Leviticus 15:17

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

Majority Standard Bible

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

18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:23everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.

Jude 1:23save others with fear by snatching them from the fire, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

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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