Laws About Bodily Discharges

Leviticus 15

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: a 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. 3 'And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge - whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. 4 'Every bed is 1 unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. 5 'And whoever b touches his bed shall c wash his clothes and d bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 6 'He who sits on anything on which he who has the e discharge sat shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 7 'And he who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 8 'If he who has the discharge f spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 9 'Any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean. 10 'Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening. He who carries any of those things shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 11 'And whomever the one who has the discharge touches, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 12 'The g vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

13 'And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then h he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water; then he shall be clean. 14 'On the eighth day he shall take for himself i two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and give them to the priest. 15 'Then the priest shall offer them, j the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. k So the priest shall make 2 atonement for him before the LORD because of his discharge.

16 l 'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening. 17 'And any garment and any leather on which there is semen, it shall be washed with water, and be unclean until evening. 18 'Also, when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they shall bathe in water, and m be unclean until evening.

19 n 'If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be 3 set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. 20 'Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean. 21 'Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 22 'And whoever touches anything that she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 23 'If anything is on her bed or on anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening. 24 'And o if any man lies with her at all, so that her impurity is on him, he shall be 4 unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

25 'If p a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her customary impurity, or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity. She shall be unclean. 26 'Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. 27 'Whoever touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 28 'But q if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 'And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 30 'Then the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a r burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the discharge of her uncleanness.

31 'Thus you shall s separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they t defile My tabernacle that is among them.

32 u 'This is the law for one who has a discharge, v and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby, 33 w 'and for her who is indisposed because of her customary impurity, and for one who has a discharge, either man x or woman, y and for him who lies with her who is unclean.' "

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:4
    Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or has a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen.
    Numbers 5:2
    Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.
    2 Samuel 3:29
    "Let it rest on the head of Joab and on all his father's house; and let there never fail to be in the house of Joab one who has a discharge or is a leper, who leans on a staff or falls by the sword, or who lacks bread."
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:2
    Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and guilty.
    Leviticus 14:46
    Moreover he who goes into the house at all while it is shut up shall be unclean until evening.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:8
    He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.
    Leviticus 14:47
    And he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:25
    Whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening:
    Leviticus 17:15
    And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:10
    Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening. He who carries any of those things shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
    Deuteronomy 23:10
    If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 12:14
    Then the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:28
    But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.
    Leviticus 11:32
    Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean.
    Leviticus 11:33
    Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean:
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:8
    He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.
    Leviticus 15:28
    But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
    Numbers 19:11
    He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.
    Numbers 19:12
    He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:22
    And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford: one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
    Leviticus 14:23
    He shall bring them to the priest on the eighth day for his cleansing, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, before the LORD.
    Leviticus 14:30
    And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he can afford -
    Leviticus 14:31
    Such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the LORD.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:30
    And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he can afford -
    Leviticus 14:31
    Such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the LORD.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:19
    Then the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall kill the burnt offering.
    Leviticus 14:31
    Such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the LORD.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:4
    Whatever man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or has a discharge, shall not eat the holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen.
    Deuteronomy 23:10
    If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.
    Deuteronomy 23:11
    But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 19:15
    And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.
    1 Samuel 21:4
    And the priest answered David and said, " There is no common bread on hand; but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women.
    1 Corinthians 6:18
    Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 12:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:19
    Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her customary impurity.
    Leviticus 20:18
    If a man lies with a woman during her sickness and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from their people.
  16. Cross References
    Matthew 9:20
    And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.
    Mark 5:25
    Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years.
    Luke 8:43
    Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:13 - 15
    And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water; then he shall be clean.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:7
    If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the LORD, for his trespass which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:47
    'to distinguish between the unclean and the cle...
    Leviticus 14:57
    "to teach when it is unclean and when it is cle...
    Leviticus 22:2
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate...
    Deuteronomy 24:8
    Take heed in an outbreak of leprosy, that you c...
    Ezekiel 44:23
    And they shall teach My people the difference b...
    Hebrews 12:15
    Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the...
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:3
    I will set My face against that man, and will c...
    Numbers 5:3
    "You shall put out both male and female; you sh...
    Numbers 19:13
    Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died...
    Numbers 19:20
    But the man who is unclean and does not purify ...
    Ezekiel 5:11
    Therefore, as I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'sure...
    Ezekiel 23:38
    Moreover they have done this to Me: They have d...
    Ezekiel 36:17
    Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in t...
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
  22. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:16
    If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening.
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:19
    If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:25
    If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her customary impurity, or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity. She shall be unclean.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:24
    And if any man lies with her at all, so that her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
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