Leviticus 5:3

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Leviticus 5:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 “If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.

2 Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.

3 Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.

4 Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.

5 If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

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Leviticus 12:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 12:2

“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

Leviticus 12:3

And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

Leviticus 12:4

The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.

Leviticus 12:5

If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

Leviticus 12:6

When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

Leviticus 12:7

And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.

Leviticus 12:8

But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

Leviticus 15:1

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Leviticus 15:2

“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.

Leviticus 15:3

This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

Leviticus 15:4

Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:6

Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:7

Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:8

If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:9

Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.

Leviticus 15:10

Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:11

If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:12

Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

Leviticus 15:13

When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.

Leviticus 15:14

On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.

Leviticus 15:15

The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

Leviticus 15:16

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:17

Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:19

When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:20

Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,

Leviticus 15:21

and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:22

Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:23

And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:24

If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.

Leviticus 15:25

When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.

Leviticus 15:26

Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.

Leviticus 15:27

Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:28

When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.

Leviticus 15:29

On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 15:30

The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

Leviticus 15:31

You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

Leviticus 15:32

This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

Leviticus 15:33

of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

Leviticus 22:4

If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,

Leviticus 22:5

or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—

Leviticus 22:6

the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

Numbers 19:11

Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:12

He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.

Numbers 19:13

Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

Numbers 19:14

This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

Numbers 19:15

and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

Numbers 19:16

Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.