Leviticus 15:16

When a man has a release of semen, he must wash his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until the evening.

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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

15The priest will sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. This is how the priest will make the man right before the Lord because of his discharge.

17Any clothing or leather that the release of semen falls on must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until the evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

Deuteronomy 23:10Any man there who becomes unclean because of a release of semen must leave the camp and remain outside.

Deuteronomy 23:12Choose a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet.

1 Peter 2:11My friends, I'm pleading with you as foreigners and strangers in this world not to give in to physical desires that are in conflict with what is spiritual.

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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