Tazria תזריע Maftir:Bamidbar.28.9-15

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.—

If she bears a female, she shall be impure two weeks as during her menstruation, and she shall remain in a state of blood purification^cstate of blood purification See note at v. 4. for sixty-six days.

He shall offer it before GOD and make expiation on her behalf; she shall then be pure from her flow of blood. Such are the rituals concerning a woman who bears a child, male or female.

GOD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

The priest shall examine the affection on the skin: if hair in the affected patch has turned white and the affection appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a leprous^cleprous Heb. ṣaraʻath is used for a variety of diseases. Where a human being is declared impure by reason of ṣaraʻath, the traditional translation “leprosy” has been retained without regard to modern medical terminology. affection; when the priest sees it, he shall pronounce the person impure.

On the seventh day the priest shall conduct an examination, and if the affection has remained unchanged in color and the disease has not spread on the skin, the priest shall isolate them for another seven days.

But if the rash should spread on the skin after they have been seen by the priest and pronounced pure, that person shall again report to the priest.

When a person has a scaly affection, it shall be reported^dit shall be reported See note at 13.2. to the priest.

it is chronic leprosy on the skin, and the priest shall pronounce the person impure; being impure, they need not be isolated.

if the priest sees that the eruption has covered the whole body—he shall pronounce as pure the affected person, who is pure from having turned all white.

when the priest sees the undiscolored flesh, he shall pronounce them impure. The undiscolored flesh is impure; it is leprosy.

and the priest shall conduct an examination: if the affection has turned white, the priest shall pronounce as pure the affected person, who is then pure.

and a white swelling or a white discoloration streaked with red develops where the inflammation was, that person shall report to the priest.

But if the priest finds that there is no white hair in it and it is not lower than the rest of the skin, and it is faded, the priest shall isolate them for seven days.

But if the discoloration remains stationary, not having spread, it is the scar of the inflammation; the priest shall pronounce them pure.

the priest shall examine it. If some hair has turned white in the discoloration, which itself appears to go deeper than the skin, it is leprosy that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce the person impure; it is a leprous affection.

On the seventh day the priest shall conduct an examination: if it has spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them impure; it is a leprous affection.

If a man or a woman has an affection on the head or in the beard,

But if the priest finds that the scall affection does not appear to go deeper than the skin, yet there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the person with the scall affection for seven days.

the person with the scall shall shave—but without shaving the scall; the priest shall isolate them for another seven days.

If, however, the scall should spread on the skin after the person has been pronounced pure,

But if the scall has remained unchanged in color, and black hair has grown in it, the scall is healed; the person is pure. The priest shall pronounce them pure.

and the priest sees that the discolorations on the skin are of a dull white, it is a tetter broken out on the skin; they are pure.

If he loses the hair on the front part of his head and becomes bald at the forehead, he is pure.

The priest shall examine him: if the swollen affection on the bald part in the front or at the back of his head is white streaked with red, like the leprosy of body skin in appearance,

As for the person with a leprous affection: their clothes shall be rent, their head shall be left bare,^fhead shall be left bare Or “hair shall be disheveled”; cf. 10.6. and their upper lip shall be covered over; and they shall call out, “Impure! Impure!”

When an eruptive affection occurs in a cloth of wool or linen fabric,

if the affection in the cloth or the skin, in the warp or the woof, or in any article of skin, is streaky green^ggreen Or “yellow.” or red, it is an eruptive affection. It shall be shown to the priest;

On the seventh day he shall examine the affection: if the affection has spread in the cloth—whether in the warp or the woof, or in the skin, for whatever purpose the skin may be used—the affection is a malignant eruption; it is impure.

But if the priest sees that the affection in the cloth—whether in warp or in woof, or in any article of skin—has not spread,

And if, after the affected article has been washed, the priest sees that the affection has not changed color and that it has not spread, it is impure. It shall be consumed in fire; it is a fret,^hfret Meaning of Heb. peḥetheth uncertain. whether on its inner side or on its outer side.

and if it occurs again in the cloth—whether in warp or in woof—or in any article of skin, it is a wild growth; the affected article shall be consumed in fire.

Such is the procedure for eruptive affections of cloth, woolen or linen, in warp or in woof, or of any article of skin, for pronouncing it pure or impure.

