Leviticus 15 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And Jehovah will speak to Moses and to 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, When a man, a man, there shall be a flowing from his flesh, his flowing 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 this shall be his uncleanness in his flowing: his flesh running with his flowing, or his flesh sealed up from his flowing, it is his uncleanness.	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 which he flowing shall lie upon it, shall be unclean: and every vessel which he shall sit upon it, shall be unclean.	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	And a man who shall touch upon his bed, shall cleanse his garments and shall wash in water, and be unclean till 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	And he sitting upon a vessel which he flowing, shall sit upon it, shall cleanse his garments, and wash in water, and shall be unclean till the 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	And he touching upon the flesh of him flowing, shall wash his garments, and wash in water, and shall be unclean till the 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	And if he flowing shall spit upon the clean; and he washed his garments, and washed in water, and was unclean till the 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	And every seat which he flowing shall ride upon it, 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 every one touching upon any thing which shall be under him, shall be unclean till the evening: and he lifting up these things, shall wash his garments, and he washed in water, and was unclean till the 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	And every one which he flowing shall touch upon him (and washed not his hands in water), he washed his garments, and washed in water and was unclean till the 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	And the vessel of earthen which he flowing shall touch upon it, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be washed in 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	And when he flowing shall be cleansed from his flowing, and he numbered to him seven days for his cleansing, and he washed his garments and washed his flesh in living water, and was 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	And in the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two sons of the dove, and he came before Jehovah at the door of the tent of appointment, and he gave them 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	And the priest did them, one a sin and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest expiated for him before Jehovah from his flowing.	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	And a man, when the effusion of seed shall go forth from him, and he washed in water all his flesh, and was unclean till the 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	And every garment and every akin, which shall be upon it the effusion of seed, and it was washed in water, and was unclean till the 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	And a woman whom a man shall lie with her, with the effusion of seed, and they washed in water, and were unclean till the 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	And when a woman, shall be flowing, and her flowing shall be blood in her flesh, seven days shall she be in her uncleanness: and all touching upon her shall be unclean till the evening.	“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	And every thing which she shall lie upon it in her uncleanness, shall be unclean: and every thing which she shall sit upon it shall be unclean.	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 every one touching upon her bed shall wash his garments; and he washed in water and was unclean till the evening.	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	And every one touching upon any vessel which she shall sit upon it, shall wash his garments, and he washed in water and was unclean till 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	And if it is upon the bed or upon the vessel which she sat upon it, in his touching upon it he shall be unclean till the 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	And if lying down a man shall lie with her and her uncleanness shall be upon him, and he was unclean seven days: and every bed which he shall lie upon, it shall be unclean.	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	And when a woman shall flow a flowing of her blood many days out of the time of her uncleanness, or when she shall flow upon her uncleanness; all the days of the flowing from her uncleanness shall be as the days of her uncleanness: she shall be unclean.	“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 which she shall lie upon it all the days of her flowing, shall be to her as the bed of her uncleanness; and every vessel which she shall sit upon it shall be unclean, as the impurity of her uncleanness.	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	And every one touching upon them shall be unclean, and he washed his garments, and washed in water, and was unclean till the 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	And if she was cleansed from her flowing, and she numbered to her seven days, and afterward she shall be clean.	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 in the eighth day she shall take to her two turtle-doves, or two sons of the dove, and she brought them to the priest to the door of the tent of appointment.	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 the priest did the one a sin, and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest expiated for her, before Jehovah, from the flowing 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	And ye winnowed the sons of Israel from their uncleanness; and they shall not die in their uncleanness in defiling my dwelling which is in the midst of you.	“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 the law of him flowing, and of whom the effusion of seed shall go forth from him, to be defiled in it:	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 being sick in her uncleanness, and of him flowing his flowing; for the male, and for the female, and for the man who shall lie with her being unclean.	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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Leviticus 15 Parallel Bible Translations