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Leviticus 15
Het Boek
Leviticus 15
Het Boek
Reiniging van mannen en vrouwen
15 De Here droeg Mozes en Aäron op het volk de volgende verordening door te geven: 2 ‘Iedere man die aan een geslachtsziekte lijdt, is onrein, 3 zowel wanneer hij afscheiding heeft als wanneer het verstopt zit. 4 Elk bed waarop hij ligt en elke stoel waarop hij zit, is onrein. 5 Ieder die zijn bed aanraakt, is onrein tot de avond en moet zijn kleren wassen en zich baden. 6 Ieder die op een stoel zit waarop de onreine man heeft gezeten, wordt zelf ook onrein tot de avond en moet zijn kleren wassen en zich baden. 7 Hetzelfde geldt voor allen die hem aanraken. 8 Ieder op wie hij spuugt, is onrein tot de avond en moet zijn kleren wassen en zich baden. 9 Het zadel waarop hij rijdt, is onrein. 10 Ieder die iets aanraakt of draagt dat onder hem is geweest, is tot de avond onrein en moet zijn kleren wassen en zich baden. 11 Als de onreine man iemand aanraakt zonder eerst zijn handen met water te hebben afgespoeld, moet die persoon zijn kleren wassen en zich baden. Hij is tot de avond onrein. 12 Elke aarden pot die de onreine man aanraakt, moet worden stukgeslagen en elk houten voorwerp moet na zijn aanraking met water worden afgespoeld. 13 Als de zieke geneest en de vloeiing stopt, moet hij beginnen met een zevendaagse reinigingsceremonie door zijn kleren te wassen en zich in stromend water te baden. 14 De achtste dag zal hij twee jonge duiven of tortelduiven nemen en voor de Here verschijnen bij de ingang van de tabernakel en de duiven aan de priester geven. 15 De priester zal ze offeren, de ene als zondoffer, de andere als brandoffer, zo zal de priester tegenover de Here verzoening doen voor de man wegens zijn ziekte.
16 Als een man een zaadlozing heeft gehad, moet hij zich helemaal baden en zal hij onrein zijn tot de avond. 17 Kledingstukken en beddengoed waarop het zaad terecht is gekomen, moeten worden gewassen en zullen tot de avond onrein zijn. 18 Na de geslachtsgemeenschap moeten zowel de man als de vrouw zich baden. Zij blijven tot de volgende morgen onrein.
19 Wanneer een vrouw menstrueert, is zij voor een periode van zeven dagen onrein. In die zeven dagen is iedereen die haar aanraakt, tot de avond onrein. 20 Alles waarop zij in die periode ligt of zit, zal onrein zijn. 21-23 Ieder die haar bed of iets waarop zij heeft gezeten aanraakt, moet zijn kleren wassen en zich baden en zal tot de avond onrein zijn. 24 Een man die in deze periode naast haar ligt, zal onrein zijn omdat haar onreinheid op hem komt. Zeven dagen zal hij onrein zijn en elk bed waarop hij ligt, zal ook onrein zijn.
25 Deze regel geldt ook als de menstruatiebloeding langer duurt dan normaal of onregelmatig is. 26 Alles waarop zij ligt, zal onrein zijn net als tijdens haar normale menstruatie. Alles waarop zij zit, is ook onrein. 27 Ieder die haar bed of iets waarop zij heeft gezeten aanraakt, is onrein. Hij moet zijn kleren wassen en zich baden en hij blijft tot de avond onrein. 28 Zeven dagen na het beëindigen van de menstruatie zal zij weer rein zijn. 29 De achtste dag moet zij twee jonge duiven of tortelduiven nemen en die bij de priester aan de ingang van de tabernakel brengen. 30 De priester zal de ene als zondoffer en de andere als brandoffer offeren om verzoening voor haar te doen tegenover de Here voor haar onreinheid tijdens de menstruatie. 31 Zo moet u de Israëlieten van hun onreinheid zuiveren. Anders zouden zij sterven als zij mijn tabernakel, die in hun midden staat, onrein betreden.’
32,33 Dit is de wet voor de man die onrein is door een geslachtsziekte of een zaadlozing, voor de menstruatie van een vrouw en voor iedereen die geslachtsgemeenschap met haar heeft in de tijd van haar onreinheid.
Leviticus 15
New International Version
Leviticus 15
New International Version
Discharges Causing Uncleanness
15 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 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) 14 On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons(M) and come before the Lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering[a](N) and the other for a burnt offering.(O) In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.(P)
16 “‘When a man has an emission of semen,(Q) he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.(R) 17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. 18 When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen,(S) both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
19 “‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period(T) will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.
20 “‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.(U) 22 Anyone who touches anything she sits on will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, they will be unclean till evening.
24 “‘If a man has sexual relations with her and her monthly flow(V) touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
25 “‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period(W) 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. 26 Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. 27 Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
28 “‘When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean. 29 On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons(X) and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 30 The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge.(Y)
31 “‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,[b](Z) which is among them.’”
32 These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,(AA) 33 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.(AB)
Footnotes
- Leviticus 15:15 Or purification offering; also in verse 30
- Leviticus 15:31 Or my tabernacle
Leviticus 15
English Standard Version
Leviticus 15
English Standard Version
Laws About Bodily Discharges
15 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, (A)When any man has a discharge from his body,[a] his discharge is unclean. 3 And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. 5 And anyone who touches his bed (B)shall wash his clothes and (C)bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 6 And whoever sits on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 7 And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 8 And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 9 And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean. 10 And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 11 Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 12 And an (D)earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 “And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then (E)he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes. And he shall bathe his body in fresh water and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take two (F)turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15 And the priest shall use them, (G)one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. (H)And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.
16 (I)“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening. 17 And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening. 18 If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and (J)be unclean until the evening.
19 “When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. 20 (K)And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean. 21 And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 22 And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening. 24 And (L)if any man lies with her and her menstrual impurity comes upon him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
25 “If (M)a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness. As in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity. And everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity. 27 And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 28 But (N)if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take two (O)turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 30 And the priest shall use one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge.
31 “Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by (P)defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”
32 This is the law (Q)for him who has a discharge and (R)for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby; 33 (S)also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, (T)male or (U)female, who has a discharge, and for the (V)man who lies with a woman who is unclean.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 15:2 Hebrew flesh; also verse 3
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