the priest," in to allude to Jeremiah, who identified as a priest. The Midrash read the words, "there seems to me to be, as it were, a plague in the house," in to allude to the idol that King Manasseh set up in The Midrash read the words, "and the priest shall command that they empty the house," in to allude to King Shishak of Egypt, who reports, "took away the treasures of the house of the Lord." The Midrash read the words, "and he shall break down the house," in to allude to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who reports destroyed the Temple. The Midrash read the words, "and they shall pour out the dust that they have scraped off outside the city," in to allude to the Israelites taken away to the Babylonian Captivity, whom reports Nebuchadnezzar "carried ... away into Babylon." And the Midrash read the words, "and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones," in to allude to the Israelites who would come to restore Israel, and of whom reports God saying, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believes shall not make haste." Leviticus chapter 15 Tractate Zavim in the Mishnah and Tosefta interpreted the laws of male genital discharges in The Mishnah taught that they inquired along seven lines before they determined that a genital discharge rendered a man unclean. A discharge caused by one of these reasons did not render the man impure or subject him to bringing an offering. They asked: (1) about his food, (2) about his drink, (3) what he had carried, (4) whether he had jumped, (5) whether he had been ill, (6) what he had seen, and (7) whether he had obscene thoughts. It did not matter whether he had had thoughts before or after seeing a woman. Rabbi Judah taught that the discharge would not render him unclean if he had watched animals having intercourse or even if he merely saw a woman's dyed garments. Rabbi Akiva taught that the discharge would not render him unclean even if he had eaten any kind of food, good or bad, or had drunk any kind of liquid. The Sages exclaimed to Rabbi Akiva that according to his view, no more men would ever be rendered unclean by genital discharge. Rabbi