Leviticus 15:5

15:5 Anyone who touches his bed ¹  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ² 

Leviticus 15:8

15:8 If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, ³  that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Psalms 26:6

26:6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, ⁴ 

so I can appear before your altar, ⁵  O Lord,

James 4:8

4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. ⁶ 

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 if the man with a discharge spits in the clean one.”

⁴ tn Heb “I wash my hands in innocence.” The psalmist uses an image from cultic ritual to picture his moral lifestyle. The imperfect verbal emphasizes that this is his habit.

⁵ tn Heb “so I can go around your altar” (probably in ritual procession). Following the imperfect of the preceding line, the cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

⁶ tn Or “two-minded” (the same description used in 1:8).