THE SORE BE WHITE REDDISH IN HIS BALD HEAD, OR IN HIS BALD FOREHEAD, AS THE LEPROSY APPEARETH IN THE SKIN OF THE FLESH;
[Leviticus 13:44] HE IS A LEPROUS MAN, HE IS UNCLEAN: THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UTTERLY UNCLEAN; HIS PLAGUE IS IN HIS HEAD.
[Leviticus 13:45] AND THE LEPER IN WHOM THE PLAGUE IS, HIS CLOTHES SHALL BE RENT, AND HIS HEAD BARE, AND HE SHALL PUT A COVERING UPON HIS UPPER LIP, AND SHALL CRY, UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:46] ALL THE DAYS WHEREIN THE PLAGUE SHALL BE IN HIM HE SHALL BE DEFILED; HE IS UNCLEAN: HE SHALL DWELL ALONE; WITHOUT THE CAMP SHALL HIS HABITATION BE.
[Leviticus 13:47] THE GARMENT ALSO THAT THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY IS IN, WHETHER IT BE A WOOLLEN GARMENT, OR A LINEN GARMENT;
[Leviticus 13:48] WHETHER IT BE IN THE WARP, OR WOOF; OF LINEN, OR OF WOOLLEN; WHETHER IN A SKIN, OR IN ANY THING MADE OF SKIN;
[Leviticus 13:49] AND IF THE PLAGUE BE GREENISH OR REDDISH IN THE GARMENT, OR IN THE SKIN, EITHER IN THE WARP, OR IN THE WOOF, OR IN ANY THING OF SKIN; IT IS A PLAGUE OF LEPROSY, AND SHALL BE SHEWED UNTO THE PRIEST:
[Leviticus 13:50] AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK UPON THE PLAGUE, AND SHUT UP IT THAT HATH THE PLAGUE SEVEN DAYS:
[Leviticus 13:51] AND HE SHALL LOOK ON THE PLAGUE ON THE SEVENTH DAY: IF THE PLAGUE BE SPREAD IN THE GARMENT, EITHER IN THE WARP, OR IN THE WOOF, OR IN A SKIN, OR IN ANY WORK THAT IS MADE OF SKIN; THE PLAGUE IS A FRETTING LEPROSY; IT IS UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:52] HE SHALL THEREFORE BURN THAT GARMENT, WHETHER WARP OR WOOF, IN WOOLLEN OR IN LINEN, OR ANY THING OF SKIN, WHEREIN THE PLAGUE IS: FOR IT IS A FRETTING LEPROSY; IT SHALL BE BURNT IN THE FIRE.
[Leviticus 13:53] AND IF THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK, AND, BEHOLD, THE PLAGUE BE NOT SPREAD IN THE GARMENT, EITHER IN THE WARP, OR IN THE WOOF, OR IN ANY THING OF SKIN;
[Leviticus 13:54] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL COMMAND THAT THEY WASH THE THING WHEREIN THE PLAGUE IS, AND HE SHALL SHUT IT UP SEVEN DAYS MORE:
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[Leviticus 13:55] AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON THE PLAGUE, AFTER THAT IT IS WASHED: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE HAVE NOT CHANGED HIS COLOUR, AND THE PLAGUE BE NOT SPREAD; IT IS UNCLEAN; THOU SHALT BURN IT IN THE FIRE; IT IS FRET INWARD, WHETHER IT BE BARE WITHIN OR WITHOUT.
[Leviticus 13:56] AND IF THE PRIEST LOOK, AND, BEHOLD, THE PLAGUE BE SOMEWHAT DARK AFTER THE WASHING OF IT; THEN HE SHALL REND IT OUT OF THE GARMENT, OR OUT OF THE SKIN, OR OUT OF THE WARP, OR OUT OF THE WOOF:
[Leviticus 13:57] AND IF IT APPEAR STILL IN THE GARMENT, EITHER IN THE WARP, OR IN THE WOOF, OR IN ANY THING OF SKIN; IT IS A SPREADING PLAGUE: THOU SHALT BURN THAT WHEREIN THE PLAGUE IS WITH FIRE.
[Leviticus 13:58] AND THE GARMENT, EITHER WARP, OR WOOF, OR WHATSOEVER THING OF SKIN IT BE, WHICH THOU SHALT WASH, IF THE PLAGUE BE DEPARTED FROM THEM, THEN IT SHALL BE WASHED THE SECOND TIME, AND SHALL BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 13:59] THIS IS THE LAW OF THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY IN A GARMENT OF WOOLLEN OR LINEN, EITHER IN THE WARP, OR WOOF, OR ANY THING OF SKINS, TO PRONOUNCE IT CLEAN, OR TO PRONOUNCE IT UNCLEAN.
