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Leviticus 15:4

in Leviticus 15

Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

KJV

Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.

This verse in Leviticus 15

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue is unclean,.... Which he constantly makes use of; so the Targum of Jonathan, which is peculiar to him, and appointed and appropriated for him to lie upon.

This site's exposition

spake unto Moses and to Aaron

on Leviticus 15:1-5

The chapter is spoken to Aaron as well as to Moses, which is the pattern across the clean and unclean laws at 11:1, 13:1 and 14:33, because a priest has to rule on them. The definition at verse 3 covers a flow that runs and a flow that is stopped, so the thing that makes the man unclean is the condition rather than what a bystander can see. From verse 4 the uncleanness moves outward onto his bed and his seat, and the rest of the case is about what he touches.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

When he was cured of the disease, yet he could not be cleansed from the pollution without a sacrifice, for which he was to prepare himself by seven days' expectation after he was perfectly clear from his distemper, and by bathing in spring water,

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H36055413 times

  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ב<the> bed

    hamishkavH490446 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • יִשְׁכַּ֥בhe will lie down

    yishkavH7901212 times

  • עָלָ֛יוon it

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • הַזָּ֖בthe [one] discharging

    hazavH210042 times

  • יִטְמָ֑אit will be unclean

    yitma'H2930162 times

  • וְכָֽל־and every

    vekholH36055413 times

  • הַכְּלִ֛י<the> article

    hakeliH3627325 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • יֵשֵׁ֥בhe will sit

    yeshevH34271079 times

  • עָלָ֖יוon it

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • יִטְמָֽא׃it will be unclean

    yitma'H2930162 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 15:33

    Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 13:20

      He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

    • Matthew 24:4

      Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

    • 1 Corinthians 5:6

      Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

    • Proverbs 9:6

      Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

    • Ephesians 5:6

      Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

  • Through

    Ephesians 5:11

    Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

    it leads to

    • Romans 13:12

      The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

    • 1 Timothy 5:20

      But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

    • 2 Thessalonians 3:6

      Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.