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- Chapter 15
- Verse 16
Leviticus 15:16
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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Gill's Exposition
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him,.... Not in lawful cohabitation, nor voluntarily, but involuntarily, as Aben Ezra observes; not through any disorder, which came by an accident, or…
Most of the ancient religions made a similar recognition of impurity and of the need of purfication. Lev 15:17 Every garment - Compare Jud 1:23.
We have here the law concerning the ceremonial uncleanness that was contracted by running issues in men. It is called in the margin (Lev 15:2) the running of the reins: a very grievous and loathsome…
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