This shall be the ritual for a leper^aleper Heb. meṣoraʻ, a person afflicted with ṣaraʻath; see note at 13.3. at the time of being purified.
When it has been reported^bit has been reported Cf. note at 13.2. to the priest,

the priest shall order two live pure birds, cedar wood, crimson stuff, and hyssop to be brought for the one to be purified.

and he shall take the live bird, along with the cedar wood, the crimson stuff, and the hyssop, and dip them together with the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

The one to be purified shall wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe in water—and then they shall be pure. After that, the person may enter camp but must remain outside their tent seven days.

On the eighth day they shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish, three-tenths of a measure of choice flour with oil mixed in for a grain offering, and one log of oil.

The priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it with the log of oil as a reparation offering, and he shall elevate them as an elevation offering before GOD.

The priest shall take some of the blood of the reparation offering, and the priest shall put it on the ridge of the right ear of the one who is being purified, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in the palm of his left hand and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before GOD.

The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one being purified. Thus the priest shall make expiation for them before GOD.

and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar; the priest shall make expiation for them—then they shall be pure.

and two turtledoves or two pigeons—depending on their means—the one to be the purgation offering and the other the burnt offering.

The priest shall take the lamb of reparation offering and the log of oil, and elevate them as an elevation offering before GOD.

The priest shall then pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,

Some of the oil in his palm shall be put by the priest on the ridge of the right ear of the one being purified, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot, over the same places as the blood of the reparation offering;

That person shall then offer one of the turtledoves or pigeons, depending on their means—

Such is the ritual for one who has a scaly affection and whose means for purification are limited.

When you enter the land of Canaan that I give you as a possession, and I inflict an eruptive plague upon a house in the land you possess,

The priest shall order the house cleared before the priest enters to examine the plague, so that nothing in the house may become impure; after that the priest shall enter to examine the house.

the priest shall come out of the house to the entrance of the house, and close up the house for seven days.

the priest shall order the stones with the plague in them to be pulled out and cast outside the city into an impure place.

They shall take other stones and replace those stones with them, and take other coating and plaster the house.

the priest shall come to examine: if the plague has spread in the house, it is a malignant eruption in the house; it is impure.

Whoever enters the house while it is closed up shall be impure until evening.

If, however, the priest comes and sees that the plague has not spread in the house after the house was replastered, the priest shall pronounce the house pure, for the plague has healed.

He shall slaughter the one bird over fresh water in an earthen vessel.

Having purged the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the crimson stuff,

Such is the ritual for every eruptive affection—for scalls,

for swellings, for rashes, or for discolorations—

GOD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

The impurity from his discharge shall mean the following—whether his member runs with the discharge or is stopped up so that there is no discharge, his impurity means this:

Anyone who touches his bedding shall wash their clothes, bathe in water, and remain impure until evening.

Whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash their clothes, bathe in water, and remain impure until evening.

Any means for riding that the one with a discharge has mounted shall be impure;

Whomever the one with a discharge touches, without having rinsed his hands in water, shall wash their clothes, bathe in water, and remain impure until evening.

When the one with a discharge becomes purified of his discharge, he shall count off seven days for his purification, wash those clothes, and bathe in fresh water; then he shall be pure.

The priest shall offer them, the one as a purgation offering and the other as a burnt offering. Thus the priest shall make expiation on his behalf, for his discharge, before GOD.

All cloth or leather on which semen falls shall be washed in water and remain impure until evening.

When a woman has a discharge, her discharge being blood from her body, she shall remain in her menstrual separation seven days; whoever touches her shall be impure until evening.

Anyone who touches her bedding shall wash their clothes, bathe in water, and remain impure until evening;

Be it the bedding or be it the object on which she has sat, on touching it one shall be impure until evening.

When a woman has had a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual separation, or when she has a discharge beyond her period of menstrual separation, she shall be impure, as though at the time of her menstrual separation, as long as her discharge lasts.

whoever touches them shall be impure—and shall wash their clothes, bathe in water, and remain impure until evening.

On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

You shall put the Israelites on guard against their impurity, lest they die through their impurity by defiling My Tabernacle that is among them.

and concerning her whose condition is that of menstrual separation; and concerning anyone, male or female, who has a discharge; and concerning a man who lies with an impure woman.