The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
When a man and woman have sexual relations, they must both wash themselves with water and will be considered ceremonially unclean until evening.
This verse establishes that sexual intimacy, even within marriage, required ritual cleansing in the Old Testament law.
📚 Historical Context
Leviticus 15 is part of the Old Testament laws given to the Israelites through Moses after their escape from Egypt, focusing on regulations for bodily discharges to maintain ritual purity in daily life and worship. In the ancient Israelite culture, these rules emphasized physical cleanliness as a way to symbolize spiritual holiness and prevent contamination that could affect the community or the Tabernacle. This specific verse addresses sexual relations as a common human experience that required temporary uncleanness and purification to uphold God's standards of separation from impurity.
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