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You are not to eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is unclean.
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“If a man or woman has a sore on their head or chin,
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then the man or woman must shave themselves, except for the affected area, and the priest is to keep them isolated another seven days.
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“When a man or woman has white spots on the skin,
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“A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean.
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the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.
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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean.
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“‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean.
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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.
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“‘Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
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“‘If the man with the discharge spits 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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“‘Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean,
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“‘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.
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“‘A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.
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“‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.
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The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.
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“‘When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
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When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
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“‘If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
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“‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period.
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These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,
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for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.
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The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.
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“The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.
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The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.
