Leviticus, 15

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and said:

1. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

2. 'Speak to the Israelites and say to them: "When a man has a discharge from his body, that discharge is unclean.

2. "Say to the people of Israel, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

3. While the discharge continues, the nature of his uncleanness is as follows: "Whether his body allows the discharge to flow or whether it retains it, he is unclean.

3. And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped from discharge, it is uncleanness in him.

4. "Any bed the man lies on and anything he sits on will be unclean.

4. Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.

5. "Anyone who touches his bed must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

5. And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

6. "Anyone who sits where the man has sat must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

6. And whoever sits on anything on which he who has the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

7. "Anyone who touches the body of the man with the discharge must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

7. And whoever touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

8. "If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

8. And if he who has the discharge spits on one who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

9. "Any saddle the man has ridden on will be unclean.

9. And any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean.

10. "All those who touch any object that has been under him will be unclean until evening. "Anyone who picks up such an object must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

10. And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening; and he who carries such a thing shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

11. "All those whom the man with the discharge touches without having washed his hands must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

11. Any one whom he that has the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

12. "The earthenware vessel he touches must be broken and any wooden utensil must be rinsed.

12. And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

13. "Once the man with the discharge is cured, he will allow seven days for his purification. He will wash his clothes and wash his body in running water and he will be clean.

13. "And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his body in running water, and shall be clean.

14. On the eighth day he will take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before Yahweh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest.

14. And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the door of the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest;

15. The priest will offer one of them as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a burnt offering. And in this way the priest will perform the rite of expiation for him before Yahweh for his discharge.

15. and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge.

16. "When a man has a seminal discharge, he must wash his whole body with water and will be unclean until evening.

16. "And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening.

17. Any clothing or leather touched by the seminal discharge must be washed and will be unclean until evening.

17. And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.

18. When a woman has had intercourse with a man, both of them must wash and will be unclean until evening.

18. If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

19. "Whenever a woman has a discharge and the discharge from her body is of blood, she will remain in a state of menstrual pollution for seven days. "Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

19. "When a woman has a discharge of blood which is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.

20. "Anything she lies on in this polluted state will be unclean; anything she sits on will be unclean.

20. And everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.

21. "Anyone who touches her bed must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

21. And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

22. "Anyone who touches anything she has sat on must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

22. And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening;

23. If there is anything on the bed or where she is sitting, anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.

23. whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.

24. "If a man goes so far as to sleep with her, he will contract her menstrual pollution and will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will be unclean.

24. And if any man lies with her, and her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

25. "If a woman has a prolonged discharge of blood outside the period, or if the period is prolonged, during the time this discharge lasts she will be in the same state of uncleanness as during her monthly periods.

25. "If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness; as in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.

26. Any bed she lies on during the time this discharge lasts will be polluted in the same way as the bed she lies on during her monthly periods. Anything she sits on will be unclean as during her monthly periods.

26. Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity.

27. Anyone who touches it will be unclean and must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.

27. And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

28. "Once she is cured of her discharge, she will allow seven days to go by; after that she will be clean.

28. But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

29. On the eighth day she will take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

29. And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.

30. The priest will offer one of them as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a burnt offering. And in this way the priest will perform the rite of expiation for her before Yahweh for the discharge which made her unclean.

30. And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

31. "Hence you will warn the Israelites against contracting a state of uncleanness, rather than incurring death by defiling my Dwelling which is among them.

31. "Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst."

32. "Such is the law governing a man with a discharge or who is made unclean by a seminal discharge,

32. This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;

33. a woman in a state of pollution due to menstruation, a man or a woman with a discharge, or a man who sleeps with a woman when she is unclean." '

33. also for her who is sick with her impurity; that is, for any one, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.