Leviticus 6:28
in Leviticus 6The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.
KJV
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
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This verse in Leviticus 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe earthen vessel - shall be broken - Calmet states that this should be considered as implying the vessels brought by individuals to the court of the temple or tabernacle, and not of the vessels that belonged to the priests for the ordinary service. That the people dressed their sacrifices sometimes in the court of the tabernacle, he gathers from 1Sa 2:13, 1Sa 2:14, to which the reader is desired to refer. In addition to what has been already said on the different subjects in this chapter, it may be necessary to notice a few more particulars.
This site's exposition
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden
on Leviticus 6:28-30
An earthen vessel the flesh was boiled in is broken, and a brass pot is scoured and rinsed and stays in use. The text draws that line and leaves it unexplained, and the readings on offer run from the porousness of clay to the worth of the metal. Verse 30 then lifts one class of sin offering out of the eating rule, since where the blood was carried into the tabernacle the flesh is burnt in the fire and no priest eats it. That is the offering of the day of atonement in chapter 16, and Hebrews 13:11-13 takes up the burning outside the camp and sets the suffering of Jesus without the gate beside it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Broken - Because being full of pores, the liquor in which it was sodden might easily sink into it, whereby it was ceremonially holy, and therefore was broken, lest afterwards it should be abused to common uses.
This intimated that the defilement was not wholly taken away by the offering, but did rather cleave to it, such was the weakness and deficiency of those sacrifices; but the blood of Christ thoroughly cleanses from all sin, and after it there needs no cleansing.
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This is the law of the sin offering--It was slain, and the fat and inwards, after being washed and salted, were burnt upon the altar. But the rest of the carcass belonged to the officiating priest.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The earthen vessel - Unglazed pottery would absorb some of the juices of the meat: and a vessel made holy could not be put to any other purpose.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּכְלִי־ | ukheli- | and a vessel of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| חֶ֛רֶשׂ | cheres | earthenware | H2789 → | 17 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תְּבֻשַּׁל־ | tevushal- | it will be boiled | H1310 → | 28 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | in <the> it | ||
| יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר | yishaver | it will be broken | H7665 → | 147 times |
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| בִּכְלִ֤י | bikhli | in a vessel of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | |
| בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה | bushalah | it was boiled | H1310 → | 28 times |
| וּמֹרַ֥ק | umorak | and it will be scoured | H4838 → | |
| וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף | veshutaf | and it will be rinsed | H7857 → | 31 times |
| בַּמָּֽיִם׃ | bamayim | with <the> water | H4325 → | 581 times |
וּכְלִי־and a vessel of
ukheli-H3627 →325 times
חֶ֛רֶשׂearthenware
cheresH2789 →17 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תְּבֻשַּׁל־it will be boiled
tevushal-H1310 →28 times
בּ֖וֹin <the> it
bo
יִשָּׁבֵ֑רit will be broken
yishaverH7665 →147 times
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
בִּכְלִ֤יin a vessel of
bikhliH3627 →325 times
נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙bronze
nechoshetH5178 →
בֻּשָּׁ֔לָהit was boiled
bushalahH1310 →28 times
וּמֹרַ֥קand it will be scoured
umorakH4838 →
וְשֻׁטַּ֖ףand it will be rinsed
veshutafH7857 →31 times
בַּמָּֽיִם׃with <the> water
bamayimH4325 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Leviticus 11:33If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
it leads to
- Philippians 3:21
who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 15:12
Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
- Jeremiah 48:38
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
- Leviticus 14:45
It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
- Leviticus 11:35
Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
- Philippians 3:21
Through
Leviticus 15:12Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.
it leads to
- Leviticus 11:32–33
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain…
- Proverbs 3:21
My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- Leviticus 11:32–33
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.