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Leviticus 15:16
Leviticus 15:16 is verse 16 of Leviticus chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
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.
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.
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Leviticus 15:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.
15 The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.
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.
18 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 22:4If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
Deuteronomy 23:10If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
Deuteronomy 23:11When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.