Leviticus 15:18 declares both the man and the woman unclean because the intercourse described involved the man’s “seed of copulation.” In this passage, “unclean” describes a temporary ceremonial condition under the Mosaic law, not a declaration that lawful marital relations were morally sinful.
Leviticus 15:18 can sound strange when we first read it. A man lies with a woman, both of them bathe, and both of them are declared “unclean until the even.” Does that mean the sexual act itself was sinful? And exactly what situation is…
