English Standard Version

Leviticus 15:6-20 English Standard Version (ESV)

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

13. “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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. “If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.

17. And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.

18. 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.

19. “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.

20. And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.