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Leviticus 15:5

And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Defilement;   Purification;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Disease;   Disinfection;   Health-Disease;   The Topic Concordance - Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Defilement;   Evening, the;   Purifications or Baptisms;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Issue Out of the Flesh;   Leper;   Wine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ablutions;   Discharge;   Issue;   Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Leviticus;   Medicine;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Baptism ;   Preparation ;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bathe;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Cleanse;   Talmud;   Uncleanness;   Wash;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Childbirth;   Mishnah;   Tanḥum Bar ḥanilai;   Ṭebul Yom;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
King James Version
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Lexham English Bible
And anyone who touches his bed must wash his garments and shall wash himself with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.
New Century Version
Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and the person will be unclean until evening.
New English Translation
Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Amplified Bible
'Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening;
New American Standard Bible
'Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whosoeuer also toucheth his bed, shal wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shall be vncleane vntill the euen.
Legacy Standard Bible
Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;
Contemporary English Version
and if you touch either these or him, you must wash your clothes and take a bath, but you still remain unclean until evening.
Complete Jewish Bible
Whoever touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.
Darby Translation
And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you touch that bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe in water. You will be unclean until evening.
English Standard Version
And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
George Lamsa Translation
And any man who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
Good News Translation
Anyone who touches his bed
Christian Standard Bible®
Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Literal Translation
And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his garments, and shall bathe with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he that toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe him self with water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen.
American Standard Version
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whosoeuer toucheth his bed, shall washe his clothes and bath hymselfe in water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
King James Version (1611)
And whosoeuer toucheth his bed, shall wash his clothes, and bath himselfe in water, and bee vncleane vntill the Euen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
English Revised Version
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Berean Standard Bible
Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If ony man touchith his bed, he schal waische his clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schal be vncleene `til to euentid.
Young's Literal Translation
and any one who cometh against his bed doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.
Update Bible Version
And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever toucheth his bed, shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the evening.
World English Bible
Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
New King James Version
And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
New Living Translation
So if you touch the man's bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
New Life Bible
Whoever touches his bed must wash his clothes and wash himself in water. And he will be unclean until evening.
New Revised Standard
Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If any man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
Revised Standard Version
And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, 2 Say to the children of Israel: If a man has an unclean flow from his flesh, it will make him unclean. 3 If the flow goes on or if the part is stopped up, to keep back the flow, he is still unclean. 4 Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean. 5 And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. 6 And he who has been seated on anything on which the unclean man has been seated is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. 7 And anyone touching the flesh of the unclean man is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. 8 And if liquid from the mouth of the unclean man comes on to him who is clean, then he is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. 9 And any leather seat on a horse on which the unclean man has been seated will be unclean. 10 And anyone touching anything which was under him will be unclean till the evening; anyone taking up any of these things is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 11:25, Leviticus 11:28, Leviticus 11:32, Leviticus 13:6, Leviticus 13:34, Leviticus 14:8, Leviticus 14:9, Leviticus 14:27, Leviticus 14:46, Leviticus 14:47, Leviticus 16:26, Leviticus 16:28, Leviticus 17:15, Numbers 19:10, Numbers 19:22, Psalms 26:6, Psalms 51:2, Psalms 51:7, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 22:14, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 36:29, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 9:26, Hebrews 10:22, James 4:8, Revelation 7:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - clean Exodus 19:10 - wash Leviticus 11:39 - General Leviticus 11:40 - shall wash Leviticus 15:10 - General Leviticus 15:13 - wash Leviticus 15:16 - General Leviticus 15:18 - the woman Leviticus 15:21 - General Leviticus 15:27 - General Leviticus 22:6 - General Numbers 19:7 - General Deuteronomy 23:11 - wash himself 1 Samuel 20:26 - he is not clean Isaiah 52:11 - touch

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.
Genesis 15:8
And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.
Genesis 22:17
That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Genesis 26:4
I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;
Genesis 28:14
Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Exodus 32:13
Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whosoever toucheth his bed,.... Is unclean. According to the Misnah x, a bed defiles a man seven ways, so as to defile garments; standing, sitting, lying, hanging, and leaning, and by touching, and by bearing:

shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water; in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan:

and be unclean until the even; be unfit for conversation with other men till the even, though both his body and clothes are washed.

x Zabim, ut supra. (c. 2. sect. 4.)


 
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