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The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. The one who touches the body[a] of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean,[b] that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 15:7 tn Heb “And the one who touches in the flesh.” In this instance, “flesh” (or “body”) probably refers literally to any part of the body, not the genitals specifically (see the discussion in J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:914).
  2. Leviticus 15:8 tn Heb “And if the man with a discharge spits in the clean one.”

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.

“‘Whoever touches the man(A) who has a discharge(B) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

“‘If the man with the discharge spits(C) on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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