Imamat 15:16-19

15:16 “‘When a man has a seminal emission, ¹  he must bathe his whole body in water ²  and be unclean until evening, 15:17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. 15:18 When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, ³  they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Female Bodily Discharges

15:19 “‘When a woman has a discharge ⁴  and her discharge is blood from her body, ⁵  she is to be in her menstruation ⁶  seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

[15:16]  ¹ tn Heb “And a man when a lying of seed goes out from him”; KJV, ASV “any man’s seed of copulation”; NIV, NRSV, TEV, NLT “an emission of semen.”

[15:16]  ² tn Heb “and he shall bathe all his flesh in water.”

[15:18]  ³ tn Heb “And a woman who a man lies with her a lying of seed.”

[15:19]  ⁴ tn See the note on Lev 15:2 above.

[15:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “blood shall be her discharge in her flesh.” The term “flesh” here refers euphemistically to the female sexual area (cf. the note on v. 2 above).

[15:19]  ⁶ tn See the note on Lev 12:2 and R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:925-27.