The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron,
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The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations
2 Say to the children of Israel: If a man has an unclean flow from his flesh, it will make him unclean.
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for the people of Israel. When any man has a discharge from his penis, the discharge is unclean,
3 If the flow goes on or if the part is stopped up, to keep back the flow, he is still unclean.
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whether the penis runs with it or is stopped up by it.
4 Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean.
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Any bed on which he sits or lies is unclean.
5 And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
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Anyone who touches his bed
6 And he who has been seated on anything on which the unclean man has been seated is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
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or sits on anything the man has sat on must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.
7 And anyone touching the flesh of the unclean man is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
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Anyone who touches the man with the discharge must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.
8 And if liquid from the mouth of the unclean man comes on to him who is clean, then he is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
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If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is ritually clean, that person must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.
9 And any leather seat on a horse on which the unclean man has been seated will be unclean.
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Any saddle or seat on which the man with the discharge sits is unclean.
10 And anyone touching anything which was under him will be unclean till the evening; anyone taking up any of these things is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
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Anyone who touches anything on which the man sat is unclean until evening. Anyone who carries anything on which the man sat must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.
11 And anyone on whom the unclean man puts his hands, without washing them in water, is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
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If a man who has a discharge touches one of you without first having washed his hands, you must wash your clothes and take a bath, and you remain unclean until evening.
12 And any vessel of earth which has been touched by the unclean man will have to be broken and any vessel of wood washed.
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Any clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed.
13 And when a man who has a flow from his body is made clean from it, he is to take seven days to make himself clean, washing his clothing and bathing his body in flowing water, and then he will be clean.
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After the man is cured of his discharge, he must wait seven days and then wash his clothes and take a bath in fresh spring water, and he will be ritually clean.
14 And on the eighth day he is to take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the door of the Tent of meeting and give them to the priest:
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On the eighth day he shall take two doves or two pigeons to the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence and give them to the priest.
15 And they are to be offered by the priest, one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, and the priest will take away his sin before the Lord on account of his flow.
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The priest shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way he will perform the ritual of purification for the man.
16 And if a man's seed goes out from him, then all his body will have to be bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.
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When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body, and he remains unclean until evening.
17 And any clothing or skin on which the seed comes is to be washed with water and be unclean till evening.
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Anything made of cloth or leather on which the semen falls must be washed, and it remains unclean until evening.
18 And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.
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After sexual intercourse both the man and the woman must take a bath, and they remain unclean until evening.
19 And if a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she will have to be kept separate for seven days, and anyone touching her will be unclean till evening.
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When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her is unclean until evening.
20 And everything on which she has been resting, while she is kept separate, will be unclean, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean.
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Anything on which she sits or lies during her monthly period is unclean.
21 And anyone touching her bed will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
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Any who touch her bed or anything on which she has sat must wash their clothes and take a bath, and they remain unclean until evening.
22 And anyone touching anything on which she has been seated will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
23 Anyone touching anything on the bed or on the thing on which she has been seated, will be unclean till evening.
24 And if any man has sex relations with her so that her blood comes on him, he will be unclean for seven days and every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean.
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If a man has sexual intercourse with her during her period, he is contaminated by her impurity and remains unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies is unclean.
25 And if a woman has a flow of blood for a long time, not at the time when she generally has it, or if the flow goes on longer than the normal time, she will be unclean while the flow of blood goes on, as she is at other normal times.
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If a woman has a flow of blood for several days outside her monthly period or if her flow continues beyond her regular period, she remains unclean as long as the flow continues, just as she is during her monthly period.
26 Every bed on which she has been resting will be unclean, as at the times when she normally has a flow of blood, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean, in the same way.
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Any bed on which she lies and anything on which she sits during this time is unclean.
27 And anyone touching these things will be unclean, and his clothing will have to be washed and his body bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.
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Any who touch them are unclean and must wash their clothes and take a bath; they remain unclean until evening.
28 But when her flow of blood is stopped, after seven days she will be clean.
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After her flow stops, she must wait seven days, and then she will be ritually clean.
29 And on the eighth day let her get two doves or two young pigeons and take them to the priest to the door of the Tent of meeting,
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On the eighth day she shall take two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence.
30 To be offered by the priest, one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering; and the priest will take away her sin before the Lord on account of her unclean condition.
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The priest shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and in this way he will perform the ritual of purification for her.
31 In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.
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The Lord told Moses to warn the people of Israel about their uncleanness, so that they would not defile the Tent of his presence, which was in the middle of the camp. If they did, they would be killed.
32 This is the law for the man who has a flow from his body, or whose seed goes from him so that he is unclean;
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These are the regulations about a man who has a discharge or an emission of semen,
33 And for her who has a flow of blood, and for any man or woman who has an unclean flow, and for him who has sex relations with a woman when she is unclean.
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a woman during her monthly period, or a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ritually unclean.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.