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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 />&#8220&#8217When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he 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 />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body 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 />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his body 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 />‘Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body 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 />&#8216Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body 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 />‘Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body 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 />‘Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body 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 />‘Now if any man has a seminal emission, he shall wash all his body 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 />“When a man has an emission of semen, he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he 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 />When a man has an emission of semen, he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he 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 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Any man who has a flow of semen must take a bath, but he still remains 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 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body. He 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 />When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body, and he 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 />"If a man has a seminal emission, he is to bathe his entire body with water and 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 />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'When a man has a seminal emission, he must bathe his whole body 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 any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh 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 />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh 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 when a man’s seed [from] intercourse goes out from him, then he has bathed all his flesh 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 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And a man, when the effusion of seed shall go forth from him, and he washed in water all his flesh, 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 man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he 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 />A man from whom the seed of sexual intercourse goes out shall wash his entire body with water, and he 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 />When a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body 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 has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body 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 />And if any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his body 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 man, if will come forth from him the seed of sleep, shall bathe all his flesh in water and 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 if the flow of seed go out from a man, then he shall bathe all his flesh 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 the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/15-16.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=4050" 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">15</span>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. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: ṯê·ṣê (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: 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.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/7902.htm" title="7902: šiḵ·ḇaṯ- (N-fsc) -- (act of) lying, a layer. From shakab; a lying down.">has 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·ḥaṣ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To wash, wash off or away, bathe. A primitive root; to lave.">he must bathe</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">his whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">body</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/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></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 he will be 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">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.…<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="/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="/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/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="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Leviticus 12:2</a></span><br />“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.<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.<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="/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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</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="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Leviticus 22:4</a></b></br> What man soever of the seed of Aaron <i>is</i> a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing <i>that is</i> unclean <i>by</i> the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Deuteronomy 23:10,11</a></b></br> If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Bathe</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Bathed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Body</a> <a href="/numbers/5-20.htm">Copulation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-20.htm">Emission</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-15.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-3.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/38-9.htm">Semen</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Seminal</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-12.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Water</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Bathe</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Bathed</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Body</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/15-19.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Goes</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="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-21.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm">Water</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-33.htm">Whole</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>When a man has an emission of semen</b><br>This phrase addresses a natural bodily function, emphasizing the importance of ritual purity in the Israelite community. In the ancient Near Eastern context, bodily emissions were often associated with impurity, not necessarily as a moral failing but as a state that required purification. This reflects the broader Levitical concern with distinguishing between the holy and the common, the clean and the unclean. The focus on semen, a life-giving substance, underscores the sacredness of life and procreation in biblical theology.<p><b>he must bathe his whole body with water</b><br>The requirement for bathing signifies a ritual cleansing process, which is a recurring theme in Levitical law. Water is a symbol of purification and renewal throughout Scripture, seen in practices such as baptism in the New Testament. This act of washing serves as a physical representation of spiritual cleansing, preparing the individual to re-enter the community and participate in worship. The use of water for purification is also seen in other ancient cultures, but in Israel, it is uniquely tied to the covenant relationship with God.<p><b>and he will be unclean until evening</b><br>The designation of being "unclean until evening" indicates a temporary state of impurity. This period allows for reflection and restoration before rejoining communal and religious activities. The evening marks the beginning of a new day in the Hebrew calendar, symbolizing a fresh start and the renewal of one's status before God. This concept of time and renewal is echoed in the creation narrative, where "there was evening, and there was morning" (Genesis 1). The temporary nature of this impurity highlights God's provision for restoration and the ongoing process of sanctification in the believer's life.<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/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>- The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for maintaining ritual purity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>- The setting where the Israelites received the laws, emphasizing their journey and dependence on God.<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 emphasize the importance of ritual purity in maintaining a relationship with God. While these specific laws are not binding on Christians today, they teach us about the holiness of God and the need for spiritual cleanliness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_water.htm">Symbolism of Water</a></b><br>Water is a powerful symbol of cleansing and renewal throughout the Bible. In this context, it represents the need for purification after an emission, pointing to the broader spiritual cleansing available through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a></b><br>The call to be clean until evening after an emission reminds us of the need to incorporate holiness into our daily routines. It challenges us to consider how we can live in a way that honors God in every aspect of our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_body_in_worship.htm">The Role of the Body in Worship</a></b><br>This passage highlights the significance of the body in worship and service to God. It encourages us to view our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit, worthy of respect and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/grace_and_redemption.htm">Grace and Redemption</a></b><br>While the Old Testament laws highlight human impurity, they also point to the need for a Savior. Jesus fulfills the law and offers us grace and redemption, cleansing us from all unrighteousness.<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/what_is_the_purpose_of_a_mikvah.htm">What is the purpose of a mikvah?</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/purification_rules_for_discharges.htm">What are the purification rules for bodily discharges?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_ritual_impurity_in_the_bible.htm">What does the Bible say about ritual impurity?</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>(16) <span class= "bld">And if any man's seed.</span>--The second case, discussed in this and the following verses, is that of an involuntary emission, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm" title="If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chances him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:">Deuteronomy 23:10</a>. The man who sustained it had simply to immerse his whole body in water the following morning, and remain unclean till sundown. Similar rites were performed by the ancients under the same circumstances. Thus the Egyptian priests when they were defiled by a dream purified themselves by bathing their bodies; and, according to the directions of the Koran, any faithful Mahommedan who meets with such an accident must not perform his prayers till he has gone through the prescribed oblation. (<span class= "ital">Koran, </span>4:4<span class= "ital">6.</span>)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 16, 17.</span> - The second case of an issue (cf. chapter Leviticus 22:4; <a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Deuteronomy 23:10</a>; <a href="/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9, 10</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/15-16.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">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֕ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">has 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">he must bathe</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָחַ֥ץ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·ḥaṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<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">his whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">body</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשָׂר֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śā·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with water,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמַּ֛יִם</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 he will be 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/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/15-16.htm">Leviticus 15:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/15-16.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 15:16 If any man has an emission (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/15-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 15:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/15-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 15:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 15:17" /></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>