זֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה לְכָל־נֶ֥גַע הַצָּרַ֖עַת וְלַנָּֽתֶק׃

This is the law for any leprous mark, which appears primarily on the skin, and for a scall, leprosy of the head or the beard;

וּלְצָרַ֥עַת הַבֶּ֖גֶד וְלַבָּֽיִת׃

and for leprosy of the garment, and of the house;

וְלַשְׂאֵ֥ת וְלַסַּפַּ֖חַת וְלַבֶּהָֽרֶת׃

and for the following marks specifically: for the spot, and for the scab, and for the bright spot.

לְהוֹרֹ֕ת בְּי֥וֹם הַטָּמֵ֖א וּבְי֣וֹם הַטָּהֹ֑ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַצָּרָֽעַת׃ (ס)

To teach on which day it is impure, when one must declare the afflicted house impure, and on which day it is pure; this is the law of leprosy.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃

The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

דַּבְּרוּ֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֣ישׁ אִ֗ישׁ כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ זָ֣ב מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ זוֹב֖וֹ טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: Any man, when he has a discharge from his flesh, the member, his discharge is impure.

וְזֹ֛את תִּהְיֶ֥ה טֻמְאָת֖וֹ בְּזוֹב֑וֹ רָ֣ר בְּשָׂר֞וֹ אֶת־זוֹב֗וֹ אֽוֹ־הֶחְתִּ֤ים בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ מִזּוֹב֔וֹ טֻמְאָת֖וֹ הִֽוא׃

This shall be his impurity with his discharge: Whether his flesh, member, emits his discharge of fluid, or his flesh is blocked from his discharge, due to the fact that the discharge is thick and blocks the orifice, either way it is his impurity.

כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו הַזָּ֖ב יִטְמָ֑א וְכָֽל־הַכְּלִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־יֵשֵׁ֥ב עָלָ֖יו יִטְמָֽא׃

Any bedding or article of furniture designed for reclining, on which the one who has a discharge lies, shall be impure; and any item on which he sits, any object fashioned for sitting, shall be impure. In other words, any object designed for reclining, e.g., a bed or chair, is rendered impure by the use of the one who had the discharge, even if he did not touch the object with an exposed part of his body.

וְאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִגַּ֖ע בְּמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

A man who will touch his bedding shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he is impure until the evening. The seats and bedding rendered impure by a zav have a severe level of impurity; in the terminology of the Sages, they are referred to as a primary source of ritual impurity. Like the zav himself, they transmit impurity to people with whom they come in contact and to the garments those people are wearing at the time.

וְהַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַֽל־הַכְּלִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־יֵשֵׁ֥ב עָלָ֖יו הַזָּ֑ב יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Furthermore, one who sits on an article on which the one who has a discharge sat, even if neither he nor the zav touched it directly with an exposed part of the body, he too shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he is impure until the evening.

וְהַנֹּגֵ֖עַ בִּבְשַׂ֣ר הַזָּ֑ב יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

In addition to the impurity of vessels and items upon which the zav has leaned, there is also the impurity of his own body: One who touches the flesh, any part of the body, of the one who has a discharge shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he is impure until the evening.

וְכִֽי־יָרֹ֛ק הַזָּ֖ב בַּטָּה֑וֹר וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

If the one who has a discharge shall spit on one who is pure, that individual who was pure shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he is impure until the evening. Not only does the discharge of the zav itself, and his body, transmit impurity, but his spittle is also impure and imparts impurity. This category includes other emissions, the so-called founts of a zav , in the terminology of the Sages, which also render one who touches them ritually impure.

וְכָל־הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו הַזָּ֖ב יִטְמָֽא׃

Any saddle on which the one who has a discharge shall ride shall be impure. Similar to items used for lying and sitting, articles on which a zav rides, such as a saddle, are rendered impure even without direct contact with his body.

וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֗עַ בְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִהְיֶ֣ה תַחְתָּ֔יו יִטְמָ֖א עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְהַנּוֹשֵׂ֣א אוֹתָ֔ם יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Anyone who touches any item that was underneath him, the zav , such as the aforementioned articles used for bedding, sitting, and riding, shall be impure until the evening, as stated above. The verse adds: And one who carries them, one of these articles, even if he does not touch it, shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he is impure until the evening. The two ways in which one can contract this impurity are direct contact with one of those objects upon which the zav leaned, or by carrying and leaning without direct contact, e.g., the sitting mentioned in verse 6.

וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִגַּע־בּוֹ֙ הַזָּ֔ב וְיָדָ֖יו לֹא־שָׁטַ֣ף בַּמָּ֑יִם וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Anyone whom the one who has a discharge shall touch when he, the zav , did not rinse his hands in water, if the zav has yet to immerse himself from his impurity, he shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he is impure until the evening. The touch of a zav transmits impurity even if the flow of his emission has ceased until he immerses for his purification.

וּכְלִי־חֶ֛רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע־בּ֥וֹ הַזָּ֖ב יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר וְכָל־כְּלִי־עֵ֔ץ יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף בַּמָּֽיִם׃

And an earthenware vessel, which cannot be purified while it remains whole (see 11:33), that the one who has a discharge shall touch, shall be broken; and every wooden implement, and likewise vessels made from other materials, such as metal shall be rinsed in water, it is immersed in a ritual bath and is thereby purified.

וְכִֽי־יִטְהַ֤ר הַזָּב֙ מִזּוֹב֔וֹ וְסָ֨פַר ל֜וֹ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֛ים לְטָהֳרָת֖וֹ וְכִבֶּ֣ס בְּגָדָ֑יו וְרָחַ֧ץ בְּשָׂר֛וֹ בְּמַ֥יִם חַיִּ֖ים וְטָהֵֽר׃

The chapter turns to the purification of the zav . When the one who has a discharge shall be cleansed from his discharge, after he is healed, he shall count for himself seven days from his cleansing. These are the so-called seven clean days, in the terminology of the Sages, seven days on which one examined himself and did not find an emission. And he shall wash, immerse in water, his garments, those he wore when he was a zav , and he shall bathe his flesh in spring water, water connected to its source. The requirement of spring water for ritual immersion is stated only with regard to a zav ; in all other cases, the impure individual may immerse in a different type of ritual bath. And he is thereby purified.

וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י יִֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י תֹרִ֔ים א֥וֹ שְׁנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֑ה וּבָ֣א ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וּנְתָנָ֖ם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

On the eighth day, he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and he shall give them to the priest.

וְעָשָׂ֤ה אֹתָם֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶחָ֣ד חַטָּ֔את וְהָאֶחָ֖ד עֹלָ֑ה וְכִפֶּ֨ר עָלָ֧יו הַכֹּהֵ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מִזּוֹבֽוֹ׃ (ס)

The priest shall offer them, one as a sin offering, and one as a burnt offering; and the priest shall atone for him before the Lord from his discharge.