Leviticus 15

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man have a flux from his flesh, because of his flux he is unclean.

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: The man who undergoes a flow of seed shall be unclean.

3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his flux: whether his flesh run with his flux, or his flesh be closed from his flux, it is his uncleanness.

And then he shall be judged subject to this fault, if a filthy fluid, at each moment, adheres to his flesh and gathers there.

4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the flux shall be unclean; and every object on which he sitteth shall be unclean.

Every bed on which he sleeps shall be unclean, and every place where he sits.

5 And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

6 And he that sitteth on any object whereon he sat that hath the flux shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

If he will have sat where that man has sat, he shall also wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the flux shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever has touched his flesh shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

8 And if he that hath the flux spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

If such a man has cast his spittle upon him who is clean, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

9 And what carriage soever he rideth upon that hath the flux shall be unclean.

The saddle on which he has sat shall be unclean.

10 And whoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the even; and he that carrieth them shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

And whatever has been under him who has undergone a flow of seed shall be polluted until evening. Whoever carries any of these things shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

11 And whomsoever he toucheth who hath the flux and hath not rinsed his hands in water — he shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

All whom such a one has touched, not having washed his hands before, shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

12 And the vessel of earth that he toucheth who hath the flux shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

If he has touched an earthen vessel, it shall be broken. But if it is a wooden vessel, it shall be washed with water.

13 And when he that hath a flux is clean of his flux, then he shall count seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and he shall be clean.

If he who suffers from this affliction will have been healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed his clothes and his entire body in living water, he shall be clean.

14 And on the eighth day he shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest.

Then, on the eighth day, he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he shall advance, in the sight of the Lord, toward the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and he shall give these to the priest,

15 And the priest shall offer them, one as a sin-offering, and one as a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his flux.

who shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust. And he shall pray for him before the Lord, so that he may be cleansed from the flow of his seed.

16 And if any man's seed of copulation pass from him, then he shall bathe his whole flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

A man from whom the seed of sexual intercourse goes out shall wash his entire body with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon the seed of copulation shall be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until evening.

18 And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation — they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

The woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she shall be unclean until evening.

19 And if a woman have a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood, she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days.

20 And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

All who will touch her shall be unclean until evening.

21 And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

And everything on which she sleeps or sits, in the days of her separation, shall be polluted.

22 And whoever toucheth any object that she sat upon shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever will have touched her bed shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

23 And if it be on the bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.

Anyone who will have touched any item on which she has sat shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be polluted until evening.

24 And if a man lie with her at all, and the uncleanness of her separation come upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

If a man has sexual intercourse with her in the time of her monthly flow of blood, he shall be unclean for seven days, and every bed on which he sleeps shall be polluted.

25 And if a woman have her flux of blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if she have the flux beyond the time of her separation, all the days of the flux of her uncleanness shall she be as [in] the days of her separation: she is unclean.

The woman who undergoes a flow of blood many days beyond her time of menstruation, or whose blood does not cease to flow after the menstrual blood, as long as she is subject to this affliction, she shall be unclean, just as if she were in her time of menstruation.

26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her flux shall be unto her as the bed of her separation; and every object on which she sitteth shall be unclean, according to the uncleanness of her separation.

Every bed on which she sleeps, and every item on which she sits, shall be polluted.

27 And whoever toucheth them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever will have touched these shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

28 And if she be cleansed of her flux then she shall count seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

If the blood has stopped and has ceased to flow, she shall number seven days for her purification,

29 And on the eighth day she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting.

and on the eighth day she shall offer for herself, to the priest, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

30 And the priest shall offer the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the flux of her uncleanness.

And he shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the flow of her uncleanness.

31 And ye shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.

Therefore, you shall teach the sons of Israel to be cautious of uncleanness, so that they may not die in their filth, when they will have polluted my tabernacle, which is among them.

32 This is the law for him that hath a flux, and for the one whose seed of copulation goeth from him, and who is defiled therewith:

This is the law of him who undergoes a flow of seed, or who is polluted by sexual intercourse,

33 and for a woman who is sick in her separation, and for him that hath his flux; for the man and for the woman, and for him that lieth with her that is unclean.

and of her who is separated in the time of menstruation, or who has a continual flow of blood, and of the man who sleeps with her.