15:1 The LORD also spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
15:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his ①body, ②his discharge is unclean.
▷ ①Lit flesh, and so throughout the ch ②Or by his discharge, he is unclean
15:3 This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge.
15:4 Every bed on which the man with the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean.
15:5 Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;
15:6 and whoever sits on the thing on which the man with the discharge has been sitting, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:7 Also whoever touches the ①man with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
▷ ①Lit flesh
15:8 Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:9 Every saddle on which the man with the discharge rides becomes unclean.
15:10 Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and the one who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:11 Likewise, whomever the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:12 However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.
15:13 ‘Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in ①running water and will become clean.
▷ ①Lit living
15:14 Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young doves, and come before the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;
15:15 and the priest shall offer them, one as a ①sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD because of his discharge.
▷ ①Or purification offering
15:16 ‘Now if a ①man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.
▷ ①Lit man’s...goes out from him
15:17 As for any garment or any leather on which there is a seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.
15:18 If a man sleeps with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:19 ‘When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.
15:20 Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
15:21 Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:22 Whoever touches any object on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:23 Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.
15:24 If a man actually sleeps with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
15:25 ‘Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond ①that period, for all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though ②in her menstrual impurity; she is unclean.
▷ ①Lit her menstrual impurity ②Lit in the days of
15:26 Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like ①her bed at menstruation; and every object on which she sits shall be unclean, like ②her uncleanness at that time.
▷ ①Lit the bed of her menstrual impurity ②Lit the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity
15:27 Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:28 When she becomes clean from her discharge, she shall count off for herself seven days; and afterward she will be clean.
15:29 Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young doves, and bring them to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.
15:30 And the priest shall offer the one as a ①sin offering, and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.’
▷ ①Or purification offering
15:31 “And so you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My ①tabernacle that is among them.”
▷ ①Or dwelling place
15:32 This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man ①who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,
▷ ①Lit whose seminal emission goes out from him
15:33 and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.
15:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his ①body, ②his discharge is unclean.
▷ ①Lit flesh, and so throughout the ch ②Or by his discharge, he is unclean
15:3 This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge.
15:4 Every bed on which the man with the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean.
15:5 Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;
15:6 and whoever sits on the thing on which the man with the discharge has been sitting, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:7 Also whoever touches the ①man with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
▷ ①Lit flesh
15:8 Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:9 Every saddle on which the man with the discharge rides becomes unclean.
15:10 Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and the one who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:11 Likewise, whomever the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:12 However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.
15:13 ‘Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in ①running water and will become clean.
▷ ①Lit living
15:14 Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young doves, and come before the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;
15:15 and the priest shall offer them, one as a ①sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD because of his discharge.
▷ ①Or purification offering
15:16 ‘Now if a ①man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.
▷ ①Lit man’s...goes out from him
15:17 As for any garment or any leather on which there is a seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.
15:18 If a man sleeps with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:19 ‘When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.
15:20 Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
15:21 Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:22 Whoever touches any object on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:23 Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.
15:24 If a man actually sleeps with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
15:25 ‘Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond ①that period, for all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though ②in her menstrual impurity; she is unclean.
▷ ①Lit her menstrual impurity ②Lit in the days of
15:26 Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like ①her bed at menstruation; and every object on which she sits shall be unclean, like ②her uncleanness at that time.
▷ ①Lit the bed of her menstrual impurity ②Lit the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity
15:27 Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
15:28 When she becomes clean from her discharge, she shall count off for herself seven days; and afterward she will be clean.
15:29 Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young doves, and bring them to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.
15:30 And the priest shall offer the one as a ①sin offering, and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.’
▷ ①Or purification offering
15:31 “And so you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My ①tabernacle that is among them.”
▷ ①Or dwelling place
15:32 This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man ①who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,
▷ ①Lit whose seminal emission goes out from him
15:33 and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.