Leviticus 15:18
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New International Version (©2011)
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.

New Living Translation (©2007)
After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.

English Standard Version (©2001)
If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening."

International Standard Version (©2012)
When a man has sexual relations with a woman and the man releases semen, both are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening."

NET Bible (©2006)
When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and has an emission of semen, they must wash themselves. They will be unclean until evening.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The woman also with whom man shall lie and have an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Darby Bible Translation
And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
'And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, 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

Verse 18. - The third case of an issue (cf. Exodus 19:15; 1 Samuel 21:5; 1 Corinthians 7:5).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation,.... It seems to respect any congress of a man and woman, whether in fornication or adultery, or lawful marriage, and particularly the latter; for though marriage is honourable and holy, and carnal copulation in itself lawful, yet such is the sinfulness of nature, that as no act is performed without pollution, so neither that of generation, and by which the corruption of nature is propagated, and therefore required a ceremonial cleansing:

they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even; so Herodotus (f) reports, that as often as a Babylonian man lay with his wife, he had used to sit by consecrated incense, and the woman did the same: and in the morning they were both washed, and did not touch any vessel before they had washed themselves; and he says the Arabians did the like: and the same historian relates (g) of the Egyptians, that they never go into their temples from their wives unwashed; see Exodus 19:15.

(f) Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 198. (g) Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 64.

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The Cleansing of Men
…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. 18The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 15:16 "'When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.
1 Samuel 21:4 But the priest answered David, "I don't have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here--provided the men have kept themselves from women."
2 Samuel 11:4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.