Lev 5:3 | TNotes | STEP | 5:3 Any bodily discharge, even blood, would render a person temporarily unclean (chs 11–15 ). The uncleanness itself was not sin, but it was a sin to neglect the uncleanness, allowing it to spread. Once people became aware of their unclean state, they were guilty if they neglected it.

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‏ Leviticus 5:3

5:3 ^a Any bodily discharge, even blood, would render a person temporarily unclean (chs 11–15 ^b). The uncleanness itself was not sin, but it was a sin to neglect the uncleanness, allowing it to spread. Once people became aware of their unclean state, they were guilty if they neglected it.