The cedar wood should be one cubit long, and as thick as a quarter of the leg of a bed. [Measure the thickness by splitting] a [bed leg] into two [pieces], and then [splitting the] two [pieces] into four. The eizov must not be ‘‘Greek eizov,’’ nor ‘‘kochali eizov,’’ nor ‘‘Roman eizov,’’ nor ‘‘desert eizov,’’ nor any other eizov with a qualifying description.

On the eighth day [the metzora] brings three animals: a sin-offering, a guilt-offering, and a burnt-offering. A poor person brings birds for the sin-offering and the burnt-offering.