Discovery BoxLeviticus 15:5 
Context15:5 Anyone who touches his bed 1 must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 2
Leviticus 15:16-17
Context15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, 3 he must bathe his whole body in water 4 and be unclean until evening, 15:17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:19-21
Context15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge 5 and her discharge is blood from her body, 6 she is to be in her menstruation 7 seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 15:20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 15:21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
1 tn Heb “And a man who touches in his bed”; NLT “touch the man’s bedding.”
2 tn Heb “he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening” (cf. also vv. 6-8, 10-11, etc.).
3 tn Heb “And a man when a lying of seed goes out from him”; KJV, ASV “any man’s seed of copulation”; NIV, NRSV, TEV, NLT “an emission of semen.”
4 tn Heb “and he shall bathe all his flesh in water.”
5 tn See the note on Lev 15:2 above.
6 tn Heb “blood shall be her discharge in her flesh.” The term “flesh” here refers euphemistically to the female sexual area (cf. the note on v. 2 above).
7 tn See the note on Lev 12:2 and R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:925-27.
