Bible Verses About Sanitation

"Such is the law for all kinds of tzara'at sores, for a crusted area,

for tzara'at in a garment, for a house,

for a swelling, for a scab and for a bright spot,

to determine when it is clean and when it is unclean. This is the law concerning tzara'at."

"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, the discharge is unclean.

The discharge is unclean no matter whether it continues flowing or has stopped; it is still his uncleanness.

Every bed which the person with the discharge lies on is unclean, and everything he sits on is unclean.

Whoever touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Whoever sits on anything the person with the discharge sat on is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Anyone who touches the body of the person with the discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

If the person with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, the latter is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Any saddle that the person with the discharge rides on will be unclean.

Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening; he who carries those things is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

If the person with the discharge fails to rinse his hands in water before touching someone, that person is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

If the person with the discharge touches a clay pot, it must be broken; if he touches a wooden utensil, it must be rinsed in water.

"'When a person with a discharge has become free of it, he is to count seven days for his purification. Then he is to wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water; after that, he will be clean.

"'If a man has a seminal emission, he is to bathe his entire body in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Any clothing or leather on which there is any semen is to be washed with water; it will be unclean until evening.

If a man goes to bed with a woman and has sexual relations, both are to bathe themselves in water; they will be unclean until evening.

"'If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she will be in her state of niddah for seven days. Whoever touches her will be unclean until evening.

Everything she lies on or sits on in her state of niddah will be unclean.

Whoever touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Whoever touches anything she sits on is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Whether he is on the bed or on something she sits on, when he touches it, he will be unclean until evening.

If a man goes to bed with her, and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean seven days; and every bed he lies on will be unclean.