Leviticus 15:18
16 When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
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.
If 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.
19 When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
20 Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If 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.
- KJV
- The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
- WEB
- If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- ASV
- The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
- DARBY
- And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
- BLB
- And a woman that a man lies with, [and there is] seed [from] lying, then they shall bathe in the water, and they be unclean until the evening.
- ÅB
- Og når en mann ligger hos en kvinne, og det går sæd fra ham, da skal de begge bade seg i vann og være urene til om kvelden.
- OTB
- Hvis en mann har samleie med en kvinne og det er en sædavgang, må begge bade i vann og være urene til kvelden.
- B1930
- Og når en mann ligger hos en kvinne, og det går sæd fra ham, da skal de begge bade sig i vann og være urene til om aftenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
Read in context1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Read in contextExodus 19:15
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
Read in context1 Samuel 21:4–5
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Read in contextPsalms 51:5
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Read in contextEphesians 5:3–11
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
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