This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. The ceremonies in the first stage of cleansing, which restored the outcast to the common life of his fellows, were the following:
1. The priest formally examined the leper outside the camp, and made up his mind that he was clean.
2. An earthen vessel was brought with fresh water, and one of two birds was killed, and its blood was allowed to run into this water.
3. The other bird was taken and dipped in the vessel, with a piece of cedar wood and hyssop, which had first been tied together by a band of scarlet wool; and the leper was sprinkled seven times with the blood and water dripping from the feathers of the living bird.
4. The priest pronounced the man clean.
5. The bird was let fly into the open field.
6. The man washed his clothes, shaved his whole body, and bathed.
7. He returned within the camp, but not yet to his tent.