Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Leviticus 15:14-31 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

14. On the eighth day he must bring either two doves or two pigeons to the front of my sacred tent and give them to a priest.

15. The priest will offer one of the birds as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me, then I will consider the man completely clean.

16. Any man who has a flow of semen must take a bath, but he still remains unclean until evening.

17. If the semen touches anything made of cloth or leather, these must be washed, but they still remain unclean until evening.

18. After having sex, both the man and the woman must take a bath, but they still remain unclean until evening.

19. When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean for seven days, and if you touch her, you must take a bath, but you remain unclean until evening.

20-23. Anything that she rests on or sits on is also unclean, and if you touch either of these, you must wash your clothes and take a bath, but you still remain unclean until evening.

24. Any man who has sex with her during this time becomes unclean for seven days, and anything he rests on is also unclean.

25. Any woman who has a flow of blood outside her regular monthly period is unclean until it stops, just as she is during her monthly period.

26. Anything that she rests on or sits on during this time is also unclean, just as it would be during her period.

27. If you touch either of these, you must wash your clothes and take a bath, but you still remain unclean until evening.

28. Seven days after the woman gets well, she will be considered clean.

29. On the eighth day, she must bring either two doves or two pigeons to the front of my sacred tent and give them to a priest.

30. He will offer one of the birds as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me; then I will consider the woman completely clean.

31. When any of you are unclean, you must stay away from the rest of the community of Israel. Otherwise, my sacred tent will become unclean, and the whole nation will die.