Leviticus 15:1-18

Unclean Discharges from the Body

15¹ God spoke to Moses and Aaron, ² "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them: When a man has a discharge from his genitals, the discharge is unclean. ³ Whether it comes from a seepage or an obstruction he is unclean. He is unclean all the days his body has a seepage or an obstruction. ⁴ "Every bed on which he lies is ritually unclean, everything on which he sits is unclean. ⁵ If someone touches his bed or sits on anything he's sat on, or touches the man with the discharge, he has to wash his clothes and bathe in water; he remains unclean until evening. ^{6  7  8} "If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person has to wash his clothes and bathe in water; he remains unclean until evening. ⁹ Every saddle on which the man with the discharge rides is unclean. ¹⁰ Whoever touches anything that has been under him becomes unclean until evening. Anyone who carries such an object must wash his clothes and bathe with water; he remains unclean until evening. ¹¹ If the one with the discharge touches someone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water; he remains unclean until evening. ¹² "If a pottery container is touched by someone with a discharge, you must break it; a wooden article is to be rinsed in water. ¹³ "When a person with a discharge is cleansed from it, he is to count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe in running water. Then he is clean. ¹⁴ On the eighth day he is to take two doves or two pigeons and come before God at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest. ¹⁵ The priest then offers one as an Absolution-Offering and one as a Whole-Burnt-Offering and makes atonement for him in the presence of God because of his discharge. ¹⁶ "When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water; he remains unclean until evening. ¹⁷ Every piece of clothing and everything made of leather which gets semen on it must be washed with water; it remains unclean until evening. ¹⁸ When a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both are to wash in water; they remain unclean until evening.