Leviticus 15:16 meaning and explanation

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:16, Berean Standard Bible

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In this chapter God gives Moses and Aaron instructions for Israel, who camped around the tabernacle where the LORD dwelt among them. Verse 16 addresses an ordinary emission of semen, which made a man ritually unclean until evening, not morally guilty.

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