Leviticus 15
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Leviticus 15:5-13

5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

6The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

7The one who touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

8If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

9Any means of riding the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean.

10Anyone who touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

11Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

12A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.

13“‘When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, and be clean.

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