Leviticus 15:16

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Majority Standard Bible

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

15The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.

17Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Deuteronomy 23:10If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.

Deuteronomy 23:12You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your 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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