Lev 15:16-18 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 15:16-17: 15:16-17 In the case of an emission of semen , the discharge was not a sign of illness (see study note on 15:1-33). Still, the same rule applied; the man must wash and be considered unclean until the next evening.

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‏ Leviticus 15:16-18

Summary for Lev 15:16-17: 15:16-17 ^a In the case of an emission of semen, the discharge was not a sign of illness (see study note on 15:1-33). Still, the same rule applied; the man must wash and be considered unclean until the next evening.
15:18 ^b If the seminal emission involved sexual intercourse, both the man and the woman became unclean and had to wash and remain unclean until the next evening. Although it involved a bodily emission, sexual intercourse was not an infection or abnormality, and it required no sacrifices.