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Leviticus 15:13

in Leviticus 15

When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

KJV

And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

This verse in Leviticus 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

13, 14. then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing--Like a leprous person he underwent a week's probation, to make sure he was completely healed. Then with the sacrifices prescribed, the priest made an atonement for him, that is, offered the oblations necessary for the removal of his ceremonial defilement, as well as the typical pardon of his sins.

This site's exposition

he must count off seven days for his cleansing

on Leviticus 15:13-18

The uncleanness outlasts the discharge by seven days, and on the eighth he brings two birds. One is a sin offering and one a burnt offering, the offering Leviticus 5:7 and 12:8 allow one who cannot afford a lamb.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This signified the great gospel duties of faith and repentance, and the great gospel privileges of the application of Christ's blood to our souls for our justification and his grace for our sanctification.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The mere cessation of the issue does not make him clean: he must wait seven days, etc., preparatory to his offering sacrifice.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • וְכִֽי־and if

    vekhi-H3588 →4482 times

  • יִטְהַ֤רhe will be pure

    yitharH2891 →94 times

  • הַזָּב֙the [one] discharging

    hazavH2100 →42 times

  • מִזּוֹב֔וֹfrom discharge his

    mizovoH2101 →13 times

  • וְסָ֨פַרand he will count

    vesafarH5608 →159 times

  • ל֜וֹfor <the> himself

    lo

  • שִׁבְעַ֥תseven

    shivatH7651 →394 times

  • יָמִ֛יםdays

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • לְטָהֳרָת֖וֹfor purification his

    letohoratoH2893 →11 times

  • וְכִבֶּ֣סand he will wash

    vekhibesH3526 →51 times

  • בְּגָדָ֑יוgarments his

    begadavH899 →217 times

  • וְרָחַ֧ץand he will wash

    verachatzH7364 →72 times

  • בְּשָׂר֛וֹbody his

    besaroH1320 →270 times

  • בְּמַ֥יִםwith water

    bemayimH4325 →581 times

  • חַיִּ֖יםliving

    chaiyimH2416 →498 times

  • וְטָהֵֽר׃and he will be pure

    vetaherH2891 →94 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

    2 Corinthians 7:1

    Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

    it leads to

    • 1 Thessalonians 4:7

      For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

    • 1 Peter 2:11

      Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

    • James 4:8

      Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

    • Proverbs 8:13

      To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

    • Psalms 51:10

      Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

  • Through

    Leviticus 14:8

    The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 11:25

      and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 8:7

      This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

  • Through

    Leviticus 15:28

    When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 15:13–15

      When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.

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 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.