Bodily Discharges
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
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"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his body, he is unclean.
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This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his body secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his body secretes or retains anything because of his discharge, he is unclean.
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Any bed the man with the discharge lies on will be unclean, and any furniture he sits on will be unclean.
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Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
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Whoever sits on furniture that the man with the discharge was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
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Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
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If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
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Any saddle the man with the discharge rides on will be unclean.
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Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
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If the man with the discharge touches anyone without [first] rinsing his hands in water, the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
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Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
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"When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean.
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He must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons on the eighth day, come before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest.
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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 him before the Lord because of his discharge.
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"When a man has an emission of semen, he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
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Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
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If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.