Levítico 15:18

18 Y la mujer con quien el varón tuviera ayuntamiento de semen, ambos se lavarán con agua, y serán inmundos hasta la tarde.

Levítico 15:18 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 15:18

The woman also with whom man shall lie [with] seed of
copulation
It seems to respect any congress of a man and woman, whether in fornication or adultery, or lawful marriage, and particularly the latter; for though marriage is honourable and holy, and carnal copulation in itself lawful, yet such is the sinfulness of nature, that as no act is performed without pollution, so neither that of generation, and by which the corruption of nature is propagated, and therefore required a ceremonial cleansing: they shall [both] bathe [themselves] in water, and be unclean until
the even;
so Herodotus ^F6 reports, that as often as a Babylonian man lay with his wife, he had used to sit by consecrated incense, and the woman did the same: and in the morning they were both washed, and did not touch any vessel before they had washed themselves; and he says the Arabians did the like: and the same historian relates ^F7 of the Egyptians, that they never go into their temples from their wives unwashed; see ( Exodus 19:15 ) ( 1 Samuel 21:4 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 198.
F7 Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 64.

Levítico 15:18 In-Context

16 Y el hombre, cuando de él saliere derramamiento de semen, lavará en aguas toda su carne, y será inmundo hasta la tarde.

17 Y toda vestimenta, ó toda piel sobre la cual hubiere el derramamiento del semen, lavaráse con agua, y será inmunda hasta la tarde.

18 Y la mujer con quien el varón tuviera ayuntamiento de semen, ambos se lavarán con agua, y serán inmundos hasta la tarde.

19 Y cuando la mujer tuviere flujo de sangre, y su flujo fuere en su carne, siete días estará apartada; y cualquiera que tocare en ella, será inmundo hasta la tarde.

20 Y todo aquello sobre que ella se acostare mientras su separación, será inmundo: también todo aquello sobre que se sentare, será inmundo.