Leviticus 15

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:	1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: The man who undergoes a flow of seed shall be unclean.	2 "Say to the people of Israel, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
3 And then he shall be judged subject to this fault, if a filthy fluid, at each moment, adheres to his flesh and gathers there.	3 And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped from discharge, it is uncleanness in him.
4 Every bed on which he sleeps shall be unclean, and every place where he sits.	4 Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.
5 If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	5 And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
6 If he will have sat where that man has sat, he shall also wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	6 And whoever sits on anything on which he who has the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
7 Whoever has touched his flesh shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	7 And whoever touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
8 If such a man has cast his spittle upon him who is clean, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	8 And if he who has the discharge spits on one who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
9 The saddle on which he has sat shall be unclean.	9 And any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean.
10 And whatever has been under him who has undergone a flow of seed shall be polluted until evening. Whoever carries any of these things shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	10 And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening; and he who carries such a thing shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
11 All whom such a one has touched, not having washed his hands before, shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	11 Any one whom he that has 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 If he has touched an earthen vessel, it shall be broken. But if it is a wooden vessel, it shall be washed with water.	12 And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 If he who suffers from this affliction will have been healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed his clothes and his entire body in living water, he shall be clean.	13 "And when he who has 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 running water, and shall be clean.
14 Then, on the eighth day, he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he shall advance, in the sight of the Lord, toward the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and he shall give these to the priest,	14 And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the door of the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest;
15 who shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust. And he shall pray for him before the Lord, so that he may be cleansed from the flow of his seed.	15 and the priest shall offer 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 A man from whom the seed of sexual intercourse goes out shall wash his entire body with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.	16 "And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening.
17 The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until 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 The woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she shall be unclean until 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 The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days.	19 "When a woman has a discharge of blood which is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
20 All who will touch her shall be unclean until evening.	20 And everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.
21 And everything on which she sleeps or sits, in the days of her separation, shall be polluted.	21 And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
22 Whoever will have touched her bed shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	22 And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening;
23 Anyone who will have touched any item on which she has sat shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be polluted until evening.	23 whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.
24 If a man has sexual intercourse with her in the time of her monthly flow of blood, he shall be unclean for seven days, and every bed on which he sleeps shall be polluted.	24 And if any man lies with her, and her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
25 The woman who undergoes a flow of blood many days beyond her time of menstruation, or whose blood does not cease to flow after the menstrual blood, as long as she is subject to this affliction, she shall be unclean, just as if she were in her time of menstruation.	25 "If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness; as in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.
26 Every bed on which she sleeps, and every item on which she sits, shall be polluted.	26 Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity.
27 Whoever will have touched these shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	27 And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
28 If the blood has stopped and has ceased to flow, she shall number seven days for her purification,	28 But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
29 and on the eighth day she shall offer for herself, to the priest, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.	29 And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
30 And he shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the flow of her uncleanness.	30 And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.
31 Therefore, you shall teach the sons of Israel to be cautious of uncleanness, so that they may not die in their filth, when they will have polluted my tabernacle, which is among them.	31 "Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst."
32 This is the law of him who undergoes a flow of seed, or who is polluted by sexual intercourse,	32 This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;
33 and of her who is separated in the time of menstruation, or who has a continual flow of blood, and of the man who sleeps with her.	33 also for her who is sick with her impurity; that is, for any one, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.