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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 />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The woman also with whom man shall lie <i>with</i> seed of copulation, they shall <i>both</i> bathe <i>themselves</i> in 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 />Also, when a woman lies with a man, and <i>there is</i> an emission of semen, they shall bathe in 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 />If a man sleeps with a woman <i>so that</i> there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in 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 />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘If a man lies with a woman <i>so that</i> there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in 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 />If <i>there is</i> a woman with whom a man lies <i>so that</i> there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in 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 />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After having sex, both the man and the woman must take a bath, 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 />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After sexual intercourse both the man and the woman must take a bath, and they remain unclean until evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And a woman with whom a man lies with seed [from] intercourse, they also have bathed 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 a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed 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 a woman whom a man shall lie with her, with the effusion of seed, and they washed in water, and were 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 woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and 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 woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she 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 />If a man has sexual relations with a woman, they shall both bathe in 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 />If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe in 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 />If a woman also lie with a man having an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in 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 a woman who will lie down with the man copulating of seed, they shall bathe in water and they shall 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 />The woman also with whom a man shall lie carnally, they shall both bathe themselves in 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 a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation - they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-18.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=4066" 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">17</span>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="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">If a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’ō·ṯāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: yiš·kaḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">lies with</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·’iš·šāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a woman</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7902.htm" title="7902: šiḵ·ḇaṯ- (N-fsc) -- (act of) lying, a layer. From shakab; a lying down.">and there is 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/7364.htm" title="7364: wə·rā·ḥă·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To wash, wash off or away, bathe. A primitive root; to lave.">both must bathe</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ḇam·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·mə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">and they 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><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="/1_corinthians/7-5.htm">1 Corinthians 7:5</a></span><br />Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.<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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">Hebrews 13:4</a></span><br />Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a></span><br />But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-2.htm">1 Corinthians 7:2</a></span><br />But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-9.htm">1 Corinthians 7:9</a></span><br />But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-14.htm">1 Corinthians 7:14</a></span><br />For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-36.htm">1 Corinthians 7:36-38</a></span><br />However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married. / But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well. / So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a></span><br />For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-15.htm">Exodus 19:15</a></span><br />“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Leviticus 18:19</a></span><br />You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Leviticus 20:18</a></span><br />If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">the woman</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-5.htm">Leviticus 15:5</a></b></br> And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe <i>himself</i> in water, and be unclean until the even.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17-19</a></b></br> This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3-11</a></b></br> But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; … </p><p class="hdg">unclean</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-15.htm">Exodus 19:15</a></b></br> And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at <i>your</i> wives.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm">1 Samuel 21:4,5</a></b></br> And the priest answered David, and said, <i>There is</i> no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a></b></br> Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Bathe</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Bathed</a> <a href="/romans/8-6.htm">Carnally</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Copulation</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Emission</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-4.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/exodus/22-19.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Semen</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Seminal</a> <a href="/exodus/22-19.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/exodus/36-16.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Bathe</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Bathed</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-20.htm">Carnally</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Copulation</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Emission</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-20.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Semen</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Seminal</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-24.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Water</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'; 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In the context of Leviticus, the focus is on ritual purity rather than moral judgment. The act itself is not sinful but requires purification due to the emission of bodily fluids, which were considered sources of impurity in the Levitical law. This reflects the broader biblical theme of distinguishing between the holy and the common, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/10-10.htm">Leviticus 10:10</a>.