Leviticus 15:16

And when a man’s seed [from] intercourse goes out from him, then he has bathed all his flesh with water, and been unclean until the evening.

Literal Standard Version

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

15and the priest has made them, one a sin-offering and one a burnt-offering; and the priest has made atonement for him before YHWH, because of his discharge.

17And any garment, or any skin on which there is seed [from] intercourse, has also been washed with water, and been unclean until the evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:5and anyone who comes against his bed washes his garments, and has bathed with water, and been unclean until the evening.

Deuteronomy 23:10When there is a man who is not clean in you, from an accident at night, then he has gone out to the outside of the camp; he does not come into the midst of the camp;

Deuteronomy 23:12And you have a station at the outside of the camp, and you have gone out there outside;

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I call on [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires that war 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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