“And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.”
If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. Spitting on a clean person creates the same contact impurity as touching. The spit of the man with the discharge is a bodily substance that carries his impurity: the saliva that reaches the clean person creates the same cloth-washing and until-evening impurity as direct physical contact. The extension of the impurity-creating substance beyond the skin to the saliva communicates the comprehensive character of the discharge regulations.
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