Verse 16

If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 22:4 : 4 If any man from Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he must not eat from the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen,
  • Deut 23:10-11 : 10 When you go out as a camp against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything evil. 11 If there is a man among you who becomes unclean due to a nocturnal emission, he must go outside the camp and not reenter it.
  • Lev 15:5 : 5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.