16" 'When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.


In Context

13 " 'When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.

14 On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest.

15 The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man 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 till evening.

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 lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 15:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:16The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And if any man's seed of copulation pass from him, then he shall bathe his whole flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And if any man's seed of copulation shall go from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16|'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16'And when a man's seed of copulation goeth out from him, then he hath bathed with water all his flesh, and been unclean till the evening.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And 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.