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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.
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This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.
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Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.
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So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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If the man spits on you, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.
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If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.
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“When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.
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On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle and give his offerings to the priest.
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The priest will offer one bird for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the man before the LORD for his discharge.
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“Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening.
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Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
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After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.