Leviticus 15:5

5 If someone touches his bed or sits on anything he's sat on, or touches the man with the discharge, he has to wash his clothes and bathe in water; he remains 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 Whether it comes from a seepage or an obstruction he is unclean. He is unclean all the days his body has a seepage or an obstruction.

4 "Every bed on which he lies is ritually unclean, everything on which he sits is unclean.

5 If someone touches his bed or sits on anything he's sat on, or touches the man with the discharge, he has to wash his clothes and bathe in water; he remains unclean until evening.

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