Metsora
[Leviticus 14:1] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,
[Leviticus 14:2] THIS SHALL BE THE LAW OF THE LEPER IN THE DAY OF HIS CLEANSING: HE SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO THE PRIEST:
When the "leper" is cured of his affliction he has to undergo a ceremony before being allowed back into the community. In the same way as he was declared a ritual "leper" through a ritualised procedure and put aside from the community so too is he to be re-accepted into society via a set procedure.
[Leviticus 14:3] AND THE PRIEST SHALL GO FORTH OUT OF THE CAMP; AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK, AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY BE HEALED IN THE LEPER;
[Leviticus 14:4] THEN SHALL THE PRIEST COMMAND TO TAKE FOR HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED TWO BIRDS ALIVE AND CLEAN, AND CEDAR WOOD, AND SCARLET, AND HYSSOP:
[Leviticus 14:5] AND THE PRIEST SHALL COMMAND THAT ONE OF THE BIRDS BE KILLED IN AN EARTHEN VESSEL OVER RUNNING WATER:
[Leviticus 14:6] AS FOR THE LIVING BIRD, HE SHALL TAKE IT, AND THE CEDAR WOOD, AND THE SCARLET, AND THE HYSSOP, AND SHALL DIP THEM AND THE LIVING BIRD IN THE BLOOD OF THE BIRD THAT WAS KILLED OVER THE RUNNING WATER:
[Leviticus 14:7] AND HE SHALL SPRINKLE UPON HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED FROM THE LEPROSY SEVEN TIMES, AND SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN, AND SHALL LET THE LIVING BIRD LOOSE INTO THE OPEN FIELD.
[Leviticus 14:8] AND HE THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND SHAVE OFF ALL HIS HAIR, AND WASH HIMSELF IN WATER, THAT HE MAY BE CLEAN: AND AFTER THAT HE SHALL COME INTO THE CAMP, AND SHALL TARRY ABROAD OUT OF HIS TENT SEVEN DAYS.
[Leviticus 14:9] BUT IT SHALL BE ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THAT HE SHALL SHAVE ALL HIS HAIR OFF HIS HEAD AND HIS BEARD AND HIS EYEBROWS, EVEN ALL HIS HAIR HE SHALL SHAVE OFF: AND HE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, ALSO HE SHALL WASH HIS FLESH IN WATER, AND HE SHALL BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 14:10] AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SHALL TAKE TWO HE LAMBS WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND ONE EWE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND THREE TENTH DEALS OF FINE FLOUR FOR A MEAT OFFERING, MINGLED WITH OIL, AND ONE LOG OF OIL.
[Leviticus 14:11] AND THE PRIEST THAT MAKETH HIM CLEAN SHALL PRESENT THE MAN THAT IS TO BE MADE CLEAN, AND THOSE THINGS, BEFORE THE LORD, AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION:
[Leviticus 14:12] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE ONE HE LAMB, AND OFFER HIM FOR A TRESPASS OFFERING, AND THE LOG OF OIL, AND WAVE THEM FOR A WAVE OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD:
[Leviticus 14:13] AND HE SHALL SLAY THE LAMB IN THE PLACE WHERE HE SHALL KILL THE SIN OFFERING AND THE BURNT OFFERING, IN THE HOLY PLACE: FOR AS THE SIN OFFERING IS THE PRIEST'S, SO IS THE TRESPASS OFFERING: IT IS MOST HOLY:
[Leviticus 14:14] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING, AND THE PRIEST SHALL PUT IT UPON THE TIP OF THE RIGHT EAR OF HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED, AND UPON THE THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND, AND UPON THE GREAT TOE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT:
[Leviticus 14:15] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE SOME OF THE LOG OF OIL, AND POUR IT INTO THE PALM OF HIS OWN LEFT HAND:
[Leviticus 14:16] AND THE PRIEST SHALL DIP HIS RIGHT FINGER IN THE OIL THAT IS IN HIS LEFT HAND, AND SHALL SPRINKLE OF THE OIL WITH HIS FINGER SEVEN TIMES BEFORE THE LORD:
[Leviticus 14:17] AND OF THE REST OF THE OIL THAT IS IN HIS HAND SHALL THE PRIEST PUT UPON THE TIP OF THE RIGHT EAR OF HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED, AND UPON THE THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND, AND UPON THE GREAT TOE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT, UPON THE BLOOD OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING:
[Leviticus 14:18] AND THE REMNANT OF THE OIL THAT IS IN THE PRIEST'S HAND HE SHALL POUR UPON THE HEAD OF HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED: AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM BEFORE THE LORD.