<p><b>and there is an emission of semen,</b><br>The emission of semen is specifically mentioned as a cause of ritual impurity. In ancient Israel, bodily emissions were often associated with life and death, and thus with purity and impurity. This reflects the understanding that life is sacred and that the processes related to it, such as reproduction, require a state of cleanliness. This concept is echoed in other parts of Leviticus, such as in the laws concerning childbirth (Leviticus 12).<p><b>both must bathe with water,</b><br>The requirement to bathe with water signifies a ritual cleansing. Water is a common symbol of purification throughout the Bible, representing the removal of impurity and the restoration of a state of cleanliness. This practice prefigures the New Testament concept of baptism, which symbolizes spiritual cleansing and rebirth (<a href="/john/3-5.htm">John 3:5</a>, <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a>).<p><b>and they will remain unclean until evening.</b><br>The period of uncleanness lasting until evening indicates a temporary state of impurity. This reflects the cyclical nature of daily life and the renewal that comes with each new day. The evening marks the beginning of a new day in the Jewish calendar, symbolizing a fresh start and the restoration of purity. This concept of renewal is seen in <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>, where God's mercies are described as new every morning.<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.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, as part of their covenant relationship with God.<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.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/ritual_purity.htm">Ritual Purity</a></b><br>The state of being ceremonially clean, which was necessary for participation in worship and community life.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/evening.htm">Evening</a></b><br>The time by which ritual impurity would end, marking a new day in the Hebrew calendar.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ritual_purity.htm">Understanding Ritual Purity</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus highlight the importance of ritual purity in maintaining a relationship with God. While these specific laws are not binding on Christians today, they remind us of the holiness required to approach God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_cleansing.htm">Symbolism of Cleansing</a></b><br>The act of bathing symbolizes a deeper spiritual cleansing. As Christians, we are called to seek spiritual purity through repentance and faith in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._eternal_purity.htm">Temporary vs. Eternal Purity</a></b><br>The temporary nature of uncleanness until evening points to the eternal purity we have in Christ, who cleanses us from all sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_the_marriage_covenant.htm">Respect for the Marriage Covenant</a></b><br>This law underscores the sanctity of the marriage relationship and the need for mutual respect and care within it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holistic_approach_to_purity.htm">Holistic Approach to Purity</a></b><br>While the focus here is on physical cleanliness, it serves as a reminder that God desires purity in all aspects of our lives—physical, spiritual, and relational.<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/how_does_love_reconcile_lev._18_22.htm">Leviticus 18:22 condemns same-sex relations; how can this be reconciled with the New Testament emphasis on love (John 13:34-35)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/want_to_thrive_and_stay_healthy.htm">What does Leviticus 18:22 mean about male relations?</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>(18) <span class= "bld">The woman also with whom man shall lie.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">And if a man lie with a woman, </span>that is, even when what is specified in <a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm" title="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.">Leviticus 15:16</a> takes place in intercourse between man and woman lawfully married, it pollutes both the husband and the wife. They have accordingly both to immerse their whole bodies, and remain unclean till sundown, and were debarred from the privileges of the sanctuary during that day. Hence abstinence from conjugal intercourse was regarded as a necessary preparation for the performance of sacred duties. He who had approached his wife could not draw nigh to God (<a href="/exodus/19-15.htm" title="And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.">Exodus 19:15</a>), and was not allowed to partake of sacred meals. (Comp. <a href="/context/1_samuel/21-5.htm" title="And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.">1Samuel 21:5-6</a>.) The law of pollution was not designed to put a check upon marriage, since matrimony is a Divine institution (<a href="/context/genesis/1-27.htm" title="So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.">Genesis 1:27-28</a>; <a href="/context/genesis/2-21.htm" title="And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;">Genesis 2:21-25</a>), but it is intended to prevent husband and wife from making an immoderate use of their conjugal life, and thus to preserve them in health and vigour by prescribing such constant purifications after it. This is probably the reason why other nations of antiquity enacted similar laws. Thus the Hindoos and the Babylonians bathed after conjugal intercourse. The Egyptian priests abstained from it when they had to perform sacred duties, and the laity were not allowed to enter the precincts of the Temple unless they submitted to ablutions. Mahommed, for the same reason, enjoins lustrations upon all the faithful before reciting their prayers.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - The third case of an issue (cf. <a href="/exodus/19-15.htm">Exodus 19:15</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/21-5.htm">1 Samuel 21:5</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/7-5.htm">1 Corinthians 7:5</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-18.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">If a man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֛ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lies with</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁכַּ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·kaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a woman</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִשָּׁ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and there is 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">both must bathe</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָחֲצ֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·ḥă·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7364.htm">Strong's 7364: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wash, wash off or away, bathe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with water,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַמַּ֔יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇam·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 they will remain unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטָמְא֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭā·mə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<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/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:18 If a man lies with a woman (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:19" /></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>