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37 (146). Thou shalt cleanse a priest for a blessing of the just 2.
'Thou shalt cleanse the lord of a province for the value of a camel of high value,
'Thou shalt cleanse the lord of a town for the value of a stallion of high value.
'Thou shalt cleanse the lord of a borough for the value of a bull of high value.
'Thou shalt cleanse the master of a house for the value of a cow three years old.
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38 (151). Thou shalt cleanse the wife of the master of a house for the value of a ploughing
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COW.
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'Thou shalt cleanse a menial for the value of a draught cow.
'Thou shalt cleanse a young child for the value of a lamb.
39 (154). These are the heads of cattle-flocks or herds-that the worshippers of Mazda shall give to the man who has cleansed them, if they can afford it; if they cannot afford it, they shall give him any other value that may make him leave their houses well pleased with them, and free from anger.
40 (157). For if the man who has cleansed them leave their houses displeased with them, and full of anger, then the Drug Nasu enters them from the nose [of the dead], from the eyes, from the tongue, from the jaws, from the sexual organs, from the hinder parts.
1 Cf. the tariff for the fees of physicians, Farg. VII, 41-43. See Farg. VII, 41, note 3.
8 Doubtful.
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