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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Numbers 19:15

And, in the case of every open vessel, on which no cover is fastened, unclean, it is.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Mourning;   Sanitation;   Water;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dead, the;   Defilement;   Red Heifer, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ashes;   Burial;   Clean and Unclean;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Funeral;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - War;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ancestor-Worship;   Clean and Unclean;   Colours;   Numbers, Book of;   Red Heifer;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Heifer, Red;   Water of Separation;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ashes;   Burial;   Clean and unclean;   Covenant;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cover;   Israel, Religion of;   Lace;   Uncleanness;   Vessel;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Agrarian law;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Kelim;   Law, Reading from the;   Mishnah;   Ohalot;   Red Heifer;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
King James Version
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
Lexham English Bible
Every container that is opened that does not have a lid cord on it is unclean.
English Standard Version
And every open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean.
New Century Version
And every open jar or pot without a cover becomes unclean.
New English Translation
And every open container that has no covering fastened on it is unclean.
Amplified Bible
'Every open container [in the tent], which has no covering tied down on it, is unclean.
New American Standard Bible
'And every open container, which has no cover tied down on it, will be unclean.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the vessels that bee open, which haue no couering fastened vpon them, shall be vncleane.
Legacy Standard Bible
And every open vessel, which has no covering tied down on it, shall be unclean.
Contemporary English Version
Any open jar in the tent is unclean.
Complete Jewish Bible
Every open container without a cover closely attached is unclean.
Darby Translation
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, shall be unclean.
Easy-to-Read Version
And every jar or pot without a lid becomes unclean.
George Lamsa Translation
And every open vessel which is not covered is unclean.
Good News Translation
Every jar and pot in the tent that has no lid on it also becomes unclean.
Christian Standard Bible®
and any open container without a lid tied on it is unclean.
Literal Translation
And every open vessel which has no covering of thread on it shall be unclean.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And euery open vessel that hath no lydd nor couerynge, is vncleane.
American Standard Version
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
Bible in Basic English
And every open vessel without a cover fixed on it will be unclean.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the vessels that be open, which haue no coueryng bounde vpon them, shalbe vncleane.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.
King James Version (1611)
And euery open vessel which hath no couering bound vpon it, is vncleane.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And every open vessel which has not a covering bound upon it, shall be unclean.
English Revised Version
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
Berean Standard Bible
and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A vessel that hath not an hilyng, nethir a byndyng aboue, schal be vncleene.
Young's Literal Translation
and every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean.
Update Bible Version
And every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
Webster's Bible Translation
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, [is] unclean.
World English Bible
Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
New King James Version
and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean.
New Living Translation
Any open container in the tent that was not covered with a lid is also defiled.
New Life Bible
And every open pot that has no cover on it will be unclean.
New Revised Standard
And every open vessel with no cover fastened on it is unclean.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding over it, shall be unclean.
Revised Standard Version
And every open vessel, which has no cover fastened upon it, is unclean.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Every open vessel, which has no covering tied down on it, shall be unclean.

Contextual Overview

11 He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days. 12 He, shall cleanse himself from sin therewith on the third day, then on the seventh day, shall he be clean, - but if he cleanse not himself from sin on the third day, then on the seventh day, shall he not be clean, 13 Whoso-ever toucheth the dead the person of the human being that dieth and doth not cleanse himself from sin, the habitation of Yahweh, hath he made unclean; that person therefore shall be cut off out of Israel, - because, the water of separation, was not dashed upon him, unclean, shall he be, his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This, is the law - When, a human being, shall die in a tent, every one who goeth into the tent and every one who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days. 15 And, in the case of every open vessel, on which no cover is fastened, unclean, it is. 16 And, whosoever toucheth on the face of the field, one slain with a sword, or one who hath died, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And they shall take, for him that is un-clean, of the ashes of the burning of the sin-bearer, - and living water shall be put thereon in a vessel, 18 Then shall a man that is clean take hyssop, and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there, - and upon him that touched the bone or him who had been slain, or him who had died of himself or the grave; 19 and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day, - so shall he cleanse himself from sin, on the seventh day, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water and be clean in the evening. 20 But in the ease of the man who shall be unclean and shall not cleanse himself from sin, that person shall be cut off, out of the midst of the convocation, - for, the sanctuary of Yahweh, hath he made unclean, the water of separation, hath not been dashed upon him unclean, he is.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 31:20, Leviticus 11:32, Leviticus 14:36

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city - the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth even unto age, - all the people from every quarter,
Genesis 19:5
And they called unto Lot and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them!
Genesis 19:7
And he said, - Do not I pray you my brethren act wickedly.
Genesis 19:8
Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs now bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye to them, as may be good in your eyes, - Only to these men, ye may do nothing; for on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale, - To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire, - from Yahweh, out of the heavens:
Genesis 19:25
so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit, - and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground.
Genesis 19:27
And Abraham gat up early in the morning, unto the place where he had stood before Yahweh;
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he saith - In an approved season, have I hearkened unto thee, and, in a day of salvation, have succoured thee; - Lo! now, a well-approved season, Lo! now, a day of salvation:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And every open vessel,.... An earthen one, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so Jarchi interprets it; and Maimonides r observes, that this is only to be understood of an earthen vessel:

which hath no covering bound upon it; a linen or a woollen cloth wrapped and tied about it:

[is] unclean; the air of the house getting into it by its being uncovered.

r In Misn. Cholin, c. 1. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One practical effect of attaching defilement to a dead body, and to all that touched it, etc., would be to insure early burial, and to correct a practice not uncommon in the East, of leaving the deal to be devoured by the wild beasts.


 
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