Leviticus 15:5 BSB — MannaFest

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

BSB

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ASV

And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

KJV

And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Damascene

ORTHODOX FAITH 4.9 (749)

For from the beginning "the spirit of God moved over the waters," and over and again Scripture testifies to the fact that water is purifying. It was with water that God washed away the sin of the world in the time of Noah. It was with water that every one who was unclean was purified in accordance with the law, and even their garments were washed with water.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And whosoever toucheth his bed,.... Is unclean. According to the Misnah (x), a bed defiles a man seven ways, so as to defile garments; standing, sitting, lying, hanging, and leaning, and by touching, and by bearing: shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water; in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan: and be unclean until the even; be unfit for conversation with other men till the even, though both his body and clothes are washed. (x) Zabim, ut supra. (c. 2. sect. 4.)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִ֕ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and anyone	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יִגַּ֖ע	yi.Ga'	he will touch	H5060 →
בְּמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ	be.mish.ka.Vo	<in> bed his	H4904 →
יְכַבֵּ֧ס	ye.kha.Bes	he will wash	H3526 →
בְּגָדָ֛יו	be.ga.Dav	garments his	H899 →
וְרָחַ֥ץ	ve.ra.Chatz	and he will wash	H7364 →
בַּמַּ֖יִם	ba.Ma.yim	with <the> water	H4325 →
וְטָמֵ֥א	ve.ta.Me'	and he will be unclean	H2930 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
הָעָֽרֶב׃	ha.'A.rev	the evening	H6153 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Psalms 145:18
  The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Malachi 3:7
  Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But…
- Zechariah 1:3
  So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
- Isaiah 55:6–7
  Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Through
Revelation 7:14
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…
leads to
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Revelation 22:14
  Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
- Hebrews 13:12
  And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Leviticus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Leviticus