Most of the ancient religions made a similar recognition of impurity and of the need of purification (Leviticus 15:17).

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And if any man’s seed. —The second case, discussed in this and the following verses, is that of an involuntary emission, …

And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him Not in lawful cohabitation, nor voluntarily, but involuntarily, as Ab…

We need not be overly meticulous in explaining these laws; but we have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, n…