New American Bible, Revised Edition

Leviticus 15:6-18 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

6. Whoever sits on an article on which the man with the discharge was sitting shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

7. Whoever touches the body of the man with the discharge shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

8. If the man with the discharge spits on a clean person, the latter shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

9. Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides is unclean.

10. Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening; whoever carries any such thing shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

11. Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches with his unrinsed hands shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

12. Earthenware touched by the man with the discharge shall be broken; and every wooden article shall be rinsed with water.

13. When a man with a discharge becomes clean of his discharge, he shall count seven days for his purification. Then he shall wash his garments and bathe his body in fresh water, and so he will be clean.

14. On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, and going before the Lord, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, he shall give them to the priest,

15. who shall offer them up, the one as a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering. Thus shall the priest make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.

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

17. Any piece of cloth or leather with semen on it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.

18. If a man has sexual relations with a woman, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.