Leviticus 15:17

Any 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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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

16When a man has a release of semen, he must wash his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until the evening.

18If a man sleeps with a woman and there is a release of semen, both of them must wash with water, and they will remain unclean until the evening.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:23anything that doesn't burn—must be put through fire to make it clean. But it still has to be purified using water of purification. Anything that burns must be put through the water.

Jude 1:23Save those you can by snatching them out of the fire. Show mercy—but with great care, hating even the “clothing” that is contaminated by sinful human nature.

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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