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“‘If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Evening, whether the action were lawful or not. Menochius.—Some explain this verse, of nocturnal inconveniences; and verse 18, of the act of marriage. The latter rendered unclean only in as much as it hindered a person from partaking of any thing sacred, though he might perform the duties of life. Calmet.—This law was to lay some restraint on the too frequent use of marriage. Theodoret. D.
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