Leviticus 15

Revised Geneva Translation

15 Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever has a discharge from his flesh is unclean because of his discharge.

³ ‘And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: either his flesh runs with his discharge or he has a blockage from his issue. This is his uncleanness.

⁴ ‘Every bed upon which he lies that has the issue shall be unclean. And everything upon which he sits shall be unclean.

⁵ ‘Also, whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and wash himself in water and shall be unclean until the evening.

⁶ ‘And he who sits on anything upon which he sat who has the issue shall wash his clothes and wash himself in water and shall be unclean until the evening.

⁷ ‘Also, he who touches the flesh of him who has the issue shall wash his clothes and wash himself in water and shall be unclean until the evening.

⁸ ‘If he who has the issue also spits upon him who is clean, he shall wash his clothes and wash himself in water and shall be unclean until the evening.

⁹ ‘And whatever saddle he rides upon that has the issue shall be unclean.

¹⁰ ‘And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And he who bears those things shall wash his clothes and wash himself in water and shall be unclean until the evening.

¹¹ ‘Likewise, whomever he touches who has the issue (and has not washed his hands in water) shall wash his clothes and wash himself in water and shall be unclean until the evening.

¹² ‘And the vessel of earth that he touches, which has the issue, shall be broken. And every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

¹³ ‘But if he who has an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall count seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in pure water. So shall he be clean.

¹⁴ ‘Then on the eighth day, he shall take to him two turtledoves (or two young pigeons) and come before the LORD, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall give them to the Priest.

¹⁵ ‘And the Priest shall make a Sin Offering of one of them, and of the other a Burnt Offering. So, the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.

¹⁶ ‘Also, if any man’s issue of seed departs from him, he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.

¹⁷ ‘And every garment, and every skin whereupon issue of seed shall be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.

¹⁸ ‘If he who has an issue of seed lies with a woman, they shall both wash themselves with water, and be unclean until the evening.

¹⁹ ‘Also, when a woman shall have a discharge, and her issue in her flesh shall be blood, she shall be isolated for seven days. And whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.

²⁰ ‘And whatever she lies upon in her impurity shall be unclean. And everything that she sits upon shall be unclean.

²¹ ‘Also, whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

²² ‘And whoever touches anything that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and wash himself in water, and shall be unclean until the evening,

²³ ‘so that whether he touches her bed or anything upon which she sat, he shall be unclean until the evening.

²⁴ ‘And if a man lies with her, and her impurity touches him, he shall be unclean for seven days. And all the whole bed upon which he lies shall be unclean.

²⁵ ‘Also, when a woman’s discharge of blood runs for a long time in addition to the time of her impurity (that is, when she has a discharge longer than her impurity), all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness she shall be unclean, as in the time of her impurity.

²⁶ ‘Every bed upon which she lies (as long as her discharge lasts) shall be to her as the bed of her impurity. And whatever she sits upon shall be unclean, as her uncleanness when she is isolated.

²⁷ ‘And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and wash himself in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

²⁸ ‘But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count seven days. And afterward, she shall be clean.

²⁹ ‘And on the eighth day, she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the Priest at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

³⁰ ‘And the Priest shall make a Sin Offering of the one, and of the other a Burnt Offering. And the Priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD, for the issue of her uncleanness.

³¹ ‘Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness if they defile My Tabernacle that is among them.

³² ‘This is the Law of him who has a discharge, and of him from whom goes a discharge of seed by which he is defiled,

³³ ‘and of she who is ill from her impurity, and of he who has a running discharge, whether it be man or woman, and of he who lies with her who is unclean.’”