[Leviticus 14:19] AND THE PRIEST SHALL OFFER THE SIN OFFERING, AND MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED FROM HIS UNCLEANNESS; AND AFTERWARD HE SHALL KILL THE BURNT OFFERING:
[Leviticus 14:20] AND THE PRIEST SHALL OFFER THE BURNT OFFERING AND THE MEAT OFFERING UPON THE ALTAR: AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM, AND HE SHALL BE CLEAN.
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[Leviticus 14:21] AND IF HE BE POOR, AND CANNOT GET SO MUCH; THEN HE SHALL TAKE ONE LAMB FOR A TRESPASS OFFERING TO BE WAVED, TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM, AND ONE TENTH DEAL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING, AND A LOG OF OIL;
[Leviticus 14:22] AND TWO TURTLEDOVES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS, SUCH AS HE IS ABLE TO GET; AND THE ONE SHALL BE A SIN OFFERING, AND THE OTHER A BURNT OFFERING.
[Leviticus 14:23] AND HE SHALL BRING THEM ON THE EIGHTH DAY FOR HIS CLEANSING UNTO THE PRIEST, UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, BEFORE THE LORD.
[Leviticus 14:24] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE THE LAMB OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING, AND THE LOG OF OIL, AND THE PRIEST SHALL WAVE THEM FOR A WAVE OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD:
[Leviticus 14:25] AND 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 UPON THE TIP OF THE RIGHT EAR OF HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED, AND UPON THE THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND, AND UPON THE GREAT TOE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT:
[Leviticus 14:26] AND THE PRIEST SHALL POUR OF THE OIL INTO THE PALM OF HIS OWN LEFT HAND:
[Leviticus 14:27] AND THE PRIEST SHALL SPRINKLE WITH HIS RIGHT FINGER SOME OF THE OIL THAT IS IN HIS LEFT HAND SEVEN TIMES BEFORE THE LORD:
[Leviticus 14:28] AND THE PRIEST SHALL PUT OF THE OIL THAT IS IN HIS HAND UPON THE TIP OF THE RIGHT EAR OF HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED, AND UPON THE THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND, AND UPON THE GREAT TOE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT, UPON THE PLACE OF THE BLOOD OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING:
[Leviticus 14:29] AND THE REST OF THE OIL THAT IS IN THE PRIEST'S HAND HE SHALL PUT UPON THE HEAD OF HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED, TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM BEFORE THE LORD.
[Leviticus 14:30] AND HE SHALL OFFER THE ONE OF THE TURTLEDOVES, OR OF THE YOUNG PIGEONS, SUCH AS HE CAN GET;
[Leviticus 14:31] EVEN SUCH AS HE IS ABLE TO GET, THE ONE FOR A SIN OFFERING, AND THE OTHER FOR A BURNT OFFERING, WITH THE MEAT OFFERING: AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED BEFORE THE LORD.
[Leviticus 14:32] THIS IS THE LAW OF HIM IN WHOM IS THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY, WHOSE HAND IS NOT ABLE TO GET THAT WHICH PERTAINETH TO HIS CLEANSING.
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[Leviticus 14:33] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING,
[Leviticus 14:34] WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN, WHICH I GIVE TO YOU FOR A POSSESSION, AND I PUT THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY IN A HOUSE OF THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION;
[Leviticus 14:35] AND HE THAT OWNETH THE HOUSE SHALL COME AND TELL THE PRIEST, SAYING, IT SEEMETH TO ME THERE IS AS IT WERE A PLAGUE IN THE HOUSE:
[Leviticus 14:36] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL COMMAND THAT THEY EMPTY THE HOUSE, BEFORE THE PRIEST GO INTO IT TO SEE THE PLAGUE, THAT ALL THAT IS IN THE HOUSE BE NOT MADE UNCLEAN: AND AFTERWARD THE PRIEST SHALL GO IN TO SEE THE HOUSE:
[Leviticus 14:37] 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, WHICH IN SIGHT ARE LOWER THAN THE WALL;
[Leviticus 14:38] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL GO OUT OF THE HOUSE TO THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE, AND SHUT UP THE HOUSE SEVEN DAYS:
[Leviticus 14:39] AND THE PRIEST SHALL COME AGAIN THE SEVENTH DAY, AND SHALL LOOK: AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE BE SPREAD IN THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE;
[Leviticus 14:40] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL COMMAND THAT THEY TAKE AWAY THE STONES IN WHICH THE PLAGUE IS, AND THEY SHALL CAST THEM INTO AN UNCLEAN PLACE WITHOUT THE CITY:
[Leviticus 14:41] AND HE SHALL CAUSE THE HOUSE TO BE SCRAPED WITHIN ROUND ABOUT, AND THEY SHALL POUR OUT THE DUST THAT THEY SCRAPE OFF WITHOUT THE CITY INTO AN UNCLEAN PLACE:
[Leviticus 14:42] AND THEY SHALL TAKE OTHER STONES, AND PUT THEM IN THE PLACE OF THOSE STONES; AND HE SHALL TAKE OTHER MORTER, AND SHALL PLAISTER THE HOUSE.
