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Complete Jewish Bible

Leviticus 15:27

Whoever touches those things will be unclean; he is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Menstruation;   Purification;   Sanitation;   Women;   The Topic Concordance - Uncleanness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Command, Commandment;   Priest, Priesthood;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sin-Offering;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Issue;   Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Leviticus;   Numbers, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ablution;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baraita De-Niddah;   Baths, Bathing;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
King James Version
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Lexham English Bible
And any person who touches them becomes unclean, and he shall wash his garments, and he shall wash himself with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
New Century Version
"‘Whoever touches those things will be unclean and must wash his clothes and bathe in water; he will be unclean until evening.
New English Translation
and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Amplified Bible
'And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
New American Standard Bible
'Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whosoeuer toucheth these things, shal be vncleane, & shal wash his clothes, & wash him selfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.
Legacy Standard Bible
Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
Contemporary English Version
If you touch either of these, you must wash your clothes and take a bath, but you still remain unclean until evening.
Darby Translation
And whoever toucheth them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever touches these things will be unclean until evening. They must wash their own clothes and bathe in water.
English Standard Version
And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
George Lamsa Translation
And whosoever touches those things shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
Good News Translation
Any who touch them are unclean and must wash their clothes and take a bath; they remain unclean until evening.
Christian Standard Bible®
Everyone who touches them will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Literal Translation
And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so euer toucheth eny of them, shal be vncleane, and shal wash his clothes, and bathe him self with water, & be vncleane vntyll the euen.
American Standard Version
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Bible in Basic English
And anyone touching these things will be unclean, and his clothing will have to be washed and his body bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whosoeuer toucheth any of these shalbe vncleane, and shall washe his clothes, and bathe hym selfe in water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
King James Version (1611)
And whosoeuer toucheth those things, shalbe vncleane, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and be vncleane vntill the Euen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Every one that touches it shall be unclean; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
English Revised Version
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Berean Standard Bible
Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Who euer touchith hir 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 is coming against them is unclean, and hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.
Update Bible Version
And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the evening.
World English Bible
Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
New King James Version
Whoever touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
New Living Translation
If any of you touch these things, you will be ceremonially unclean. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
New Life Bible
Whoever touches them will be unclean. He must wash his clothes and wash himself in water and be unclean until evening.
New Revised Standard
Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and whosoever toucheth them, shall be unclean, - and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever toucheth them shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
Revised Standard Version
And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Contextual Overview

19 "‘If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she will be in her state of niddah for seven days. Whoever touches her will be unclean until evening. 20 Everything she lies on or sits on in her state of niddah will be unclean. 21 Whoever touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening. 22 Whoever touches anything she sits on is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening. 23 Whether he is on the bed or on something she sits on, when he touches it, he will be unclean until evening. 24 If a man goes to bed with her, and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean seven days; and every bed he lies on will be unclean. 25 "‘If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days not during her period, or if her discharge lasts beyond the normal end of her period, then throughout the time she is having an unclean discharge she will be as when she is in niddah — she is unclean. 26 Every bed she lies on at any time while she is having her discharge will be for her like the bed she uses during her time of niddah; and everything she sits on will be unclean with uncleanness like that of her time of niddah. 27 Whoever touches those things will be unclean; he is to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water; he will be unclean until evening. 28 "‘If she has become free of her discharge, she is to count seven days; after that, she will be clean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 15:5-8, Leviticus 15:13, Leviticus 15:21, Leviticus 17:15, Leviticus 17:16, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 36:29, Zechariah 13:1, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 10:22, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19, 1 John 1:7

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:40 - shall wash Leviticus 16:26 - wash Numbers 8:7 - wash their

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean,.... Her bed and seat; the Septuagint version is, "that toucheth her", see

Leviticus 15:19;

and shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even; let it be observed, that in all the above passages, where it is said, "he shall bathe [himself] in water", the Targum of Jonathan adds, in forty seahs or pecks of water; for this was done by dipping the body all over.


 
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