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Leviticus 15:14-26 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

14. On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, and going before the Lord, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, he shall give them to the priest,

15. who shall offer them up, the one as a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering. Thus shall the priest make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.

16. When a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until evening.

17. Any piece of cloth or leather with semen on it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.

18. If a man has sexual relations with a woman, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

19. When a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she shall be in a state of menstrual uncleanness for seven days. Anyone who touches her shall be unclean until evening.

20. Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstrual period shall be unclean.

21. Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

22. Whoever touches any article on which she was sitting shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

23. Whether an object is on the bed or on something she sat upon, when the person touches it, that person shall be unclean until evening.

24. If a man lies with her, he contracts her menstrual uncleanness and shall be unclean for seven days; every bed on which he then lies also becomes unclean.

25. When a woman has a flow of blood for several days outside her menstrual period, or when her flow continues beyond the ordinary period, as long as she suffers this unclean flow she shall be unclean, just as during her menstrual period.

26. Any bed on which she lies during such a flow becomes unclean, as it would during her menstrual period, and any article on which she sits becomes unclean just as during her menstrual period.

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