^15:16“ ‘When a man has a seminal emission,²⁵ he must bathe his whole body in water²⁶ and be unclean until evening, ^15:17and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. ^15:18When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission,²⁷ they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

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Footnotes

25 Heb “And a man when a lying of seed goes out from him”; , “any man’s seed of copulation”; , , , “an emission of semen.”
26 Heb “and he shall bathe all his flesh in water.”
27 Heb “And a woman who a man lies with her a lying of seed.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“When a man has an emission of semen, he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening. Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening. After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘And if an emission of semen goes out from anyone, then he shall wash all of his body with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening. And any garment and anything leather on which is an emission of semen shall be washed with water, and it shall be unclean until the evening. If there is a woman with whom a man lies down and there is an emission of semen, then they shall wash themselves with water, and they shall be unclean until the evening.

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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. And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

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