Leviticus 15:18

Leviticus 15:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also, when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Context of Leviticus 15:18

16“When a man has an emission of semen, he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 17Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. 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. 19“When a woman has a discharge, and it consists of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her menstruation for seven days. Everyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 20Anything she lies on during her menstruation will become unclean, and anything she sits on will become unclean.

Leviticus 15:18 word by word

וְאִשָּׁ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֥ב אִ֛ישׁ אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחֲצ֣וּ בַמַּ֔יִם וְטָמְא֖וּ עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• also with whom manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• shall lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: semenH2233
• of copulationשְׁכָבָהshekâbâh · semenH7902
• batheרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• until the evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:18

• Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
• Ephesians 4:17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.
• Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
• 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
• 1 Peter 2:11Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.
• Exodus 19:15He said to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with women.”
• 1 Samuel 21:4The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread, but the young men may eat it only if they have kept themselves from women.”
• Psalms 51:5Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
• 1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality,
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Commentaries on Leviticus 15:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18They shall both bathe themselves - What a wonderful tendency had these ordinances to prevent all excesses! The pains which such persons must take, the separations which they must observe, and the privations which, in consequence, they must be exposed to in the way of commerce, traffic, etc., would prevent them from making an unlawful use of lawful things.Read the comment
• 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. 18If a man had a seminal emission during sexual intercourse, both he and the woman became unclean. They had to wash and remain unclean until evening. This was because of a natural bodily emission, not because of infection or disease, and no sacrifice was required.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 15:18

• 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