Leviticus 15:16

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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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  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 15:17-28
    12 verses
    93%

    17Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

    18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

    19When a woman has her menstrual period, her flow of blood will make her unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

    20Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.

    21Anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    22Anyone who touches any object she has sat on must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    23If someone touches her bed or anything she has sat on, they will be unclean until evening.

    24If a man has sexual relations with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will also be unclean.

    25If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days outside of her menstrual period, or if the discharge continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as during her menstruation for as long as the discharge lasts.

    26Any bed she lies on during her discharge will be like her bed during menstruation; any object she sits on will be unclean as during her menstrual impurity.

    27Anyone who touches them will be unclean. They must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    28When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count seven days, and after that she will be clean.

  • Lev 15:2-13
    12 verses
    86%

    2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

    3This is how his uncleanness will be identified in regard to his discharge: whether his body allows his discharge to flow or whether it blocks it, it is uncleanness.

    4Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any object on which he sits will also be unclean.

    5Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    6Anyone who sits on an object that the man with the discharge has sat on must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    7Anyone who touches the body of the man with the discharge must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    8If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    9Any saddle or seat on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.

    10Anyone who touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries these items must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    11Anyone touched by the man with the discharge who has not washed his hands must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    12Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden object must be rinsed with water.

    13When the man with the discharge becomes clean, he must count seven days for his purification, wash his clothes, bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be clean.

  • Lev 15:31-33
    3 verses
    86%

    31You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

    32This is the law concerning the man with a discharge and anyone who has an emission of semen that makes him unclean.

    33It also applies to a woman during her menstrual period, to anyone—male or female—with a discharge, and to a man who lies with a woman who is unclean.

  • Lev 15:15
    82%

    15The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, making atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge.

  • Lev 20:18
    79%

    18If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 17:16
    79%

    16But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will bear their guilt.

  • Num 19:19-22
    4 verses
    79%

    19The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. Then the one being purified must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be clean by evening.

    20But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

    21This shall be a permanent statute for them. The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of purification will remain unclean until evening.

    22Anything that the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 22:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4If 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,

    5or touches any unclean crawling creature that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean by whatever means—

    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water.

  • Num 19:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7Afterward, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water. Then he may enter the camp, but he shall remain unclean until evening.

    8The one who burns the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall remain unclean until evening.

  • Deut 23:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10When you go out as a camp against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything evil.

    11If 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 5:3
    77%

    3Or if someone touches human uncleanness, anything that makes a person unclean, and it is hidden from them but then they realize it, they become guilty.

  • Num 5:28
    76%

    28But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to conceive children.

  • Num 19:15
    75%

    15And every open container that does not have a lid tightly fastened on it shall be unclean.

  • Lev 11:25
    75%

    25Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 11:32
    75%

    32Any object upon which one of their dead bodies falls will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, leather, or sackcloth. Whatever is used to do work must be put into water; it will remain unclean until the evening, then it will be clean.

  • Num 19:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

    12He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, he will not be clean.

  • Lev 12:2
    74%

    2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her menstruation.

  • Lev 20:21
    74%

    21If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.