Levicticus 15 - 16 Confused..

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musicworld

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I recently read in Levicticus 15 -16 about male discharges, semen emissions and that one needs to bathe the body there after, this I understand, however God goes on to say, The priest is then to sacrifice
a sin offering and a burnt offering, In this way he will make atonement for him before the LORD for the uncleanness of his discharge. Why if a man has a natural discharge emission of semen does he need to give a sin offering ? surely he has not sinned as this is a natural occurance,

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Offerings were prescribed only for UNnatural discharges (Leviticus 15:1-15)

Any natural semen emission just made a man unclean for the rest of the day (verses 16-18)

It was the same for a woman: a normal period made her unclean just for a week and didn't require any offering to be made (verses 19-24); but if she had abnormal bleeding or discharge she had to bring an offering when it had finished (verses 25-30).

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How then can one difine an unatural emission of semen? Surely any form of semen emission is natural other then ejaculation, which is mechanised by sexual intercourse or masturbation. What then would be an unatural dischard of semen?
 

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musicworld said:
How then can one difine an unatural emission of semen? Surely any form of semen emission is natural other then ejaculation, which is mechanised by sexual intercourse or masturbation. What then would be an unatural dischard of semen?
All semen emissions are natural.
An abnormal discharge in a man is usually a symptom of a sexually transmitted infection.