Everything the man sits on when riding will be unclean. The riding surface — the saddle or blanket on which the man with the discharge rides — becomes unclean. The extension of the contact-impurity to riding surfaces anticipates the mobile nature of the covenant community: the man with the discharge who rides an animal carries his impurity to the riding equipment, potentially affecting others who use the same equipment. The regulation addresses the impurity problem in a community that relies on animals for transportation.

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