![]() To become clean again, both the man and the woman must bathe themselves in water and be unclean until evening. If a man and woman have sex and the man emits semen, then both the man and the woman become unclean. The second circumstance is when a man has sex with a woman and emits semen (Lev 15:18). Leviticus 15:16–18 treats two different circumstances of semen emission. “If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening. And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening. If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening.” LEVITICUS 15:16–18 In Leviticus 15:16–18, we discover that emitting semen makes a man cultically unclean: Specifically, God’s people are told what makes a person cultically unclean and how to become clean/pure if one is unclean. Thus, in Leviticus 11:1–15:33, Moses presents Israel with instructions about purity for God’s people. If God’s people are not clean/pure, then God will either not dwell with his people or God will lash out and kill his people (see Lev 15:31). As such, God’s people must be cultically clean/pure. Because God is holy, his people must continually be holy. Throughout the Bible, God is presented as a holy God. Purification Rites for Emitting Semen: Leviticus 15:16–18 I also want to briefly touch upon Onan wasting his semen on the ground in Genesis 38:6–11 because it has wrongly been used to condemn masturbation. The passages we’ll look at are Leviticus 15:16–18 and Deuteronomy 23:9–14. The reason for this is most likely because emitting semen causes a man to become cultically unclean and in need of purification. Scripture hints at male masturbation a number of times, but never female masturbation. Let’s first look at what the Bible says in connection to masturbation before looking at the biblical principles that suggest masturbation is wrong. ![]() Although the Bible does not explicitly mention masturbation, it does give four principles that suggest Christians should not masturbate: one’s conscience, avoidance of lust, avoidance of selfishness, and spouses are to pleasure each other. ![]() But what does the Bible say?Ĭhristians should not masturbate. Western culture says it is ok to do and there is no harm that comes from it. Onan knew that the offspring would not be his so when he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother.Masturbation is certainly a sticky subject for many (sorry for the pun). “If there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp he may not reenter the camp. ‘No man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission, This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it, “She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses. ‘Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening. Bible verses including the word or topic of Semen. ![]()
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