Bible verse
When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 15.
12 Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
13 When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
14 On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.
15 The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his discharge.
16 When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
17 Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
18 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.
19 When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
20 Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
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