15:1 The Lord told Moses and Aaron to give the people of Israel these further instructions: “Any man who has a genital discharge is ceremonially defiled.
15:2 The Lord told Moses and Aaron to give the people of Israel these further instructions: “Any man who has a genital discharge is ceremonially defiled.
15:3 This applies not only while the discharge is active, but also for a time after it heals.
15:4 Any bed he lies on and anything he sits on is contaminated:
15:5 so anyone touching the man’s bed is ceremonially defiled until evening, and must wash his clothes and bathe himself.
15:6 Anyone sitting on a seat the man has sat upon while defiled is himself ceremonially impure until evening, and must wash his clothes and bathe himself.
15:7 The same instructions apply to anyone touching him.
15:8 Anyone he spits on is ceremonially impure until evening, and must wash his clothes and bathe himself.
15:10 Anyone touching or carrying anything else that was beneath him shall be defiled until evening, and must wash his clothes and bathe himself.
15:11 If the defiled man touches anyone without first rinsing his hands, that person must wash his clothes and bathe himself and be defiled until evening.
15:12 Any earthen pot touched by the defiled man must be broken, and every wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.
15:13 “When the discharge stops, he shall begin a seven-day cleansing ceremony by washing his clothes and bathing in running water.
15:14 On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and give them to the priest.
15:15 The priest shall sacrifice them there, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; thus the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.
15:16 “Whenever a man’s semen goes out from him, he shall take a complete bath and be ceremonially impure until the evening.
15:17 Any clothing or bedding the semen spills on must be washed and remain ceremonially defiled until evening.
15:18 After sexual intercourse, the woman as well as the man must bathe, and they are ceremonially defiled until the next evening.
15:19 “Whenever a woman menstruates, she shall be in a state of ceremonial defilement for seven days afterwards, and during that time anyone touching her shall be defiled until evening.
15:20 Anything she lies on or sits on during that time shall be defiled.
15:21 Anyone touching her bed or anything she sits upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself and be ceremonially defiled until evening.
15:22 Anyone touching her bed or anything she sits upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself and be ceremonially defiled until evening.
15:23 Anyone touching her bed or anything she sits upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself and be ceremonially defiled until evening.
15:24 A man having sexual intercourse with her during this time is ceremonially defiled for seven days, and every bed he lies upon shall be defiled.
15:25 “If the menstrual flow continues after the normal time, or at some irregular time during the month, the same rules apply as indicated above,
15:26 so that anything she lies upon during that time is defiled, just as it would be during her normal menstrual period, and everything she sits on is in a similar state of defilement.
15:27 Anyone touching her bed or anything she sits on shall be defiled, and shall wash his clothes and bathe and be defiled until evening.
15:28 Seven days after the menstruating stops, she is no longer ceremonially defiled.
15:29 “On the eighth day, she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle,
15:30 and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for her before the Lord for her menstrual defilement.
15:31 In this way you shall cleanse the people of Israel from their defilement, lest they die because of defiling my Tabernacle that is among them.”
15:32 This, then, is the law for the man who is defiled by a genital disease or by a seminal emission;
15:33 and for a woman’s menstrual period; and for anyone who has sexual intercourse with her while she is in her period of defilement afterwards.
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