Levitico 15
Nuova Riveduta 2006
Legge relativa all’impurità dell’uomo e della donna
15 (A)Il Signore disse ancora a Mosè e ad Aaronne: 2 «Parlate ai figli d’Israele e dite loro: “Chiunque ha la gonorrea, a causa di questa sua gonorrea è impuro. 3 La sua impurità sta nella sua gonorrea; sia la sua gonorrea continua o intermittente, l’impurità esiste. 4 Ogni letto sul quale si coricherà colui che ha la gonorrea sarà impuro; e ogni oggetto sul quale si metterà seduto sarà impuro. 5 Chi toccherà il suo letto si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 6 Chi si siederà sopra un oggetto qualunque sul quale si sia seduto colui che ha la gonorrea, si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 7 Chi toccherà il corpo di colui che ha la gonorrea, si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 8 Se colui che ha la gonorrea sputerà sopra uno che è puro, questi si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 9 Ogni sella su cui sarà salito chi ha la gonorrea sarà impura. 10 Chiunque toccherà qualsiasi cosa che sia stata sotto quel tale sarà impuro fino a sera. Chi porterà tali oggetti si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 11 Chiunque sarà toccato da colui che ha la gonorrea, se questi non si era lavato le mani, dovrà lavarsi le vesti, lavare se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 12 Il vaso di terra toccato da colui che ha la gonorrea sarà spezzato e ogni vaso di legno sarà lavato nell’acqua. 13 Quando colui che ha la gonorrea sarà purificato dalla sua infermità, conterà sette giorni per la sua purificazione; poi si laverà le vesti, laverà il suo corpo nell’acqua di fonte e sarà puro. 14 L’ottavo giorno prenderà due tortore o due giovani piccioni, andrà davanti al Signore all’ingresso della tenda di convegno e li darà al sacerdote. 15 Il sacerdote li offrirà: uno come sacrificio per il peccato, l’altro come olocausto; il sacerdote farà l’espiazione per lui davanti al Signore, a causa della sua gonorrea.
16 L’uomo da cui sarà uscito seme genitale si laverà tutto il corpo nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 17 Ogni veste e ogni pelle su cui sarà seme genitale si laveranno nell’acqua e saranno impuri fino a sera. 18 Se una donna avrà rapporti sessuali con un uomo affetto da tale emissione seminale, si laveranno tutti e due nell’acqua e saranno impuri fino a sera.
19 (B)Quando una donna avrà perdite di sangue per le mestruazioni, la sua impurità durerà sette giorni; e chiunque la toccherà sarà impuro fino a sera. 20 Ogni letto sul quale si sarà messa a dormire durante la sua impurità sarà impuro; e ogni mobile sul quale si sarà seduta sarà impuro. 21 Chiunque toccherà il suo letto si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 22 Chiunque toccherà qualsiasi mobile sul quale la donna si sarà seduta si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 23 Se qualche cosa si trovava sul letto o sul mobile dove la donna sedeva, chiunque tocca quella cosa sarà impuro fino a sera. 24 Se un uomo si unisce a lei così che l’impurità di questa lo tocca, egli sarà impuro sette giorni; e ogni letto sul quale si coricherà sarà impuro. 25 La donna che avrà un flusso di sangue per parecchi giorni, fuori del tempo delle sue mestruazioni, o che avrà questo flusso oltre il tempo delle sue mestruazioni, sarà impura per tutto il tempo del flusso, come durante le sue mestruazioni. 26 Ogni letto sul quale si coricherà durante tutto il tempo del suo flusso sarà per lei come il letto sul quale si corica quando ha le sue mestruazioni; ogni mobile sul quale si sederà sarà impuro, come l’impurità delle sue mestruazioni. 27 Chiunque toccherà quelle cose sarà immondo; si laverà le vesti, laverà se stesso nell’acqua e sarà impuro fino a sera. 28 Quando ella sarà purificata del suo flusso, conterà sette giorni e poi sarà pura. 29 L’ottavo giorno prenderà due tortore o due giovani piccioni e li porterà al sacerdote all’ingresso della tenda di convegno. 30 Il sacerdote ne offrirà uno come sacrificio per il peccato e l’altro come olocausto; il sacerdote farà per lei, davanti al Signore, l’espiazione del flusso che la rendeva impura”.
31 Terrete lontani i figli d’Israele da ciò che potrebbe contaminarli, affinché non muoiano a causa della loro impurità, qualora contaminassero il mio tabernacolo che è in mezzo a loro!»
32 Questa è la legge relativa a colui che ha la gonorrea e a colui dal quale è uscito seme genitale che lo rende impuro, 33 e la legge relativa a colei che è indisposta a causa delle sue mestruazioni, all’uomo o alla donna che ha un flusso, e all’uomo che si unisce a una donna impura.
Leviticus 15
King James Version
15 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue.
16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness.
31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
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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