Leviticus 15:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ “And 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.

Leviticus 15:16 Cross References

Leviticus 15:17

And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes 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 themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:5

And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 22:4

None of the line of Aaron who is a leper or suffers a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead 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 body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Deuteronomy 23:12

“You shall have a place outside the camp and you shall go out to it;

1 Peter 2:11

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

1 John 1:7

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.