Leviticus 15:4-9

15:4 “‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, ¹  and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. ²  15:5 Anyone who touches his bed ³  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ⁴  15:6 The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:7 The one who touches the body ⁵  of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:8 If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, ⁶  that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 15:9 Any means of riding ⁷  the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean.

[15:4]  ¹ tn Heb “All the bed which the man with a discharge sits on it shall be unclean”; cf. NLT “Any bedding.”

[15:4]  ² tn Heb “and all the vessel which he sits on it shall be unclean”; NASB “everything on which he sits.”

[15:5]  ³ tn Heb “And a man who touches in his bed”; NLT “touch the man’s bedding.”

[15:5]  ⁴ 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.).

[15:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “And the one who touches in the flesh.” In this instance, “flesh” (or “body”) probably refers literally to any part of the body, not the genitals specifically (see the discussion in J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:914).

[15:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “And if the man with a discharge spits in the clean one.”

[15:9]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term for “means of riding” is a cognate noun from the verb “ride” later in this verse. It refers to anything on which one may ride without the feet touching the ground including, for example, a saddle, a (saddle) blanket, or a seat on a chariot (see, e.g., J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:916).