Leviticus 15 Parallel Bible

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1	And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:	The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,	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.	“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.	“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a 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.	And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness.	Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:
4	Every bed on which he sleeps shall be unclean, and every place where he sits.	Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.	“’Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will 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.	And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till 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.	And whoever sits on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
7	Whoever has touched his flesh shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	“’Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till 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.	And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	“’If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
9	The saddle on which he has sat shall be unclean.	And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean.	“’Everything the man sits on when riding will 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.	And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till 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.	Anyone whom the one with 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.	“’Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till 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.	And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.	“’A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with 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.	“And when the one with 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 fresh water and shall be clean.	“’When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will 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,	And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the LORD to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.	On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD to the entrance to 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.	And the priest shall use 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.	The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement before the LORD for the man because of 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.	“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.	“’When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
17	The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until evening.	And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.	Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.
18	The woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she shall be unclean until evening.	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.	When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
19	The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days.	“When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.	“’When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.
20	All who will touch her shall be unclean until evening.	And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.	“’Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.
21	And everything on which she sleeps or sits, in the days of her separation, shall be polluted.	And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
22	Whoever will have touched her bed shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till 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.	Whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.	Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, they will be unclean till 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.	And if any man lies with her and her menstrual impurity comes upon him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.	“’If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will 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.	“If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual 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.	“’When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period.
26	Every bed on which she sleeps, and every item on which she sits, shall be polluted.	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 menstrual impurity.	Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period.
27	Whoever will have touched these shall wash his clothes, and having washed himself with water, he shall be unclean until evening.	And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.	Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
28	If the blood has stopped and has ceased to flow, she shall number seven days for her purification,	But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.	“’When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially 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.	And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.	On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to 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.	And the priest shall use 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.	The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the LORD for the uncleanness of her 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.	“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.”	“’You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them.’”
32	This is the law of him who undergoes a flow of seed, or who is polluted by sexual intercourse,	This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;	These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,
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.	also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.	for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.
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