The New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Bible in One
Year - Day 60
Leviticus 14: Purification of Lepers and Leprous Houses
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 This shall be the ritual
for the leprous[a] person at the time of his cleansing:
He shall be brought to the priest; 3 the priest shall go out of
the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. If the disease is healed in
the leprous[b] person, 4 the priest shall command that two living clean birds
and cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be
cleansed. 5 The priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over
fresh water in an earthen vessel. 6 He shall take the living bird with the
cedarwood and the crimson yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird
in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. 7 He shall
sprinkle it seven times upon the one who is to be cleansed of the leprous[c]
disease; then he shall pronounce him clean, and he shall let the living bird go
into the open field. 8 The one who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes,
and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean.
After that he shall come into the camp, but shall live outside his tent seven days.
9 On the seventh day he shall shave all his hair: of head, beard, eyebrows; he
shall shave all his hair. Then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in
water, and he shall be clean.
10 On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish,
and one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish, and a grain offering of
three-tenths of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil, and one log[d] of oil.
11 The priest who cleanses shall set the person to be cleansed, along with
these things, before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 12 The
priest shall take one of the lambs, and offer it as a guilt offering, along
with the log[e] of oil, and raise them as an elevation offering before the
Lord. 13 He shall slaughter the lamb in the place where the sin offering and
the burnt offering are slaughtered in the holy place; for the guilt offering,
like the sin offering, belongs to the priest: it is most holy. 14 The priest
shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of
the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand,
and on the big toe of the right foot. 15 The priest shall take some of the
log[f] of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand, 16 and dip his
right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his
finger seven times before the Lord. 17 Some of the oil that remains in his hand
the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed,
and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot, on
top of the blood of the guilt offering. 18 The rest of the oil that is in the
priest’s hand he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. Then the
priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord: 19 the priest shall
offer the sin offering, to make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his
uncleanness. Afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering; 20 and the priest
shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the
priest shall make atonement on his behalf and he shall be clean.
21 But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take
one male lamb for a guilt offering to be elevated, to make atonement on his
behalf, and one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering and a log[g] of oil; 22 also two turtledoves or two pigeons, such as
he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 23 On
the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance
of the tent of meeting, before the Lord; 24 and the priest shall take the lamb
of the guilt offering and the log[h] of oil, and the priest shall raise them as
an elevation offering before the Lord. 25 The priest shall slaughter the lamb
of the guilt offering and shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering,
and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the
thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot. 26 The priest
shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand, 27 and shall
sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven
times before the Lord. 28 The priest shall put some of the oil that is in his
hand on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb
of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot, where the blood of the
guilt offering was placed. 29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand
he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his
behalf before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons
such as he can afford, 31 one[i] for a sin offering and the other for a burnt
offering, along with a grain offering; and the priest shall make atonement
before the Lord on behalf of the one being cleansed. 32 This is the ritual for
the one who has a leprous[j] disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his
cleansing.
33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
34 When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a
possession, and I put a leprous[k] disease in a house in the land of your
possession, 35 the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,
“There seems to me to be some sort of disease in my house.” 36 The priest shall
command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the
disease, or all that is in the house will become unclean; and afterward the
priest shall go in to inspect the house. 37 He shall examine the disease; if
the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if
it appears to be deeper than the surface, 38 the priest shall go outside to the
door of the house and shut up the house seven days. 39 The priest shall come
again on the seventh day and make an inspection; if the disease has spread in
the walls of the house, 40 the priest shall command that the stones in which
the disease appears be taken out and thrown into an unclean place outside the
city. 41 He shall have the inside of the house scraped thoroughly, and the
plaster that is scraped off shall be dumped in an unclean place outside the
city. 42 They shall take other stones and put them in the place of those
stones, and take other plaster and plaster the house.
