Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 14

This is a passage from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), specifically Leviticus chapter 14, presented in a scholarly interlinear format that displays the King James Version (KJV) English translation alongside Strong's Concordance numbers (the numeric codes after each word) and a partial Greek Septuagint (LXX) text at the end. The passage constitutes priestly ritual law (Torah), detailing the two-stage purification ceremony required for a person healed of "leprosy" (likely covering various skin conditions, not just Hansen's disease) to be ceremonially readmitted to the Israelite community. The first stage, performed outside the camp, involves two birds, cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop — one bird is killed over running water and its blood used to sprinkle the cleansed person seven times, while the living bird is released. The second stage, on the eighth day, involves animal sacrifice, grain offerings, and an elaborate anointing ritual in which the priest applies blood and oil to the right ear, right thumb, and right big toe of the person being cleansed — with a reduced-cost alternative (turtledoves instead of lambs) specified for those too poor to afford the full rite. The passage extends these purity laws beyond persons to infected houses in Canaan, prescribing quarantine, removal of contaminated stones, re-plastering, and — if contamination persists — complete demolition. The interlinear format (KJV + Strong's numbers + Septuagint) marks this as a study or reference text aimed at readers engaged in serious biblical scholarship or original-language comparison.

Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 14

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