Leviticus 15:16
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The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:5 If any man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 22:4 The man of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or that suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat of those things that are sanctified to me, until he be healed. He that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead: and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation:

Deuteronomy 23:10,11 If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp, . . .

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another: And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Context
The Cleansing of Men
15Who shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust: and he shall pray for him before the Lord, that he may be cleansed of the issue of his seed. 16The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.17The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water: and it shall be unclean until the evening.…
Cross References
Leviticus 15:17
The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water: and it shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:18
The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water: and shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 22:4
The man of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or that suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat of those things that are sanctified to me, until he be healed. He that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead: and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation:

Deuteronomy 23:10
If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp,

Deuteronomy 23:11
And shall not return, before he be washed with water in the evening: and after sunset he shall return into the camp.

Lexicon
When
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a man
וְאִ֕ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

has an emission
שִׁכְבַת־ (šiḵ·ḇaṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7902: (act of) lying, a layer

of semen,
זָ֑רַע (zā·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

he must bathe
וְרָחַ֥ץ (wə·rā·ḥaṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7364: To wash, wash off or away, bathe

his whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

body
בְּשָׂר֖וֹ (bə·śā·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

with water,
בַּמַּ֛יִם (bam·ma·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and he will be unclean
וְטָמֵ֥א (wə·ṭā·mê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

evening.
הָעָֽרֶב׃ (hā·‘ā·reḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening


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

And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

And the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening.

And if any man's seed of copulation pass from him, then he shall bathe his whole flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

And if any man's seed of copulation shall go from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.

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

'And when a man's seed of copulation goeth out from him, then he hath bathed with water all his flesh, and been unclean till the evening.
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