Leviticus 15:18 “If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both mus…”

Leviticus 15:18

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation — they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Young's Literal Translation

'And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

Bible in Basic English

And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.

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Cross references

“the woman”

Leviticus 15:5 Ephesians 4:17–19 Ephesians 5:3–11 2 Timothy 2:22 1 Peter 2:11

Leviticus 15:5 · BSB

Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Ephesians 4:17–19 · BSB

So 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.

Ephesians 5:3–11 · BSB

But 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.

2 Timothy 2:22 · BSB

Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11 · BSB

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

“unclean”

Exodus 19:15 Psalm 51:5 1 Corinthians 6:12 1 Corinthians 6:18 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5 Hebrews 13:4

Exodus 19:15 · BSB

“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

Psalm 51:5 · BSB

Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

1 Corinthians 6:12 · BSB

“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

1 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

1 Thessalonians 4:3–5 · BSB

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

19When 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.

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