[Leviticus 14:43] AND IF THE PLAGUE COME AGAIN, AND BREAK OUT IN THE HOUSE, AFTER THAT HE HATH TAKEN AWAY THE STONES, AND AFTER HE HATH SCRAPED THE HOUSE, AND AFTER IT IS PLAISTERED;
[Leviticus 14:44] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL COME AND LOOK, AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE BE SPREAD IN THE HOUSE, IT IS A FRETTING LEPROSY IN THE HOUSE; IT IS UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 14:45] AND HE SHALL BREAK DOWN THE HOUSE, THE STONES OF IT, AND THE TIMBER THEREOF, AND ALL THE MORTER OF THE HOUSE; AND HE SHALL CARRY THEM FORTH OUT OF THE CITY INTO AN UNCLEAN PLACE.
[Leviticus 14:46] MOREOVER HE THAT GOETH INTO THE HOUSE ALL THE WHILE THAT IT IS SHUT UP SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 14:47] AND HE THAT LIETH IN THE HOUSE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES; AND HE THAT EATETH IN THE HOUSE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES.
[Leviticus 14:48] AND IF THE PRIEST SHALL COME IN, AND LOOK UPON IT, 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 PLAGUE IS HEALED.
[Leviticus 14:49] AND HE SHALL TAKE TO CLEANSE THE HOUSE TWO BIRDS, AND CEDAR WOOD, AND SCARLET, AND HYSSOP:
[Leviticus 14:50] AND HE SHALL KILL THE ONE OF THE BIRDS IN AN EARTHEN VESSEL OVER RUNNING WATER:
[Leviticus 14:51] 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 TIMES:
[Leviticus 14:52] AND HE SHALL CLEANSE THE HOUSE WITH THE BLOOD OF THE BIRD, AND WITH THE RUNNING WATER, AND WITH THE LIVING BIRD, AND WITH THE CEDAR WOOD, AND WITH THE HYSSOP, AND WITH THE SCARLET:
[Leviticus 14:53] BUT HE SHALL LET GO THE LIVING BIRD OUT OF THE CITY INTO THE OPEN FIELDS, AND MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR THE HOUSE: AND IT SHALL BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 14:54] THIS IS THE LAW FOR ALL MANNER OF PLAGUE OF LEPROSY, AND SCALL,
[Leviticus 14:55] AND FOR THE LEPROSY OF A GARMENT, AND OF A HOUSE,
[Leviticus 14:56] AND FOR A RISING, AND FOR A SCAB, AND FOR A BRIGHT SPOT:
[Leviticus 14:57] TO TEACH WHEN IT IS UNCLEAN, AND WHEN IT IS CLEAN: THIS IS THE LAW OF LEPROSY.
[Leviticus 15:1] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND TO AARON, SAYING,
[Leviticus 15:2] SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, WHEN ANY MAN HATH A RUNNING ISSUE OUT OF HIS FLESH, BECAUSE OF HIS ISSUE HE IS UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:3] AND THIS SHALL BE HIS UNCLEANNESS IN HIS ISSUE: WHETHER HIS FLESH RUN WITH HIS ISSUE, ORHIS FLESH BE STOPPED FROM HIS ISSUE, IT IS HIS UNCLEANNESS.
[Leviticus 15:4] EVERY BED, WHEREON HE LIETH THAT HATH THE ISSUE, IS UNCLEAN: AND EVERY THING, WHEREON HE SITTETH, SHALL BE UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:5] AND WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH HIS BED SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:6] AND HE THAT SITTETH ON ANY THING WHEREON HE SAT THAT HATH THE ISSUE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:7] 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.
[Leviticus 15:8] 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.
