52 He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn. 53 Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields(A) outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.(B)

54 These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease,(C) for a sore, 55 for defiling molds(D) in fabric or in a house, 56 and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot,(E) 57 to determine when something is clean or unclean.

These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.(F)

Discharges Causing Uncleanness

15 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge,(G) such a discharge is unclean. Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:

“‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean. Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes(H) and bathe with water,(I) and they will be unclean till evening.(J)

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