Leviticus 15:17

The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until the evening.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

In Context

16The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.

18The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:23And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation:

Jude 1:23But others save, pulling them out of the fire. And on others have mercy, in fear, hating also the spotted garment which is carnal.

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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