Leviticus 15:16

Leviticus 15:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening.

Context of Leviticus 15:16

14On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest; 15and the priest shall offer them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for the man before the Lord because of his discharge. ‘Now if any man has a seminal emission, he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening. 17Every garment and every leather on which there is semen shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until evening. 18If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:16 word by word

וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if any man’sאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: semenH2233
• of copulationשְׁכָבָהshekâbâh · semenH7902
• go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: issueH3318
• from him, then he shall washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• all his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until the evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:16

• Leviticus 15:5Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening;
• Leviticus 22:4No man of the descendants of Aaron who is a leper or has a discharge may eat the holy things [the offerings and the showbread] until he is clean. And whoever touches any person or thing made unclean by contact with a corpse or a man who has had a seminal emission,
• Deuteronomy 23:10“If there is any man among you who is [ceremonially] unclean because of nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he shall not come back to the camp.
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, since we have these [great and wonderful] promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, completing holiness [living a consecrated life—a life set apart for God’s purpose] in the fear of God.
• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
• 1 John 1:7but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-18Verses 16-18 Most of the ancient religions made a similar recognition of impurity and of the need of purfication. Leviticus 15:17 Every garment - Compare Jude 1:23.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17In the case of an emission of semen, the discharge was not a sign of illness (see study note on Leviticus 15:1–33). But the same rule applied. The man had to wash and was ceremonially unclean until the next evening.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-182. When any man hath a running issue--This chapter describes other forms of uncleanness, the nature of which is sufficiently intelligible in the text without any explanatory comment. Being the effects of licentiousness, they properly come within the notice of the legislator, and the very stringent rules here prescribed, both for the separation of the person diseased and for avoiding contamination from anything connected with him, were well calculated not…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 15:16

• Defilement
• Purification
• Sanitation
• Spermatorrhea

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Clean
• Uncleanness
• Atonement, Day of
• Baptism (the Baptist Interpretation)
• Cleanse
• Defile; Defilement
• Essenes
• Even; Evening; Eventide
• Ezekiel

Commentaries on Leviticus 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings