Leviticus 15:16

“‘If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.

World English Bible Classic

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 shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. The priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge.

17Every garment and every skin which the semen is on shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.

Read all of Leviticus 15

Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 23:10If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of that which happens to him by night, then shall he go outside of the camp. He shall not come within the camp;

Deuteronomy 23:12You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Leviticus 15:16