Leviticus 15 (ARST)

1Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron,And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

2“Tell the people of Israel that any man might have a discharge come from his genitals. Whenever this happens, the people of Israel should consider this discharge to be impure.“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.

3Now, this is how the people of Israel should deal with these types of discharges that have the potential to make people impure. It does not matter whether the man' s genitals have secreted the discharge or whether there is a blockage in the man' s genitals; the people of Israel should consider this man to be impure.This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

4The people should consider any bed on which the man who has had a discharge lies to also be impure. Additionally, they should consider any furniture on which the man sits to be impure.Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

5Anyone who touches that man' s bed should wash and clean his clothes and bathe thoroughly. That person should consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he touched the man' s bed.Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

6Anyone who sits on any furniture on which the man who has had a discharge has sat should also wash his clothes and bathe thoroughly. That person should likewise consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he sat on the impure man' s furniture.Whoever 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.

7In the same way, anyone who touches the man who has had a discharge should wash his clothes and bathe thoroughly. The person should also consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he touched the impure man.Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

8It may happen that the man who has had a discharge spits on someone who is still pure. If this occurs, the person on whom the impure man spat should wash his clothes and bathe thoroughly. He should consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which the impure man spat on him.If 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.

9The people of Israel should also consider any clothing or saddle on which the man who has had a discharge rides to be just as impure.Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.

10Anyone who touches anything that was under him while he rode should also consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he touched the impure man' s clothing or saddle on which he rode. Likewise, anyone who picks up or carries whatever was under him while he rode should wash his clothes and bathe thoroughly. He should also consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he lifted or carried the impure man' s means of riding.Whoever 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.

11It may happen that the man who has had a discharge touches someone without first washing his hands. If this happens, the person he touched should wash his clothes and bathe thoroughly. That person should also consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which the impure man touched him.If 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.

12It may happen that the man who has had a discharge touches a clay pot. If this happens, whoever owns the pot should shatter it. However, if the man touches a wooden utensil, whoever owns the utensil may rinse it with water.Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

13It may happen that a man who has had a discharge recovers and no longer experiences any discharge. If this happens, the man should remain as he is for one full week in order to prepare for the day when Yahweh will cleanse him from his impurity. During this time, he should wash his clothes and make sure to bathe and clean his genitals with fresh water. If he does this, he should consider himself to be pure once again.When 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.

14On the last day of that week, he should acquire two doves or two pigeons and come into Yahweh' s presence at the entrance of the sacred tent. There, the man should give the birds he acquired to the priest.On 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.

15The priest should prepare the birds as sacrifices to Yahweh. One of the birds should be a purifying sacrifice and the other should be a wholly burned sacrifice. When the priest offers these sacrifices in Yahweh' s presence, Yahweh will accept them and restore the man. Yahweh will remove from the man the impurity he acquired from his impure discharge.The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

16It may also happen that a man experiences a seminal emission. When this happens, the man should bathe his whole body, including his genitals, thoroughly. The man should consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he experienced the emission.When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

17The man who had the emission should thoroughly wash any clothing or leather that came into contact with the semen. He should consider that piece of clothing or leather to be impure until the evening of the day on which they came into contact with the semen.Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

18It may happen that a man has sexual relations with a woman and experiences a seminal emission. When this happens, both the man and the woman should bathe themselves thoroughly. They should consider themselves to be impure until the evening of the day on which they had sexual relations.If 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.

19Similarly, it may happen that a woman experiences her menstrual period, such that blood discharges from her genitals. When this happens, she should remain as she is for a full week. During this period, whoever touches the menstruating woman should consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he touched her.When 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.

20The people of Israel should consider any furniture on which the menstruating woman lies or sits to be impure.Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,

21Anyone who touches a menstruating woman' s bed should wash and clean his clothes and bathe thoroughly. That person should consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he touched the menstruating woman' s bed.and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

22Anyone who touches any furniture on which a menstruating woman has sat should also wash his clothes and bathe thoroughly. That person should likewise consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he touched the menstruating woman' s bed or her furniture.Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

23It may happen that there was something on the menstruating woman' s bed or on a piece of furniture on which the menstruating woman sat. When someone touches that object, he should consider himself to be unclean until the evening of the day on which he touched that object.And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.

24It may occasionally happen that a man has sexual relations with a menstruating woman such that he comes into contact with her menstrual blood. If this happens, he should consider himself to be impure for a full week. The people of Israel should consider any bed on which that man lies to be impure as well.If 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.

25It may also happen that a woman experiences an extended discharge of blood when she is not normally menstruating, or her discharge continues for an inordinate amount of time. If this happens, as long as she experiences a discharge of blood, she should consider herself to be impure, just as when she experiences her normal menstruation.When 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.

26As long as the woman experiences this type of unusual bloody discharge, the people of Israel should consider any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits to be impure, just as is the case when women normally menstruate and become temporarily impure.Any 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.

27Anyone who touches the woman' s bed or furniture should consider himself to be unclean. He should wash and clean his clothes and bathe thoroughly. That person should consider himself to be impure until the evening of the day on which he touched the woman' s bed or furniture.Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

28It may happen that a woman who has experienced an unusual bloody discharge recovers and no longer experiences any discharge. If this happens, the woman should remain as she is for one full week in order to prepare for the day when Yahweh will cleanse her from her impurity. After this period, she should consider herself to be pure once again.When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.

29On the last day of that week, the woman should acquire two doves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the sacred tent.On 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.

30The priest should prepare the birds as sacrifices to Yahweh. One of the birds should be a purifying sacrifice and the other should be a wholly burned sacrifice. When the priest offers these sacrifices in Yahweh' s presence, Yahweh will accept them and restore the woman. He will remove from her the impurity she acquired from her impure bloody discharge.The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

31The people of Israel must follow these instructions in order to distinguish themselves from that which is impure among them. If they are able to do this, they will not desecrate the sacred place in which I live among them and so I will not kill them.{ But if they continue to make themselves impure, I will kill them when they desecrate the sacred place in which I live among them.}You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

32So, this is what the people of Israel should do when someone experiences a discharge— whenever a man has a seminal emission and so becomes impure,This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

33whenever any woman menstruates normally, whenever anyone, whether a man or a woman, has a bodily discharge, or whenever a man has sexual relations with a woman during her menstrual period.”of 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.’”

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