Here the ceremonial has become almost identical with what would now be considered the hygienic. The prescriptions for infected persons are the same as those in Leviticus 15:1; Leviticus 15:24 conveys a very salutary caution: contrast Leviticus 20:18 the two cases, however, may not be the same. The impurity is held to disappear of itself after an interval of a week from its beginning.

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