⁵²He will use the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red string to make the house clean. ⁵³He will then go to an open field outside the city and let the living bird go free. This is how the priest makes the house clean and ready for service to the Lord.”

⁵⁴These are the teachings about any kind of skin disease, ⁵⁵mildew on pieces of cloth or in a house, ⁵⁶swellings, rashes, or bright spots on the skin; ⁵⁷they help people decide when things are unclean and when they are clean. These are the teachings about all these kinds of diseases.

Rules About a Person’s Body

15The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron, ²“Say to the people of Israel: ‘When a fluid comes from a person’s body, the fluid is unclean. ³It doesn’t matter if the fluid flows freely or if it is blocked from flowing; the fluid will make him unclean. This is the way the fluid makes him unclean:

⁴“ ‘If the person who discharges the body fluid lies on a bed, that bed becomes unclean, and everything he sits on becomes unclean. ⁵Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and the person will be unclean until evening.

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