Leviticus 15:16-18

Laws About Bodily Discharges

16 p "If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening. 17 And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening. 18 If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and q be unclean until the evening.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:4
    None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen.
    Deuteronomy 23:10
    If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp. He shall not come inside the camp.
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:4
    And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread - if the young men have kept themselves from women.
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