The following is a summary of the law pertaining to a man who has an abnormal discharge; this type of ritual defilement includes several cases, which we will now list in order of increasing severity.
The first is that of a man who has a single abnormal discharge. The defilement contracted by a man who has a single abnormal discharge is the same as that of a man who has a seminal emission: This single discharge causes him to become defiled only for the rest of that day, during which he may immerse himself in a mikveh, after which he remains defiled until evening, at which time he becomes totally rid of this defilement. (The laws pertaining to a man who has two or more abnormal discharges were given above.)
Number of DischargesTime of ImmersionRequires Sacrifices in order to Enter Tabernacle or Eat Sacrificial Meatoneon the same day that the flow ceasesnotwoafter seven clear daysnothree or moreafter seven clear daysyesThe other cases of ritual defilement contracted from bodily discharges are, in order of increasing severity: a menstruating woman; someone who has an abnormal discharge followed by a second or third abnormal discharge, whether male or female; and a man who engages in carnal relations with a defiled woman, all of whose laws were given above.
