Quotes about Ritual

When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.

Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.

Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.

On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge.

This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.

Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.