Leviticus 15:16-26

16 "And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening.
17 And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
18 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.
19 "When a woman has a discharge of blood which is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
20 And everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.
21 And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
22 And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening;
23 whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.
24 And if any man lies with her, and her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
25 "If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness; as in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.
26 Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity.

Leviticus 15:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 15

This chapter treats of uncleanness by issues in men and women; in men, a running issue, Le 15:1-3, which defiles him, and everything he touches, or that touches him or them, Le 15:4-12; the cleansing from which is directed to, Le 15:13-15; and seed flowing from him, Le 15:16-18; in women, their ordinary courses, Le 15:19-24; or extraordinary ones, Le 15:25-27; and the law for the cleansing of them, Le 15:28-31; and a recapitulation of the whole, Le 15:32,33.

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