ach. 22:4; Num. 5:2; 2 Sam. 3:29
cSee ch. 11:25
dch. 16:26; 17:15
ech. 6:28; 11:32, 33
fver. 28; [ch. 14:8]
gSee ch. 12:8
hch. 14:30, 31
iver. 30; See ch. 4:26
jch. 22:4; Deut. 23:10
k[1 Sam. 21:4]

Leviticus 15:1-18

Laws About Bodily Discharges

1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, aWhen any man has a discharge from his body, ▼
▼Hebrew flesh; also verse 3
 his discharge is unclean. 3And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. 4Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. 5And anyone who touches his bed cshall wash his clothes and dbathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 6And whoever sits on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 7And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 8And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 9And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean. 10And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 11Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 12And an eearthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

13“And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then fhe shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes. And he shall bathe his body in fresh water and shall be clean. 14And on the eighth day he shall take two gturtledoves or two pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15And the priest shall use them, hone for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. iAnd the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.

16 j“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening. 17And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening. 18If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and kbe unclean until the evening.

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