The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “Speak to the people
of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his
body, his discharge is unclean. And this is the law of his
uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his
discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his
uncleanness. Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies
shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.
And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe
himself in water and be unclean until the evening. And whoever sits
on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash
his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the
evening. And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge
shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean
until the evening. And if the one with the discharge spits on
someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe
himself in water and be unclean until the evening. And any saddle
on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean. And
whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until
the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes
and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. Anyone
whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his
hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water
and be unclean until the evening. And an earthenware vessel that
the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every
vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
“And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge,
then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and
wash his clothes. And he shall bathe his body in fresh water and
shall be clean. And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves
or two pigeons and come before the LORD to the entrance of the tent
of meeting and give them to the priest. And the priest shall use
them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for his
discharge.
“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body
in water and be unclean until the evening. And every garment and
every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and
be unclean until the evening. If a man lies with a woman and has an
emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and
be unclean until the evening.
“When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is
blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and
whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. And
everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be
unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean. And
whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in
water and be unclean until the evening. And whoever touches
anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself
in water and be unclean until the evening. Whether it is the bed or
anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean
until the evening. And if any man lies with her and her menstrual
impurity comes upon him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every
bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
“If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the
time of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond
the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall
continue in uncleanness. As in the days of her impurity, she shall
be unclean. Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her
discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity. And
everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the
uncleanness of her menstrual impurity. And whoever touches these
things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe
himself in water and be unclean until the evening. But if she is
cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days,
and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day she shall
take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest,
to the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the priest shall use
one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the
priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean
discharge.
“Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their
uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my
tabernacle that is in their midst.”
This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has
an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby; also for her who is
unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or
female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman
who is unclean.