43 If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has
taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it, 44 the priest
shall go and make inspection; if the disease has spread in the house, it is a
spreading leprous[l] disease in the house; it is unclean. 45 He shall have the
house torn down, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and
taken outside the city to an unclean place. 46 All who enter the house while it
is shut up shall be unclean until the evening; 47 and all who sleep in the
house shall wash their clothes; and all who eat in the house shall wash their
clothes.
48 If the priest comes and makes an inspection, and the disease
has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, the priest shall
pronounce the house clean; the disease is healed. 49 For the cleansing of the
house he shall take two birds, with cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop, 50
and shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in an earthen vessel, 51
and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the crimson yarn, along with
the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the
fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 Thus he shall cleanse the
house with the blood of the bird, and with the fresh water, and with the living
bird, and with the cedarwood and hyssop and crimson yarn; 53 and he shall let
the living bird go out of the city into the open field; so he shall make
atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.
54 This is the ritual for any leprous[m] disease: for an itch,
55 for leprous[n] diseases in clothing and houses, 56 and for a swelling or an
eruption or a spot, 57 to determine when it is unclean and when it is clean.
This is the ritual for leprous[o] diseases.
Footnotes:
a. Leviticus 14:2 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
b. Leviticus 14:3 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
c. Leviticus 14:7 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
d. Leviticus 14:10 A liquid measure
e. Leviticus 14:12 A liquid measure
f. Leviticus 14:15 A liquid measure
g. Leviticus 14:21 A liquid measure
h. Leviticus 14:24 A liquid measure
i. Leviticus 14:31 Gk Syr: Heb afford, 31 such as he can afford,
one
j. Leviticus 14:32 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
k. Leviticus 14:34 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
l. Leviticus 14:44 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
m. Leviticus 14:54 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
n. Leviticus 14:55 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
o. Leviticus 14:57 A term for several skin diseases; precise
meaning uncertain
Psalm 62: Song of Trust in God Alone
To the leader: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my
salvation.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall
never be shaken.
3 How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your
victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning
wall, a tottering fence?
4 Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in
falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they
curse.Selah
5 For God alone my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from
him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall
not be shaken.
7 On God rests my deliverance and my honor;
my mighty rock, my
refuge is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart
before him;
God is a refuge for
us.Selah
9 Those of low estate are but a breath,
those of high estate
are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together
lighter than a breath.
10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes
on robbery;
if riches increase, do
not set your heart on them.
11 Once God has spoken;
twice have I heard
this:
that power belongs to God,
12 and steadfast love
belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
according to their
work.
Acts 4: Peter and John before the Council
1 While Peter and John[a] were speaking to the people, the
priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, 2 much
annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus
there is the resurrection of the dead. 3 So they arrested them and put them in
custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who
heard the word believed; and they numbered about five thousand.
5 The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in
Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John,[b] and Alexander, and
all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 When they had made the prisoners[c]
stand in their midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do
this?” 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the
people and elders, 9 if we are questioned today because of a good deed done to
someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed, 10 let it be
known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing
before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,[d] whom you
crucified, whom God raised from the dead. 11 This Jesus[e] is
‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders;
it has become the
cornerstone.’[f]
12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name
under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized
that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized
them as companions of Jesus. 14 When they saw the man who had been cured
standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. 15 So they ordered
them to leave the council while they discussed the matter with one another. 16
They said, “What will we do with them? For it is obvious to all who live in
Jerusalem that a notable sign has been done through them; we cannot deny it. 17
But to keep it from spreading further among the people, let us warn them to
speak no more to anyone in this name.” 18 So they called them and ordered them
not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John
answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than
to God, you must judge; 20 for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have
seen and heard.” 21 After threatening them again, they let them go, finding no
way to punish them because of the people, for all of them praised God for what
had happened. 22 For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was
more than forty years old.
Footnotes:
a. Acts 4:1 Gk While they
b. Acts 4:6 Other ancient authorities read Jonathan
c. Acts 4:7 Gk them
d. Acts 4:10 Gk the Nazorean
e. Acts 4:11 Gk This
f. Acts 4:11 Or keystone
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