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

14And on the eighth day he shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest. 15And the priest shall offer them, one as a sin-offering, and one as a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his flux. And if any man's seed of copulation pass from him, then he shall bathe his whole flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 17And every garment, and every skin, whereon the seed of copulation shall be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 18And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation — they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 15:16 word by word

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

• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: semenH2233
• batheרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:16

• Leviticus 15:5And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
• Leviticus 22:4Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;
• Deuteronomy 23:10If there be with thee a man that is not clean from what hath happened in the night, then shall he go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp;
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear.
• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
• 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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