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Discharges Causing Uncleanness
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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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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Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:
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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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“‘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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“‘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 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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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.
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“‘When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
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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.
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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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“‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,
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“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.
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Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it.
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As no one has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has power over the time of their death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
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But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
