emphasized by the responsibility of the priest for examining persons and declaring them clean or unclean. The second category, translated “discharge,” refers in this context to any irregular discharge from the genitals. In the case of females, anything beyond the usual period of menstruation is meant (Lev. 15:25). As is clear from the more elaborate form of this regulation in Lev. 15, even indirect contact with such a person by touching personal effects such as bedding or clothing or saddles or pottery