Leviticus 15:5

5 Anyone who touches such a bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 15:5

And whosoever toucheth his bed
Is unclean. According to the Misnah ^F24, a bed defiles a man seven ways, so as to defile garments; standing, sitting, lying, hanging, and leaning, and by touching, and by bearing:

shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water;
in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan:

and be unclean until the even;
be unfit for conversation with other men till the even, though both his body and clothes are washed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Zabim, ut supra. (c. 2. sect. 4.)

Leviticus 15:5 In-Context

3 This is the nature of the uncleanness brought about by his emission: regardless of whether his genital organ allows his emission to flow or blocks the flow, it is unclean to him.

4 Any bed on which someone with an emission lies will be unclean, and any object on which that person sits will be unclean.

5 Anyone who touches such a bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening.

6 Anyone who sits on something that the one with the emission also sat on must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening.

7 Anyone who touches the body of the one with the emission must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening.