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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/15.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And any garment and any leather on which there is semen, it shall be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for any garment or any leather on which there is a seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Every garment and every leather on which there is semen shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If the semen touches anything made of cloth or leather, these must be washed, but they still remain unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Any clothes or any leather with semen on it must be washed. It will be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Anything made of cloth or leather on which the semen falls must be washed, and it remains unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Every garment (including leather) on which the semen is found is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And every garment, and every skin on which is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Every garment and every skin which the semen is on shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And any garment, or any skin on which there is seed [from] intercourse, has also been washed with water, and been unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And any garment, or any skin on which there is seed of copulation, hath also been washed with water, and been unclean till the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And every garment and every akin, which shall be upon it the effusion of seed, and it was washed in water, and was unclean till the evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until the evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Any piece of cloth or leather with semen on it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Everything made of cloth or of skin on which the semen falls shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And every garment or bed on which the semen has fallen shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And every cloak or couch upon which fell the seed of sleep shall be washed in water and he will be defiled until evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the flow of seed, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And every garment, and every skin on which there shall be the seed of copulation shall both be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4057" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">The Cleansing of Men</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Any</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: be·ḡeḏ (N-ms) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">clothing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·wr (N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">or leather</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there is</a> <a href="/hebrew/7902.htm" title="7902: šiḵ·ḇaṯ- (N-fsc) -- (act of) lying, a layer. From shakab; a lying down.">an emission</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zā·ra‘ (N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">of semen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3526.htm" title="3526: wə·ḵub·bas (Conj-w:: V-Pual-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To wash. A primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash, whether literal or figurative.">must be washed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: bam·ma·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">with water,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wə·ṭā·mê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">and it will remain unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: hā·‘ā·reḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">evening.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Deuteronomy 23:10-11</a></span><br />If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. / When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2-3</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Leviticus 22:4-6</a></span><br />If 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, / or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— / the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Leviticus 11:24-25</a></span><br />These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, / and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20-21</a></span><br />But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people. / If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Leviticus 14:8-9</a></span><br />The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days. / On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-28.htm">Leviticus 16:28</a></span><br />The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-3.htm">Leviticus 22:3-7</a></span><br />Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD. / If 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, / or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm">1 Samuel 21:4-5</a></span><br />“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.” / David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">2 Samuel 11:4</a></span><br />Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6</a></span><br />He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Ezekiel 22:10</a></span><br />In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-18.htm">Matthew 15:18-20</a></span><br />But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. / For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. / These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-20.htm">Mark 7:20-23</a></span><br />He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. / For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18-20</a></span><br />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. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And every garment, and every skin, where on is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Copulation</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Emission</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-55.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-9.htm">Leather</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Semen</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Seminal</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Water</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-6.htm">Whereon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Copulation</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Emission</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-19.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/numbers/4-8.htm">Leather</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Semen</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Seminal</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Water</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-23.htm">Whereon</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-1.htm">The uncleanness of men in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">The cleansing of them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">The uncleanness of women in their issues</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/15-28.htm">Their cleansing</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen</b><br>This phrase addresses the ritual impurity associated with bodily emissions, a common theme in Levitical law. The focus on clothing or leather highlights the importance of cleanliness and purity in daily life. In ancient Israel, garments and leather goods were valuable and often handmade, making their maintenance crucial. The mention of semen specifically relates to the broader context of bodily fluids and their impact on ritual purity, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/15.htm">Leviticus 15</a>. This reflects the cultural understanding of bodily emissions as sources of impurity, necessitating specific purification rituals.<p><b>must be washed with water</b><br>The requirement to wash with water signifies a practical and symbolic act of purification. Water is a recurring symbol of cleansing throughout the Bible, representing both physical and spiritual purification. This act of washing is not merely hygienic but also a ritualistic step towards restoring purity. In the broader biblical narrative, water is often associated with cleansing from sin, as seen in the practice of baptism in the New Testament (e.g., <a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a>). The washing here prefigures the ultimate cleansing from sin through Jesus Christ, who offers spiritual purification.<p><b>and it will remain unclean until evening</b><br>The stipulation that the item remains unclean until evening underscores the temporal nature of ritual impurity. Evening marks the beginning of a new day in the Jewish calendar, symbolizing renewal and restoration. This period of uncleanness serves as a reminder of the separation between the holy and the common, a theme prevalent in Levitical law. The concept of waiting until evening for purification parallels the idea of waiting for redemption and the coming of a new era, as prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament through Christ's redemptive work.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites on matters of purity and holiness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the Levitical laws, who were called to live in a covenant relationship with God, marked by holiness and separation from impurity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where purity laws were especially significant to maintain the sanctity of the space.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for teaching and enforcing the laws of purity and holiness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine lawgiver, who established these laws to guide His people in living a life that reflects His holiness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ritual_purity.htm">Understanding Ritual Purity</a></b><br>The laws in <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17</a> highlight the importance of ritual purity in maintaining a relationship with God. While these laws were specific to the Israelites, they point to the broader principle of living a life set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_cleansing.htm">Symbolism of Cleansing</a></b><br>The act of washing clothing or leather symbolizes the need for spiritual cleansing. In the New Testament, this is fulfilled through the cleansing power of Jesus' sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a></b><br>The detailed nature of these laws reminds us that holiness should permeate every aspect of our lives, including our physical actions and interactions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._eternal_cleansing.htm">Temporary vs. Eternal Cleansing</a></b><br>The temporary uncleanness until evening contrasts with the eternal cleansing offered through Christ, encouraging believers to seek spiritual purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>These laws were not just personal but communal, emphasizing the role of the community in upholding standards of holiness and supporting one another in spiritual growth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/purification_rules_for_discharges.htm">What are the purification rules for bodily discharges?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_seminal_emission_seen_as_defiling.htm">Leviticus 15:16–18 – Why consider a man’s seminal emission defiling despite it being a regular, healthy process? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_wet_dreams_considered_sinful.htm">Are wet dreams considered sinful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lev_17_align_with_acts_15_29.htm">How does Leviticus 17 align with the New Testament practice in Acts 15:29, where only some Mosaic laws about blood are upheld while others are set aside?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">And every skin.</span>--That is, everything which a man wears or lies upon made of skin, in contradistinction to the ordinary garments made of stuffs (see <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm" title="Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;">Leviticus 13:48</a>) with which it is associated. Any one of these thus defiled was cleansed by washing. It is from this circumstance that the apostle borrows the expression "hating even the garments spotted by the flesh" (<a href="/jude/1-23.htm" title="And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.">Jude 1:23</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Any</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">clothing</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּ֣גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(be·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or leather</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there is</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an emission</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכְבַת־</span> <span class="translit">(šiḵ·ḇaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7902.htm">Strong's 7902: </a> </span><span class="str2">(act of) lying, a layer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of semen</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֑רַע</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be washed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֻבַּ֥ס</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵub·bas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3526.htm">Strong's 3526: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trample, to wash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with water,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמַּ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(bam·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and it will remain unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטָמֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evening.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָֽרֶב׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ā·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-17.htm">Leviticus 15:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:17 Every garment and every skin whereon (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>