Leviticus 15:12-22

12 "'If a person who discharges a body fluid touches a clay bowl, that bowl must be broken. If he touches a wooden bowl, that bowl must be washed in water.
13 "'When a person who discharges a body fluid is made clean, he must count seven days for himself for his cleansing. He must wash his clothes and bathe his body in fresh water, and he will be clean.
14 On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. He will give the two birds to the priest.
15 The priest will offer the birds, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest will make that person clean so he can belong to the Lord again.
16 "'If semenn goes out from a man, he must bathe in water; he will be unclean until evening.
17 If the fluid gets on any clothing or leather, it must be washed with water; it will be unclean until evening.
18 "'If a man has sexual relations with a woman and semen comes out, both people must bathe in water; they will be unclean until evening.
19 "'When a woman has her monthly period, she is unclean for seven days; anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
20 Anything she lies on during this time will be unclean, and everything she sits on during this time will be unclean.
21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water; that person will be unclean until evening.
22 Anyone who touches something she has sat on must wash his clothes and bathe in water; that person will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 15

This chapter treats of uncleanness by issues in men and women; in men, a running issue, Le 15:1-3, which defiles him, and everything he touches, or that touches him or them, Le 15:4-12; the cleansing from which is directed to, Le 15:13-15; and seed flowing from him, Le 15:16-18; in women, their ordinary courses, Le 15:19-24; or extraordinary ones, Le 15:25-27; and the law for the cleansing of them, Le 15:28-31; and a recapitulation of the whole, Le 15:32,33.

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