15Verse 1And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,Verse 2“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.Verse 3This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.Verse 4Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.Verse 5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 6Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 7Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 8If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 9Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.Verse 10Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 11If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 12Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
The Cleansing of Men
Verse 13When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water,+and he shall be clean.Verse 14On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.Verse 15The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a purification offering and the other as an ascension offering. In this way the priest will effect purgation for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.Verse 16When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 17Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.Verse 18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
The Uncleanness of Women
Verse 19When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.Verse 20Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,Verse 21and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 22Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Verse 23And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.Verse 24If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.Verse 25When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.Verse 26Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.Verse 27Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
The Cleansing of Women
Verse 28When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.Verse 29On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.Verse 30The priest is to sacrifice one as a purification offering and the other as an ascension offering. In this way the priest will effect purgation for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.Verse 31You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.Verse 32This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,Verse 33of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”