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Leviticus 14:13-22 Good News Bible (GNB)

13. He shall kill the lamb in the place where the animals for the sin offerings and the burnt offerings are killed. He must do this because the repayment offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest and is very holy.

14. The priest shall take some of the blood of the lamb and put it on the lobe of the right ear, on the thumb of the right-hand, and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who is to be declared ritually clean.

15. The priest shall take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left-hand,

16. dip a finger of his right-hand in it, and sprinkle some of it seven times there in the Lord's presence.

17. He shall take some of the oil that is in the palm of his hand and some of the blood of the lamb and put them on the lobe of the right ear, on the thumb of the right-hand, and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who is to be declared ritually clean.

18. He shall put the rest of the oil that is in the palm of his hand on the person's head. In this way he shall perform the ritual of purification.

19. Then the priest shall offer the sin offering and perform the ritual of purification. After that, he shall kill the animal for the burnt offering

20. and offer it with the grain offering on the altar. In this way the priest shall perform the ritual of purification, and the person will be ritually clean.

21. If he is poor and cannot afford any more, he shall bring for his purification only one male lamb as his repayment offering, a special gift to the Lord for the priest. He shall bring only one kilogramme of flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering and a third of a litre of olive oil.

22. He shall also bring two doves or two pigeons, one for the sin offering and one for the burnt offering.