Leviticus 15:16

“And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, etc.] Not in lawful cohabitation, nor voluntarily, but involuntarily, as Aben Ezra observes; not through any disorder, which came by an accident, or in any criminal way, but through a dream, or any lustful imagination; what is commonly called nocturnal pollution f528; then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even; and so the Egyptian priests, when it happened that they were defiled by a dream, they immediately purified themselves in a laver f529 so the Jewish priests did when the like happened to them asleep in the temple f530; (see <052310> Deuteronomy 23:10,11).”

“Most of the ancient religions made a similar recognition of impurity and of the need of purfication. Leviticus 15:17 Every garment - Compare Jude 1:23. return to 'Top of Page'”

“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.”

“Lev 15:5, Lev 22:4; Deu 23:10, Deu 23:11; Co2 7:1; Pe1 2:11; Jo1 1:7 Leviticus 15:17”

“Involuntary emission of seed. - This defiled for the whole of the day, not only the man himself, but any garment or skin upon which any of it had come, and required for purification that the whole body should be bathed, and the polluted things washed. Leviticus 15:18”