David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Afterwards, she returned home.
Leviticus 15:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The woman also with whom a man with emission of semen shall lie, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until evening. American Standard Version (1901) The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. Common English Bible If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them must bathe in water and will be unclean until evening. Catholic Public Domain Version The woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she shall be unclean until evening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening. |
David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Afterwards, she returned home.
He said to the people, ‘Be prepared by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with women.’
‘When a man has an emission of semen, he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
‘Everything is permissible for me,’ but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible for me,’ but I will not be mastered by anything.
Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Marriage is to be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.