Leviticus 15:3-13

3 whether the penis runs with it or is stopped up by it.
4 Any bed on which he sits or lies is unclean.
5 Anyone who touches his bed
6 or sits on anything the man has sat on must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.
7 Anyone who touches the man with the discharge must wash his clothes and take a bath, and he remains unclean until evening.
8 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 Any saddle or seat on which the man with the discharge sits is unclean.
10 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 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 Any clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed.
13 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.

Leviticus 15:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 15

This chapter treats of uncleanness by issues in men and women; in men, a running issue, Le 15:1-3, which defiles him, and everything he touches, or that touches him or them, Le 15:4-12; the cleansing from which is directed to, Le 15:13-15; and seed flowing from him, Le 15:16-18; in women, their ordinary courses, Le 15:19-24; or extraordinary ones, Le 15:25-27; and the law for the cleansing of them, Le 15:28-31; and a recapitulation of the whole, Le 15:32,33.

Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.