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Leviticus 15:6

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Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he that sitteth on anything whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

KJV

And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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This verse in Leviticus 15

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue,.... Shall be unclean, even though he does not touch it. Jarchi says, though there should be, as he adds, ten things or vessels one upon another, they all defile because of sitting, and so by lying: shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even; as in the preceding case. See Gill on Lev 15:5.

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.

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

14 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.

  • וְהַיֹּשֵׁב֙and who [-ever] sits

    vehaiyoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • עַֽל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַכְּלִ֔יthe article

    hakeliH3627 →325 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יֵשֵׁ֥בhe will sit

    yeshevH3427 →1079 times

  • עָלָ֖יוon it

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • הַזָּ֑בthe [one] discharging

    hazavH2100 →42 times

  • יְכַבֵּ֧סhe will wash

    yekhabesH3526 →51 times

  • בְּגָדָ֛יוgarments his

    begadavH899 →217 times

  • וְרָחַ֥ץand he will wash

    verachatzH7364 →72 times

  • בַּמַּ֖יִםwith <the> water

    bamayimH4325 →581 times

  • וְטָמֵ֥אand he will be unclean

    vetame'H2930 →162 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • הָעָֽרֶב׃the evening

    haarevH6153 →134 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    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.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 55:6–7

      Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.’

  • Through

    Isaiah 1:16

    Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 3:11

      He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

    • 1 Peter 2:1

      Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

    • 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

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

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