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16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission,[a] he must bathe his whole body in water[b] and be unclean until evening, 17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. 18 As for a woman whom a man goes to bed with, then has a seminal emission,[c] they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 15:16 tn Heb “And a man when a lying of seed goes out from him”; KJV, ASV “any man’s seed of copulation”; NIV, NRSV, TEV, NLT “an emission of semen.”
  2. Leviticus 15:16 tn Heb “and he shall bathe all his flesh in water.”
  3. Leviticus 15:18 tn Heb “And a woman whom a man lies down with her, a lying of seed.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” can imply going to bed for sexual relations. The phrase “a lying down of seed” or “an emission of seed” is adverbial, specifying the circumstance with which the regulation is concerned.

16 “‘When a man has an emission of semen,(A) he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.(B) 17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. 18 When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen,(C) both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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