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Leviticus 15:2-15 God's Word Translation (GW)

2. “Tell the Israelites: If a man has a discharge from his penis, his discharge is unclean.

3. He is unclean because of the discharge from his penis. Whether it is chronic or not makes no difference; he is still unclean.

4. “The man who has a discharge makes everything he lies on or sits on unclean.

5. Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

6. Those who sit on anything he sat on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

7. Those who touch a man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

8. If a man who has a discharge spits on anyone who is clean, the person he spits on must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.

9. When a man who has a discharge sits on a saddle, it becomes unclean.

10. Those who carry such things must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

11. If a man who has a discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands, the person he touched must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.

12. When a man who has a discharge touches pottery, it must be broken, and any wooden bucket he touches must be rinsed.

13. “When a man’s discharge stops, he must wait seven days to be cleansed. He must wash his clothes and his body in fresh water. Then he will be clean.

14. On the eighth day he must take two mourning doves or two pigeons and come into the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He will give these birds to the priest.

15. The priest will sacrifice one as an offering for sin and the other as a burnt offering. So in the Lord’s presence, the priest will make peace with the Lord for the man who had a discharge.

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