Leviticus 15:17

Leviticus 15:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
• New International Version (NIV)Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And any garment and any leather on which there is semen, it shall be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.

Context of Leviticus 15:17

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. 16‘Now if any man has a seminal emission, he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening. Every 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. 19‘When a woman has a discharge, if her bodily discharge is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:17 word by word

וְכָל־בֶּ֣גֶד וְכָל־ע֔וֹר אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֥ה עָלָ֖יו שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְכֻבַּ֥ס בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And every garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• and every skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• whereon is the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: semenH2233
• of copulationשְׁכָבָהshekâbâh · semenH7902
• shall be washedכָּבַסkâbas · to washH3526
• with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until the evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:17

• 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 15:17

• Defilement
• Purification
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Clean
• Uncleanness
• Atonement, Day of
• Cleanse
• Defile; Defilement
• Essenes
• Even; Evening; Eventide
• Ezekiel
• Genesis

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