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20 along with the grain offering on the altar. This is how the priest will cover the sin, guilt, and uncleanness of the person seeking to be cleansed; this person must be considered clean once again.

Taken together, these rituals and sacrifices allow the formerly unclean person to reenter the life of the community.

21 If the person who comes for cleansing is poor and cannot afford the prescribed offerings, then he may be covered by bringing one male lamb as a guilt offering to be lifted up as a wave offering. He should also present four pints of the finest flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, along with ⅔ pint of oil. 22 He should also bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford. One of the birds will be for the purification offering and the other one will be for the burnt offering.

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20 and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for them,(A) and they will be clean.(B)

21 “If, however, they are poor(C) and cannot afford these,(D) they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah[a] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two doves or two young pigeons,(E) such as they can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms