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The Cleansing of Men

Leviticus 15:18

In 11 translations

BSB
If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
LSV
And a woman with whom a man lies with seed [from] intercourse, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean until the evening.
YLT
'And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.
DBY
And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation — they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
DRC
The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
GNV
If he that hath an issue of seede, do lie with a woman, they shall both wash themselues with water, and be vncleane vntill the euen.
JPS
The woman also with whom a man shall lie carnally, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
LXXE
And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation—they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאִשָּׁ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֥ב אִ֛ישׁ אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחֲצ֣וּ בַמַּ֔יִם וְטָמְא֖וּ עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ γυνὴ ἐὰν κοιμηθῇ ἀνὴρ μετʼ αὐτῆς κοίτην σπέρματος, καὶ λούσονται ὕδατι, καὶ ἀκάθαρτοι ἔσονται ἕως ἑσπέρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know…
  • Ephesians 5:3–11But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of…
  • 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
  • Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
  • Ephesians 4:17–19So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because…
  • Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
  • 1 Samuel 21:4–5“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.” David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is…
  • Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  • 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • Exodus 19:15“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
  • 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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