CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 15 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Leviticus 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/14.htm" title="Leviticus 14">◄</a> Leviticus 15 <a href="../leviticus/16.htm" title="Leviticus 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/leviticus/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Regulations Concerning Discharges</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD told Moses and Aaron, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Tell the Israelis that when a man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and this is the cause of his uncleanness—his discharge. Whether his body is releasing the discharge or his body has stopped the discharge, he’s unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Every bed on which he lies down with the discharge is to be considered unclean, and every object on which he sits becomes unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Any person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:5 Lit. man.">a</a></span> who touches his bed is to wash his garments and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Whoever sits on any object on which the one with the discharge has sat is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Whoever touches the body of someone with a discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Whoever has a discharge and spits on someone who is clean, then he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Any saddle that anyone with a discharge rides on will become unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening. Whoever carries these things is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The earthen vessel that the person with the discharge touches is to be broken in pieces, and every wooden vessel is to be rinsed with water.”</p> <p class="heading">On Cleansing from Discharges</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“When the one with the discharge is cleansed from his discharge, then he is to set aside for himself seven days for his cleansing. He is to wash his clothes and bathe with flowing water. Then he will be clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>On the eighth day, he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young doves, bring them to the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the priest is to offer them—one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. That’s how the priest will make atonement for him in the LORD’s presence regarding his discharge.”</p> <p class="heading">On Seminal Emissions</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“If a man has a seminal emission, he is to bathe his entire body with water and remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Every garment (including leather) on which the semen is found is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When a man has sexual relations with a woman and the man releases semen, both are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.”</p> <p class="heading">On Menstrual Discharges</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“When a woman has a discharge,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:19 Or flow">b</a></span> and the blood is her monthly menstrual discharge<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:19 The Heb. lacks monthly menstrual">c</a></span> from her body, then for seven days she is to remain in her menstrual uncleanness. Whoever touches her will remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Everything that she sleeps on during her uncleanness will be unclean. Moreover, everything that she sits on will become unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Anyone who touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Anyone who touches any of the objects on which she has sat is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Any bed or other object on which she sat that he touches will make him unclean until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When a man has sexual relations with her and her menstrual uncleanness touches him, he will be unclean for seven days. Every bed where he sleeps will remain unclean.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“When a woman has a continuous discharge of blood many days beyond the time of her menstrual uncleanness, or if she has a discharge that lasts beyond the days of her menstrual uncleanness, her uncleanness is to be treated like the days of her menstruation—she’s unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Every bed on which she sleeps the whole time she has the discharge will be her own unclean bed, so that every object on which she sits becomes unclean like her menstrual uncleanness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Whoever touches them will become unclean. He is to wash his clothes and bathe with water and he will remain unclean until evening.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“If she becomes clean with her discharge, then she is to count for herself seven days, after which she becomes clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>On the eighth day, she is to take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then the priest is to offer one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. This is how the priest will make atonement in the LORD’s presence for her regarding her unclean discharge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“So separate the Israelis from their uncleanness so that they won’t die in their uncleanness if they defile my tent that is in their midst. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>These are the regulations for one whose discharge of semen causes him to become unclean because of it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>for her whose menstruation causes her to become ill,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:33 Lit. who is unwell due to menstrual uncleanness">d</a></span> for anyone who has a discharge (whether male or female), and for the man who has sexual relations<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:33 Lit. who sleeps; or who lays down">e</a></span> with one who is unclean.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 15:5 Lit.<i> man.</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 15:19 Or <i>flow</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 15:19 The Heb. lacks <i>monthly menstrual</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 15:33 Lit. <i>who is unwell due to menstrual uncleanness</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 15:33 Lit. <i>who sleeps</i>; or <i>who lays down</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/leviticus/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>