Leviticus 15:16

If any man has an emission of semen, then he must bathe his whole body in water; he will be unclean until evening.

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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 must offer them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest must make atonement for him before Yahweh for his flow.

17Every garment or leather on which there is semen must be washed with water; it will be unclean until evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:5Whoever touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening.

Deuteronomy 23:10If there is among you any man who is unclean because of what happened to him at night, then he must go out of the army's camp; he must not come back into the camp.

Deuteronomy 23:12You must have a place also outside the camp to which you will go;

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I call on you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which make 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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