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and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

"He shall offer what he can afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed.

the priest shall order them to pull out the stones with the spot on them and throw them away at an unclean place outside the city.

"Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

"So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet string.

'Every bed on which the man with the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean.

and whoever sits on the thing on which the man with the discharge has been sitting, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'Also whoever touches the man with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'Every saddle on which the man with the discharge rides becomes unclean.

'Likewise, whomever the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

'Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water and will become clean.

'As for any garment or any leather on which there is a seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.

'If a man sleeps with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'If a man actually sleeps with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,

and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who sleeps with an unclean woman.

"Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering.

"He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be wrapped about the waist with the linen sash and the linen turban wound around his forehead (these are holy garments). He shall bathe his body in water and put them on.