[Leviticus 15:9] AND WHAT SADDLE SOEVER HE RIDETH UPON THAT HATH THE ISSUE SHALL BE UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:10] AND WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH ANY THING THAT WAS UNDER HIM SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN: AND HE THAT BEARETH ANY OF THOSE THINGS SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:11] AND WHOMSOEVER HE TOUCHETH THAT HATH THE ISSUE, AND HATH NOT RINSED HIS HANDS IN WATER, HE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:12] AND THE VESSEL OF EARTH, THAT HE TOUCHETH WHICH HATH THE ISSUE, SHALL BE BROKEN: AND EVERY VESSEL OF WOOD SHALL BE RINSED IN WATER.
[Leviticus 15:13] 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 BATHE HIS FLESH IN RUNNING WATER, AND SHALL BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:14] 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 TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND GIVE THEM UNTO THE PRIEST:
[Leviticus 15:15] AND THE PRIEST SHALL OFFER THEM, THE ONE FOR A SIN OFFERING, AND THE OTHER FOR A BURNT OFFERING; AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM BEFORE THE LORD FOR HIS ISSUE.
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[Leviticus 15:16] AND IF ANY MAN'S SEED OF COPULATION GO OUT FROM HIM, THEN HE SHALL WASH ALL HIS FLESH IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:17] AND EVERY GARMENT, AND EVERY SKIN, WHEREON IS THE SEED OF COPULATION, SHALL BE WASHED WITH WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:18] THE WOMAN ALSO WITH WHOM MAN SHALL LIE WITH SEED OF COPULATION, THEY SHALL BOTH BATHE THEMSELVES IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:19] AND IF A WOMAN HAVE AN ISSUE, AND HER ISSUE IN HER FLESH BE BLOOD, SHE SHALL BE PUT APART SEVEN DAYS: AND WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH HER SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:20] AND EVERY THING THAT SHE LIETH UPON IN HER SEPARATION SHALL BE UNCLEAN: EVERY THING ALSO THAT SHE SITTETH UPON SHALL BE UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:21] AND WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH HER BED SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:22] AND WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH ANY THING THAT SHE SAT UPON SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:23] AND IF IT BE ON HER BED, OR ON ANY THING WHEREON SHE SITTETH, WHEN HE TOUCHETH IT, HE SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:24] AND IF ANY MAN LIE WITH HER AT ALL, AND HER FLOWERS BE UPON HIM, HE SHALL BE UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS; AND ALL THE BED WHEREON HE LIETH SHALL BE UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:25] AND IF A WOMAN HAVE AN ISSUE OF HER BLOOD MANY DAYS OUT OF THE TIME OF HER SEPARATION, OR IF IT RUN BEYOND THE TIME OF HER SEPARATION; ALL THE DAYS OF THE ISSUE OF HER UNCLEANNESS SHALL BE AS THE DAYS OF HER SEPARATION: SHE SHALL BE UNCLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:26] EVERY BED WHEREON SHE LIETH ALL THE DAYS OF HER ISSUE SHALL BE UNTO HER AS THE BED OF HER SEPARATION: AND WHATSOEVER SHE SITTETH UPON SHALL BE UNCLEAN, AS THE UNCLEANNESS OF HER SEPARATION.
[Leviticus 15:27] AND WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH THOSE THINGS SHALL BE UNCLEAN, AND SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN.
[Leviticus 15:28] BUT IF SHE BE CLEANSED OF HER ISSUE, THEN SHE SHALL NUMBER TO HERSELF SEVEN DAYS, AND AFTER THAT SHE SHALL BE CLEAN.
[Leviticus 15:29] AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY SHE SHALL TAKE UNTO HER TWO TURTLES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS, AND BRING THEM UNTO THE PRIEST, TO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION.
[Leviticus 15:30] AND THE PRIEST SHALL OFFER THE ONE FOR A SIN OFFERING, AND THE OTHER FOR A BURNT OFFERING; AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HER BEFORE THE LORD FOR THE ISSUE OF HER UNCLEANNESS.
[Leviticus 15:31] 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 AMONG THEM.
[Leviticus 15:32] THIS IS THE LAW OF HIM THAT HATH AN ISSUE, AND OF HIM WHOSE SEED GOETH FROM HIM, AND IS DEFILED THEREWITH;
[Leviticus 15:33] AND OF HER THAT IS SICK OF HER FLOWERS, AND OF HIM THAT HATH AN ISSUE, OF THE MAN, AND OF THE WOMAN, AND OF HIM THAT LIETH WITH HER THAT IS UNCLEAN.
The Haftorah is an extract from the Prophets read out in the Synagogue after the Weekly Torah reading.
The Haftorah this week is a special section since this year the First Day of Month of Iyar is on the Shabat.
The Haftorah is the 66th chapter of the Book of Isaiah which is the last chapter of Isaiah.
http://www.britam.org/isaiah/Isaiah61to66.html
