Leviticus 15:18

If 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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The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

In Context

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

19When a woman has a discharge of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her period for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be 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.

Psalms 51:5It's true that I was born guilty—sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

1 Corinthians 6:18Stay away from sexual immorality! All other sins that people commit are outside of the body, but sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.

Ephesians 5:3Sexual immorality or any kind of indecency or greed should never be mentioned concerning you, as God's people should not be doing such things.

2 Timothy 2:22Run away from anything that fires up the desires of youth. Run after what is right and trustworthy, run after love and peace along with those who are true and pure Christians.

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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