Leviticus 15
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Leviticus 15:5-27

5Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

6Those who sit on anything he sat on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

7Those who touch a man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

8If a man who has a discharge spits on anyone who is clean, the person he spits on must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.

9When a man who has a discharge sits on a saddle, it becomes unclean.

10Those who carry such things must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

11If a man who has a discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands, the person he touched must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.

12When a man who has a discharge touches pottery, it must be broken, and any wooden bucket he touches must be rinsed.

13“When a man’s discharge stops, he must wait seven days to be cleansed. He must wash his clothes and his body in fresh water. Then he will be clean.

14On the eighth day he must take two mourning doves or two pigeons and come into the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He will give these birds to the priest.

15The priest will sacrifice one as an offering for sin and the other as a burnt offering. So in the Lord’s presence, the priest will make peace with the Lord for the man who had a discharge.

16“If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body. He will be unclean until evening.

17Any clothes or any leather with semen on it must be washed. It will be unclean until evening.

18“When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and has an emission of semen, they must wash themselves. They will be unclean until evening.

19“When a woman has her monthly period, she will be unclean for seven days. Those who touch her will be unclean until evening.

20Everything she lies on or sits on during her period will be unclean.

21Those who touch her bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

22Those who touch anything she sits on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

23If her blood touches anything on the bed or anything she sits on, it will be unclean until evening.

24If a man has sexual intercourse with her while she has her period, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will become unclean.

25“If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days other than her monthly period, she is unclean. If her period lasts longer than usual, she will be unclean as long as she has a discharge. It is like her period.

26As long as she has a discharge, any bed she lies on or anything she sits on is unclean. It is like her period.

27Those who touch these things are unclean and must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

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