Leviticus 15:1-26

Unclean Discharges from the Body

15¹ The Lord also spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , ² "Speak to the sons of Israel , and say to them, ' When any man has a discharge from his body , his discharge is unclean . ³ 'This , moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge : it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge . ⁴ 'Every bed on which the person with the discharge lies becomes unclean , and everything e on which he sits becomes unclean . ⁵ 'Anyone , moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening ; ⁶ and whoever sits on the thing on which the man with the discharge has been sitting , shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening . ⁷ 'Also whoever touches the person with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening . ⁸ 'Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean , he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening . ⁹ 'Every saddle on which the person with the discharge rides becomes unclean . ¹⁰ 'Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening , and he who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening . ¹¹ 'Likewise, whomever e the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening . ¹² 'However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken , and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water . ¹³ 'Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge , then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing ; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water and will become clean . ¹⁴ 'Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons , and come before the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest ; ¹⁵ and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering . So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord because of his discharge . ¹⁶ ' Now if a man has a seminal emission , he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening . ¹⁷ 'As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission , it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening . ¹⁸ 'If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission , they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening .

¹⁹ ' When a woman has a discharge , if her discharge in her body is blood , she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days ; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening . ²⁰ 'Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean , and everything on which she sits shall be unclean . ²¹ 'Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening . ²² 'Whoever touches any thing on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening . ²³ 'Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting , when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening . ²⁴ ' If a man actually lies with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days , and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean . ²⁵ ' Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood many days , not at the period of her menstrual impurity , or if she has a discharge beyond that period , all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though in her menstrual impurity ; she is unclean . ²⁶ 'Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like her bed at menstruation ; and every thing on which she sits shall be unclean , like her uncleanness at that time .