METZORA
Leviticus 14:22-34
22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons (which are even less expensive than turtledoves), according to what he can afford, one as a sin-offering and the other as an ascent-offering.
23 He must bring them to the priest on the eighth day of his purification, to the entrance of the Courtyard of the Tent of Meeting, this being considered before God.
24 The priest must then take the guilt-offering lamb and the log of oil, bring them inside the Courtyard, and the priest must wave them as a wave-offering before God.
25 He must slaughter the guilt-offering lamb. The priest must then take some of the blood of the guilt-offering and apply it on the middle ridge of the right ear of the person being purified, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
26 The priest must then pour some of the oil onto the priest’s—i.e., his own—left palm.
27 The priest must sprinkle with his right index finger some of the oil that is in his left palm, seven times in the direction of the Holy of Holies, this being considered before God.
28 The priest must then apply some of the remainder of the oil that is in his palm onto the middle ridge of the right ear of the person being purified, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the same place where he just applied the blood of the guilt-offering. It does not matter if the blood is still there or if it had been wiped off in the meantime.
29 The priest must then apply what is left over from the oil in the priest’s—i.e., his own—palm upon the head of the person being purified, in order to effect partial atonement for him before God.
30 He must then offer up one of the two turtledoves or one of the two young pigeons, whichever the person being purified can afford,
31 as part of offering up both of whichever of these two types of fowl he can afford, one as a sin-offering and the other as an ascent-offering. The priest must offer up these fowl after having offered up the grain-offering accompanying the guilt-offering. The priest will thus effect atonement for the person being purified before God.
32 This is the law regarding someone suffering from a lesion of tzara’at but who cannot afford the full array of sacrifices when he is to be purified.”
