Leviticus 15:16

A man from whom the seed of sexual intercourse goes out shall wash his entire body with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

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In The King James Version

And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

In Context

15who shall offer one for sin, and the other as a holocaust. And he shall pray for him before the Lord, so that he may be cleansed from the flow of his seed.

17The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:5If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.

Deuteronomy 23:10If there is a man among you who has been defiled by a dream in the night, he shall depart from the camp.

Deuteronomy 23:12You shall have a place beyond the camp to which you may go for the necessities of nature,

1 Peter 2:11Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 15:2-19

Ceremonial Purification. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →

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