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Leviticus 15:12

The clay pot that the man with the flow touches must be broken. And anything made of wood must be washed in water.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Defilement;   Purification;   Sanitation;   The Topic Concordance - Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - 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;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Discharge;   Dish;   Issue;   Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   House;   Leviticus;   Medicine;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bason;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cleanse;   Talmud;   Uncleanness;   Wash;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
King James Version
And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Lexham English Bible
But a clay vessel that the person who discharges touches must be broken, and any wood object must be rinsed with water.
New Century Version
"‘If a person who discharges a body fluid touches a clay bowl, that bowl must be broken. If he touches a wooden bowl, that bowl must be washed in water.
New English Translation
A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.
Amplified Bible
'An earthenware container that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden container shall be rinsed in water.
New American Standard Bible
'However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the vessel of earth that he toucheth, which hath the issue, shalbe broken: and euery vessel of wood shalbe rinsed in water.
Legacy Standard Bible
However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.
Contemporary English Version
Any clay pot that he touches must be destroyed, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed.
Complete Jewish Bible
If the person with the discharge touches a clay pot, it must be broken; if he touches a wooden utensil, it must be rinsed in water.
Darby Translation
And the vessel of earth that he toucheth who hath the flux shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Easy-to-Read Version
"If a man with a discharge touches a clay bowl, that bowl must be broken. If he touches a wooden bowl, that bowl must be washed in water.
English Standard Version
And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
George Lamsa Translation
And the earthen vessel which he touched who has the discharge shall be broken; and every vessel of wood or of brass shall be washed in water.
Good News Translation
Any clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden bowl that he touches must be washed.
Christian Standard Bible®
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil is to be rinsed with water.
Literal Translation
And the earthen vessel that he who issues touches shall be broken; and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan he toucheth an erthen vessell, it shal be broken: but the treen vessell shal be rensed wt water.
American Standard Version
And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Bible in Basic English
And any vessel of earth which has been touched by the unclean man will have to be broken and any vessel of wood washed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The vessell of earth that he toucheth which hath the issue, shalbe broken: and all vessels of wood shalbe rensed in water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
King James Version (1611)
And the vessell of earth that hee toucheth which hath the issue, shall bee broken: and euery vessell of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean.
English Revised Version
And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Berean Standard Bible
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`A vessel of erthe which he touchith, schal be brokun; but a `vessel of tre schal be waischun in watir.
Young's Literal Translation
`And the earthen vessel which he who hath the issue cometh against is broken; and every wooden vessel is rinsed with water.
Update Bible Version
And the earthen vessel, which he that has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the vessel of earth that he toucheth who hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
World English Bible
"'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
New King James Version
The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
New Living Translation
Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.
New Revised Standard
Any earthen vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the earthen vessel which he that hath the flux toucheth shall be broken in pieces, - and, every vessel of wood, shall be rinsed in water.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be broken: but if a vessel of wood, it shall be washed with water.
Revised Standard Version
And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
THE MESSAGE
"If a pottery container is touched by someone with a discharge, you must break it; a wooden article is to be rinsed in water.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Say to the people of Israel, ‘When a man has something flowing from his body, what is flowing is unclean. 3 If it flows, or if it fills up and stops flowing, he will be unclean. 4 Every bed on which the person with the flow lies will be unclean. 5 Whoever touches his bed must wash his clothes and wash himself in water. And he will be unclean until evening. 6 Whoever sits where the man with the flow has been sitting must wash his clothes and wash himself with water. He will be unclean until evening. 7 Whoever touches the person with the flow must wash his clothes and wash himself in water. And he will be unclean until evening. 8 If the man with the flow spits on one who is clean, then he must wash his clothes, wash himself in water, and be unclean until evening. 9 Any leather seat on which the man who is unclean has been sitting will be unclean. 10 Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

vessel: Leviticus 6:28, Leviticus 11:32, Leviticus 11:33, Proverbs 1:21, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 3:21, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 3:21

shall be broken: Psalms 2:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:35 - they shall be

Cross-References

Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God put the man to sleep as if he were dead. And while he was sleeping, He took one of the bones from his side and closed up the place with flesh.
Genesis 15:3
Abram said, "Because You have not given me a child, one born in my house will be given all I have."
Genesis 15:5
He took him outside and said, "Now look up into the heavens and add up the stars, if you are able to number them." Then He said to him, "Your children and your children's children will be as many as the stars."
Genesis 15:8
And Abram said, "O Lord God, how may I know that it will be mine?"
Genesis 15:9
So the Lord said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:13
God said to Abram, "Know for sure that your children and those born after them will be strangers in a land that is not theirs. There they will be servants and suffer for 400 years.
Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation they will serve. And later they will come out with many riches.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the bottle of water from beside Saul's head, and they went away. But no one saw it, or knew it, and no one woke, for they were all sleeping. A deep sleep from the Lord had come upon them.
Job 33:15
In a dream, a special dream of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men, while they sleep in their beds,
Acts 20:9
A young man named Eutychus sat in the window. As Paul kept on preaching, this man started to go to sleep. At last he went to sleep. He fell from the third floor to the ground and was picked up dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the vessel of earth that he toucheth which hath an issue shall be broken,.... That it might not be made use of afterwards; which was ordered, that they might be careful what they touched who were in such circumstances: according to Gersom an earthen vessel received no uncleanness but from the middle, though he owns the law does not distinguish between the middle and the outside; wherefore Jarchi is of opinion, that if the back or outside of it was touched, it was unclean, and to be broken:

and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water; and after that be used: what should be the reason why an earthen vessel defiled by touching should be broken, and a wooden vessel defiled in the same way should not, but be rinsed and cleansed, when an earthen vessel might as well be rinsed and fit for use as that, is not easy to say; it depended upon the will of the lawgiver: according to Ainsworth, the one may signify the destruction of reprobate persons, the other the cleansing of penitent sinners.


 
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