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"This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his cleansing."

"Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

"Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

'This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge.

'Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;

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 person 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.

'Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and he who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

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

'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.

and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD because of his discharge.

'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.

'Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'Whoever touches any thing on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

'Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

"He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be girded with the linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments). Then he shall bathe his body in water and put them on.

"Then Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household.

"Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.

"Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.