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

14Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself 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 for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord because of his discharge. ‘Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening. 17As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and 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

• Now ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• hasיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: issueH3318
• a seminalזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: semenH2233
• emissionשְׁכָבָהshekâbâh · semenH7902
• he shall batheרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• his bodyבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and be uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Leviticus 15:16

• Leviticus 15:5Anyone, moreover, who 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 who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission,
• Deuteronomy 23:10“If there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not reenter the camp.
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
• 1 John 1:7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus 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