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Leviticus 15:12

in Leviticus 15

Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

KJV

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.

This verse in Leviticus 15

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting

on Leviticus 15:6-12

The uncleanness passes through his furniture, body, spit, saddle, touch and vessels. Verse 11 sets one exception, since his touch defiles only when he has not first rinsed his hands.

This site's exposition

any wooden utensil must be rinsed

His touch reaches the household's vessels as well as its people. Every clay pot he touches while the discharge lasts is broken, as Gill states the rule, so the household bears a cost for his condition.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the vessel of earth that he toucheth which hath an issue shall be broken,....

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

12 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.

  • וּכְלִי־and a vessel of

    ukheli-H3627 →325 times

  • חֶ֛רֶשׂearthenware

    cheresH2789 →17 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יִגַּע־he will touch

    yiga'-H5060 →150 times

  • בּ֥וֹ<in> <the> it

    bo

  • הַזָּ֖בthe [one] discharging

    hazavH2100 →42 times

  • יִשָּׁבֵ֑רit will be broken

    yishaverH7665 →147 times

  • וְכָל־and every

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • כְּלִי־vessel of

    keli-H3627 →325 times

  • עֵ֔ץwood

    ʾetzH6086 →328 times

  • יִשָּׁטֵ֖ףit will be rinsed

    yishatefH7857 →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 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 3:2

      Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Colossians 3:4

      When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

    • 1 Corinthians 15:42–56

      So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

    • Romans 8:29

      For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Job 19:25–26

      But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

    • 2 Peter 1:13–14

      I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

    • 2 Corinthians 4:7

      Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

    • Hebrews 9:24

      For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.

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