Leviticus 15:16
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New International Version (©2011)
"'When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When a man has an emission of semen, he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"If a man has a seminal emission, he is to bathe his entire body with water and remain unclean until evening.

NET Bible (©2006)
"'When a man has a seminal emission, he must bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until evening,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body. He will be unclean until evening.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And if any man's semen go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.

American 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.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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

Young's Literal Translation
'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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:1-33 Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness. - We need not be curious in explaining these laws; but have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, nor need ceremonial and burdensome purifications. These laws remind us that God sees all things, even those which escape the notice of men. The great gospel duties of faith and repentance are here signified, and the great gospel privileges of the application of Christ's blood to our souls for our justification, and his grace for our sanctification.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 16, 17. - The second case of an issue (cf. chapter Leviticus 22:4; Deuteronomy 23:10; Genesis 38:9, 10).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him,.... Not in lawful cohabitation, nor voluntarily, but involuntarily, as Aben Ezra observes; not through any disorder, which came by an accident, or in any criminal way, but through a dream, or any lustful imagination; what is commonly called nocturnal pollution (c):

then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even; and so the Egyptian priests, when it happened that they were defiled by a dream, they immediately purified themselves in a laver (d) so the Jewish priests did when the like happened to them asleep in the temple (e); see Deuteronomy 23:10.

(c) "----& noctem flumine purgas." Pers. Satyr. 2.((d) Chaeremon. apud Porphyr. de Abstinentia, l. 4. c. 7. (e) Misn. Tamid. c. 1. sect. 1.

Leviticus 15:16 Parallel Commentaries
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The Cleansing of Men
…15And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. 16And 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. 17And every garment, and every skin, where on is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 15:17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:18 When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 22:4 "'If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,
Deuteronomy 23:10 If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
Deuteronomy 23:11 But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.