Leviticus 15:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ “If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And if any man has a discharge of semen, he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ If it is an emission of semen, the man must bathe his whole body in water and will be unclean until evening.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ A man from whom the seed of sexual intercourse goes out shall wash his entire body with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:16 Cross References

Leviticus 15:17

Everything made of cloth or of leather on which the semen falls shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:18

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.

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 22:4

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,

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Deuteronomy 23:12

“You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.

1 John 1:7

but 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.