Leviticus 15

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and said:	1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 'Speak to the Israelites and say to them: "When a man has a discharge from his body, that dischargeis unclean.	2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The man that hath an issue of seed, shall be unclean.
3 While the discharge continues, the nature of his uncleanness is as fol ows: "Whether his body al owsthe discharge to flow or whether it retains it, he is unclean.	3 And then shall he be judged subject to this evil, when a filthy humour, at every moment, cleaveth to his flesh, and gathereth there.
4 "Any bed the man lies on and anything he sits on wil be unclean.	4 Every bed on which he sleepeth, shall be unclean, and every place on which he sitteth.
5 "Anyone who touches his bed must wash clothing and body and will be unclean until evening.	5 If ally man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
6 "Anyone who sits where the man has sat must wash clothing and body and will be unclean untilevening.	6 If a man sit where that man hath sitten, he also shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
7 "Anyone who touches the body of the man with the discharge must wash clothing and body and wil beunclean until evening.	7 He that toucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes: and being himself washed with water shall be unclean until the evening.
8 "If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must wash clothing andbody and wil be unclean until evening.	8 If such a man cast his spittle upon him that is clean, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
9 "Any saddle the man has ridden on wil be unclean.	9 The saddle on which he hath sitten shall be unclean.
10 "Al those who touch any object that has been under him wil be unclean until evening. "Anyone whopicks up such an object must wash clothing and body and wil be unclean until evening.	10 And whatsoever has been under him that hath the issue of seed, shall be unclean until the evening. He that carrieth any of these things, shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
11 "Al those whom the man with the discharge touches without having washed his hands must washclothing and body and wil be unclean until evening.	11 Every person whom such a one shall touch, not having washed his hands before, shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
12 "The earthenware vessel he touches must be broken and any wooden utensil must be rinsed.	12 If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be broken: but if a vessel of wood, if shall be washed with water.
13 "Once the man with the discharge is cured, he will al ow seven days for his purification. He wil washhis clothes and wash his body in running water and he wil be clean.	13 If he who suffereth this disease be healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed his clothes, and all his body in living water, he shall be clean.
14 On the eighth day he wil take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before Yahweh at theentrance to the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest.	14 And on the eighth day he shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, and he shall come before the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall give them to the priest:
15 The priest wil offer one of them as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a burnt offering. And in this waythe priest wil perform the rite of expiation for him before Yahweh for his discharge.	15 Who shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust: and he shall pray for him before the Lord, that he may be cleansed of the issue of his seed.
16 "When a man has a seminal discharge, he must wash his whole body with water and wil be uncleanuntil evening.	16 The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.
17 Any clothing or leather touched by the seminal discharge must be washed and wil be unclean untilevening.	17 The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until the evening.
18 When a woman has had intercourse with a man, both of them must wash and wil be unclean untilevening.	18 The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
19 "Whenever a woman has a discharge and the discharge from her body is of blood, she wil remain ina state of menstrual pol ution for seven days. "Anyone who touches her wil be unclean until evening.	19 The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days.
20 "Anything she lies on in this pol uted state will be unclean; anything she sits on wil be unclean.	20 Every one that toucheth her, shall be unclean until the evening.
21 "Anyone who touches her bed must wash clothing and body and wil be unclean until evening.	21 And every thing that she sleepeth on, or that she sitteth on in the days of her separation, shall be defiled.
22 "Anyone who touches anything she has sat on must wash clothing and body and will be unclean untilevening.	22 He that toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes: and being himself washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
23 If there is anything on the bed or where she is sitting, anyone who touches it wil be unclean untilevening.	23 Whosoever shall touch any vessel on which she sitteth, shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be defiled until the evening.
24 "If a man goes so far as to sleep with her, he wil contract her menstrual pollution and will be uncleanfor seven days. Any bed he lies on wil be unclean.	24 If a man copulateth with her in the time of her flowers, he shall be unclean seven days: and every bed on which he shall sleep shall be defiled.
25 "If a woman has a prolonged discharge of blood outside the period, or if the period is prolonged,during the time this discharge lasts she wil be in the same state of uncleanness as during her monthly periods.	25 The woman that hath an issue of blood many days out of her ordinary time, or that ceaseth not to flow after the monthly courses, as long as she is subject to this disease, shall be unclean, in the same manner as if she were in her flowers.
26 Any bed she lies on during the time this discharge lasts will be pol uted in the same way as the bedshe lies on during her monthly periods. Anything she sits on wil be unclean as during her monthly periods.	26 Every bed on which she sleepeth, and every vessel on which she sitteth, shall be defiled.
27 Anyone who touches it wil be unclean and must wash clothing and body and will be unclean untilevening.	27 Whosoever toucheth them shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
28 "Once she is cured of her discharge, she will allow seven days to go by; after that she will be clean.	28 If the blood stop and cease to run, she shall count seven days of her purification:
29 On the eighth day she wil take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest atthe entrance to the Tent of Meeting.	29 And on the eighth day she shall offer for herself to the priest, two turtles, or two young pigeons, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony:
30 The priest wil offer one of them as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a burnt offering. And in this waythe priest wil perform the rite of expiation for her before Yahweh for the discharge which made her unclean.	30 And he shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the issue of her uncleanness.
31 "Hence you will warn the Israelites against contracting a state of uncleanness, rather than incurringdeath by defiling my Dwel ing which is among them.	31 You shall teach therefore the children of Israel to take heed of uncleanness, that they may not die in their filth, when they shall have defiled my tabernacle that is among them.
32 "Such is the law governing a man with a discharge or who is made unclean by a seminal discharge,	32 This is the law of him that hath the issue of seed, and that is defiled by copulation.
33 a woman in a state of pol ution due to menstruation, a man or a woman with a discharge, or a manwho sleeps with a woman when she is unclean." '	33 And of the woman that is separated in her monthly times, or that hath a continual issue of blood, and of the man that sleepeth with her.