Leviticus 15

What people should do when pus, blood or semen comes out of them

1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2‘Say to Israel’s people, “If pus is coming out of a man’s body, he is unclean.” 3The man is unclean if the pus pours. And he is unclean even if it stops pouring.

4If the man sits on a bed, it becomes unclean. If the man sits on anything, it becomes unclean. 5A person who touches the bed must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. 6Any person might sit on anything that he has sat on. That will make him unclean also. He must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.

7A person who touches the dirty man must wash his clothes. He must also wash his body. He will be unclean until evening.

8A man who is dirty might make another person wet with water. If the water is from his mouth, the other person must wash his clothes. He must also wash his body. He will be unclean until evening.

9A dirty man might ride on an animal. The cloth on the back of the animal will become unclean. 10A person who touches that cloth will be unclean until evening. If a person picks up that cloth, he must wash his clothes. He must also wash his body. He will be unclean until evening.

11The dirty man might touch another person before the man washes his hands. The person that he touched becomes unclean. The person must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.

12If the dirty man touches a clay pot, you must break it. Or he may touch a thing that someone has made from wood. If he touches it, you must wash that thing.

13The pus may stop coming out of a person. When it does, he must count 7 (seven) days. He must wash his clothes and his body with fresh water. Then the man will be clean. 14On the 8th day, he must come in front of the LORD. He must take two birds to the door of the Tent of Meeting. They must be doves or pigeons. He must give them to the priest. 15The priest will sacrifice them. One bird is for a sin offering and the other is for a burnt offering. They are an atonement to the LORD. Then the man will be clean.

16When semen comes out of a man, he must wash his body. He will be unclean until evening. 17You must wash any clothes that semen touches. They are unclean until evening. 18A man might lie with a woman. If semen comes out of him, they are both unclean. They must wash their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

19A woman will bleed every month. She is unclean for seven days. A person might touch the woman when she is bleeding. That person will remain unclean until evening.

20The woman who is bleeding might lie on a bed. The bed will become unclean. If the woman sits on something, it becomes unclean. 21If another person touches the bed, he must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. 22Another person might sit on the thing that she sat on. That person must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. 23A person might touch anything that the woman sat on. If he does, he is unclean until evening.

24A man might lie down with a woman. If her blood touches him, he is unclean for seven days. Any bed that the man lies on becomes unclean.

25If a woman is bleeding for more than seven days, she is unclean. She is unclean all the time that she is bleeding. 26The bed that the woman lies on becomes unclean. Anything that the woman sits on is unclean. 27If another person touches the chair, he becomes unclean. He must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. If another person touches the bed, he will also become unclean. He must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.

28When the woman stops bleeding, she must count 7 (seven) days. Then she will be clean. 29On the 8th day, she must take two birds to the door of the Tent of Meeting. They must be doves or pigeons. She must give them to the priest. He will sacrifice one bird for her sin and he will burn the other. 30He will kill them as an atonement to the LORD. Then the woman will be clean.

31The Tent of Meeting is God’s house. It is among Israel’s people. The priests must keep the people away from anything that makes them unclean. If they are not clean, they will make the Tent of Meeting unclean. So they will die.’

32These are the rules when pus or semen come from a man’s body. 33These are the rules for a woman when she bleeds each month. These are the rules for a man who has sex with an unclean woman.