Leviticus 15

1 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron,

The Lord told Moses and Aaron,

2 Say to the children of Israel: If a man has an unclean flow from his flesh, it will make him unclean.

“Tell the Israelites, When any man has a discharge from his genitals, 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.

The uncleanness comes from his discharge, whether his body allows it to flow out or blocks it. It makes him unclean.

4 Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean.

Any bed the man with the discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean.

5 And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

Anyone who touches his bed has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

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.

Anyone who sits on whatever the man was sitting on has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the 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.

Anyone who touches the man's body has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the 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.

If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, they have to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

9 And any leather seat on a horse on which the unclean man has been seated will be unclean.

Whatever the man sits on when he's riding will be 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.

Anyone who touches whatever was under him will be unclean until the evening. Anyone who picks these things up has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the 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.

If the man with the discharge touches anyone without washing his hands with water first, the person who was touched has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the 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.

Any clay item touched by the man must be broken, and any wooden item must be washed with water.

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.

Once the discharge has healed, the man must allocate seven days for his cleaning process, wash his clothes, and wash himself in fresh water, and he shall be 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:

On the eighth day he must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, 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.

The priest will sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. This is how the priest will make the man right before the Lord because of his discharge.

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.

When a man has a release of semen, he must wash his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until the evening.

17 And any clothing or skin on which the seed comes is to be washed with water and be unclean till evening.

Any clothing or leather that the release of semen falls on must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until the 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.

If a man sleeps with a woman and there is a release of semen, both of them must wash with water, and they will remain unclean until the 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.

When a woman has a discharge of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her period for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until the 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.

Anything she lies or sits on during her period will be 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.

and anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes and wash themselves with water, and will be unclean until the 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.

Anyone who touches what she was sitting on has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

23 Anyone touching anything on the bed or on the thing on which she has been seated, will be unclean till evening.

Whether it's a bed or something she was sitting on, anyone who touches it will be unclean until the 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.

If a man sleeps with her and the blood from her period touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed he lies on will be 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.

When a woman has a discharge of blood for several days when it's not the time for her period, or if it continues past her period, she will be unclean for the whole time she is bleeding, not just for the days of her 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.

Any bed she lies on or anything she sits on while she has her discharge will be unclean, just as her bed is during her period.

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.

Anyone who touches them has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

28 But when her flow of blood is stopped, after seven days she will be clean.

Once the woman's discharge has healed, she must allocate seven days for her cleaning process, wash her clothes, and wash herself in fresh water, and she shall be 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,

On the eighth day she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.

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.

The priest will sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. This is how the priest will make her right before the Lord because of her discharge.

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.

This is how you must stop the Israelites from becoming ceremonially unclean, so that they don't die by making my Tabernacle unclean, the place where I live with them.

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;

These are the regulations regarding a man who has a discharge, a man who has a release of semen that makes him unclean,

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.

a woman during her period, any male or female who has a discharge, and a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.”