“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Everything made of cloth or of leather on which the semen falls shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And every garment and every skin on which the sperm comes shall be washed with water, and be unclean until evening. American Standard Version (1901) And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. Common English Bible Any clothing or skin on which there is an emission of semen must be washed in water and will be unclean until evening. Catholic Public Domain Version The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until evening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The garment or skin that he weareth he shall wash with water and it shall be unclean until the evening. |
“If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.
If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.
No one of Aaron’s offspring who has a defiling skin disease or suffers a discharge may eat of the sacred donations until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse or a man who has had an emission of semen,
everything that can withstand fire, you shall pass through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified with the water for purification, and whatever cannot withstand fire, you shall pass through the water.
When evening comes, he shall wash himself with water, and when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp.
save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies.