1Herren befalede Moses og Aron at give Israels folk følgende instrukser:2„Hvis en mand har udflåd fra sit kønsorgan, gør det ham uren.3Det gælder, hvad enten udflåddet varer ved eller er kortvarigt.4Alt, hvad han har ligget eller siddet på, skal regnes for urent,5-6og enhver, som kommer i berøring med noget, han har ligget eller siddet på, er uren indtil aften og må sørge for at bade sig og vaske sit tøj.7-8De samme regler gælder, hvis nogen kommer i fysisk berøring med manden, eller hvis manden kommer til at spytte på nogen.9Hvis manden har siddet i en sadel, er sadlen uren,10ja, hvad som helst, han har haft under sig, skal regnes for urent, og de, som rører derved, skal vaske deres tøj og bade, og de er så urene indtil aften.11Hvis den urene mand rører ved en anden person uden først at have vasket hænder, er den anden person uren indtil aften og må vaske sit tøj og bade.12Hvis den urene mand rører ved en lerkrukke, skal den knuses, og et redskab af træ, som han har været i berøring med, skal renses med vand.13Når udflåddet er ophørt, skal han tælle syv dage frem og derefter vaske sit tøj og vaske sig grundigt i rent kildevand.14På den ottende dag skal han tage to turtelduer eller to unge duer og komme frem for Herren ved åbenbaringsteltets indgang. Så skal han overrække offergaverne til præsten,15og præsten skal ofre den ene due som syndoffer, og den anden som brændoffer og således skaffe soning for manden hos Herren.16Når en mand har haft sædafgang, skal han vaske hele sin krop og regnes for uren indtil aften,17og det tøj eller lagen, som sæden eventuelt har dryppet på, skal straks vaskes og regnes for urent indtil aften.18Hvis en mand ligger sammen med sin kone, når det sker, skal hun også vaske sig og regnes for uren indtil aften.19Når en kvinde menstruerer, skal hun regnes for uren i syv dage, og enhver, der rører hende i den periode, skal regnes for uren indtil aften.20Også alt, hvad hun ligger på eller sidder på i den periode, skal regnes for urent.21-23Og rører nogen ved sengen eller noget, hun har siddet på, skal den person vaske sit tøj og bade og regnes for uren indtil aften.24Hvis en mand ligger sammen med sin kone og kommer i kontakt med hendes menstruationsblod, skal han også regnes for uren i syv dage, og en hvilken som helst seng, han ligger på i de syv dage, skal regnes for uren.25Hvis menstruationen fortsætter ud over den normale tid, eller hvis kvinden bløder uden for den månedlige periode, gælder samme regler som nævnt ovenfor:26Det, hun ligger på eller sidder på, skal regnes for urent.27Det gælder på samme måde, at enhver, som kommer i berøring med noget, hun har siddet på, er uren. Vedkommende skal bade, vaske sit tøj og regnes for uren indtil aften.28Men syv dage efter at hendes blødning er standset, skal hun ikke længere regnes for uren.29På den ottende dag skal hun tage to turtelduer eller to unge duer og bringe dem til præsten ved indgangen til åbenbaringsteltet,30og præsten skal ofre den ene due som syndoffer og den anden som brændoffer. På den måde skal han skaffe soning for hende hos Herren efter hendes blødning.31Det er retningslinierne for, hvordan I skal rense Israels folk for urenhed, så de undgår at besmitte min bolig iblandt dem.”32Sådan skal I udføre renselsesceremonien for en mand med udflåd eller sædafgang,33for en kvinde, der menstruerer, eller en mand, der har ligget hos hende i den periode, hvor hun regnes for uren.
1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body,[1] his discharge is unclean. (3.Mos 22,4; 4.Mos 5,2; 2.Sam 3,29)3And 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.4Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.5And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. (3.Mos 11,25; 3.Mos 16,26; 3.Mos 17,15)6And 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.7And 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.8And 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.9And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean.10And 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.11Anyone 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.12And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. (3.Mos 6,28; 3.Mos 11,32)13“And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then 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. (3.Mos 14,8; 3.Mos 15,28)14And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. (3.Mos 12,8)15And the priest shall use them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge. (3.Mos 4,26; 3.Mos 14,30; 3.Mos 15,30)16“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening. (3.Mos 22,4; 5.Mos 23,10)17And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.18If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening. (1.Sam 21,4)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.20And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean. (3.Mos 15,4)21And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.22And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.23Whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.24And 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. (3.Mos 18,19; 3.Mos 20,18)25“If 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. (Matt 9,20; Mark 5,25; Luk 8,43)26Every 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.27And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.28But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. (3.Mos 15,13)29And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. (3.Mos 12,8)30And 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 defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.” (4.Mos 5,3; 4.Mos 19,13; 4.Mos 19,20; Ez 5,11; Ez 23,38)32This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby; (3.Mos 15,2; 3.Mos 15,16)33also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean. (3.Mos 15,19; 3.Mos 15,24; 3.Mos 15,25; 3.Mos 15,32)