Leviticus 15

1 The Lord told Moses and Aaron,

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

2 “Tell the Israelites, When any man has a discharge from his genitals, the discharge is unclean.

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: The man who undergoes a flow of seed shall be unclean.

3 The uncleanness comes from his discharge, whether his body allows it to flow out or blocks it. It makes him unclean.

And then he shall be judged subject to this fault, if a filthy fluid, at each moment, adheres to his flesh and gathers there.

4 Any bed the man with the discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean.

Every bed on which he sleeps shall be unclean, and every place where he sits.

5 Anyone who touches his bed has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

6 Anyone who sits on whatever the man was sitting on has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

If he will have sat where that man has sat, he shall also wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

7 Anyone who touches the man's body has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

Whoever has touched his flesh shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

8 If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, they have to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

If such a man has cast his spittle upon him who is clean, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

9 Whatever the man sits on when he's riding will be unclean.

The saddle on which he has sat shall be unclean.

10 Anyone who touches whatever was under him will be unclean until the evening. Anyone who picks these things up has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

And whatever has been under him who has undergone a flow of seed shall be polluted until evening. Whoever carries any of these things shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

11 If the man with the discharge touches anyone without washing his hands with water first, the person who was touched has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

All whom such a one has touched, not having washed his hands before, shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

12 Any clay item touched by the man must be broken, and any wooden item must be washed with water.

If he has touched an earthen vessel, it shall be broken. But if it is a wooden vessel, it shall be washed with water.

13 Once the discharge has healed, the man must allocate seven days for his cleaning process, wash his clothes, and wash himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.

If he who suffers from this affliction will have been healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed his clothes and his entire body in living water, he shall be clean.

14 On the eighth day he must 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.

Then, on the eighth day, he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he shall advance, in the sight of the Lord, toward the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and he shall give these to the priest,

15 The priest will sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. This is how the priest will make the man right before the Lord because of his discharge.

who shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust. And he shall pray for him before the Lord, so that he may be cleansed from the flow of his seed.

16 When a man has a release of semen, he must wash his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until the evening.

A man from whom the seed of sexual intercourse goes out shall wash his entire body with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

17 Any clothing or leather that the release of semen falls on must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until the evening.

The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until evening.

18 If a man sleeps with a woman and there is a release of semen, both of them must wash with water, and they will remain unclean until the evening.

The woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she shall be unclean until evening.

19 When a woman has a discharge of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her period for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until the evening.

The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days.

20 Anything she lies or sits on during her period will be unclean,

All who will touch her shall be unclean until evening.

21 and anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes and wash themselves with water, and will be unclean until the evening.

And everything on which she sleeps or sits, in the days of her separation, shall be polluted.

22 Anyone who touches what she was sitting on has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

Whoever will have touched her bed shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

23 Whether it's a bed or something she was sitting on, anyone who touches it will be unclean until the evening.

Anyone who will have touched any item on which she has sat shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be polluted until evening.

24 If a man sleeps with her and the blood from her period touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed he lies on will be unclean.

If a man has sexual intercourse with her in the time of her monthly flow of blood, he shall be unclean for seven days, and every bed on which he sleeps shall be polluted.

25 When a woman has a discharge of blood for several days when it's not the time for her period, or if it continues past her period, she will be unclean for the whole time she is bleeding, not just for the days of her period.

The woman who undergoes a flow of blood many days beyond her time of menstruation, or whose blood does not cease to flow after the menstrual blood, as long as she is subject to this affliction, she shall be unclean, just as if she were in her time of menstruation.

26 Any bed she lies on or anything she sits on while she has her discharge will be unclean, just as her bed is during her period.

Every bed on which she sleeps, and every item on which she sits, shall be polluted.

27 Anyone who touches them has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

Whoever will have touched these shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

28 Once the woman's discharge has healed, she must allocate seven days for her cleaning process, wash her clothes, and wash herself in fresh water, and she shall be clean.

If the blood has stopped and has ceased to flow, she shall number seven days for her purification,

29 On the eighth day she must 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.

and on the eighth day she shall offer for herself, to the priest, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

30 The priest will sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. This is how the priest will make her right before the Lord because of her discharge.

And he shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the flow of her uncleanness.

31 This is how you must stop the Israelites from becoming ceremonially unclean, so that they don't die by making my Tabernacle unclean, the place where I live with them.

Therefore, you shall teach the sons of Israel to be cautious of uncleanness, so that they may not die in their filth, when they will have polluted my tabernacle, which is among them.

32 These are the regulations regarding a man who has a discharge, a man who has a release of semen that makes him unclean,

This is the law of him who undergoes a flow of seed, or who is polluted by sexual intercourse,

33 a woman during her period, any male or female who has a discharge, and a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.”

and of her who is separated in the time of menstruation, or who has a continual flow of blood, and of the man who sleeps with her.