A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water. The objects touched by the man with the discharge: clay pots (which absorb impurity through their porous structure) must be broken; wooden articles (which can be surface-cleansed) must be rinsed. The same clay-versus-wood distinction as in the dietary law vessel regulations of Leviticus 11:33–34 and the sin offering vessel regulations of Leviticus 6:28 applies to the discharge-impurity vessel regulations. The porous clay that absorbs impurity cannot be cleansed; the non-porous wood can be.

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