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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd 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.
When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
`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.
And 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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)