Then David sent messengers and took her when she came to him, and he lay with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness). Then she returned to her house.
Leviticus 15:18 - Tree of Life Version If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves 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. |
Then David sent messengers and took her when she came to him, and he lay with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness). Then she returned to her house.
He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not draw near your wives.”
“If any man has an emission of semen, then he is to bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.
Every garment and all leather with semen on it are to be washed with water, and will be unclean until the evening.
Whoever touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“Everything is permitted for me”—but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permitted for me”—but I will not be controlled by anything.
Flee from sexual immorality! Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body—but the one committing sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Now flee from youthful desires; instead, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and shalom, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Let marriage be held in honor among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.