So David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house.
Leviticus 15:18 - New Revised Standard Version 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. 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. |
So David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house.
And he said to the people, “Prepare for the third day; do not go near a woman.”
If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Everything made of cloth or of skin on which the semen falls shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself.
Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.