If the semen is on any clothing or leather, then that clothing or leather must be washed with water. It will be unclean [248] until evening.
Leviticus 15:16 - Easy To Read Version “If a man has a flow of semen, [247] he must bathe his whole body in water. He will be unclean until evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
If the semen is on any clothing or leather, then that clothing or leather must be washed with water. It will be unclean [248] until evening.
If a man sleeps with a woman and has a flow of semen, then both the man and the woman must bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening.
If any person touches that person’s bed, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.
“If any of Aaron’s descendants [386] has one of the bad skin diseases [387] or a discharge [388] he can’t eat the holy food until he becomes clean. [389] That rule is for any priest that becomes unclean. [390] That priest can become unclean from a dead body or from his own semen. [391]
Dear friends, we have these promises \{from God\}. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. We should try to become perfect in the way we live, because we respect God.
“You also must have a place outside the camp where you can go to have a bowel movement.
Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.
God is in the light (goodness). We should live in the light, too. If we live in the light, then we share fellowship with each other. And when we live in the light, the blood (death) of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. (Jesus is God’s Son.)