Leviticus 15:4-14

4 "The man who has a discharge makes everything he lies on or sits on unclean.
5 Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.
6 Those who sit on anything he sat on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.
7 Those who touch a man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.
8 If a man who has a discharge spits on anyone who is clean, the person he spits on must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.
9 When a man who has a discharge sits on a saddle, it becomes unclean.
10 Those who carry such things must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.
11 If a man who has a discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands, the person he touched must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.
12 When a man who has a discharge touches pottery, it must be broken, and any wooden bucket he touches must be rinsed.
13 "When a man's discharge stops, he must wait seven days to be cleansed. He must wash his clothes and his body in fresh water. Then he will be clean.
14 On the eighth day he must take two mourning doves or two pigeons and come into the LORD's presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He will give these birds to the priest.

Leviticus 15:4-14 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.

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