Leviticus 15:5

5 Whoever touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he 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 The discharge is unclean no matter whether it continues flowing or has stopped; it is still his uncleanness.

4 Every bed which the person with the discharge lies on is unclean, and everything he sits on is unclean.

5 Whoever touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

6 Whoever sits on anything the person with the discharge sat on is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

7 Anyone who touches the body of the person with the discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.