² “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge,^(A) such a discharge is unclean. ³ 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 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean. ⁵ Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes^(B) and bathe with water,^(C) and they will be unclean till evening.^{(D) 6} 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 touches the man^(E) who has a discharge^(F) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

⁸ “‘If the man with the discharge spits^(G) on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

⁹ “‘Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean, ¹⁰ and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things^(H) must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

¹¹ “‘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 “‘A clay pot^(I) that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article^(J) is to be rinsed with water.

¹³ “‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days^(K) for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.^(L)

¹⁵ “‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything^(A) found dead or torn by wild animals^(B) must wash their clothes and bathe with water,^(C) and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening;^(D) then they will be clean.

⁴ “‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease^[a] or a bodily discharge,^(A) he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse^(B) or by anyone who has an emission of semen, ⁵ or if he touches any crawling thing^(C) that makes him unclean, or any person^(D) who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. ⁶ The one who touches any such thing will be unclean^(E) till evening.^(F) He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.^{(G) 7} When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.^(H)

⁷ After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water.^(A) He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening. ⁸ The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.

⁹ “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer^(B) and put them in a ceremonially clean place^(C) outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing;^(D) it is for purification from sin.^{(E) 10} The man who gathers up^(F) the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening.^(G) This will be a lasting ordinance^(H) both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.^(I)

¹¹ “Whoever touches a human corpse^(J) will be unclean for seven days.^{(K) 12} They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day;^(L) then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.^(M)

²¹ This is a lasting ordinance^(A) for them.

“The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening.