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Leviticus 15:8

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If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

KJV

And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he 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

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

spits on one who is clean

Saliva passes on his uncleanness as touch does. The person spat on washes, bathes and waits for evening, the same one-day rule as verses 5 to 7. The man's own state, as Matthew Henry notes, lasts until seven days after his cure and a sacrifice.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean,....

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

11 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

  • יָרֹ֛קhe will spit

    yarokH7556 →

  • הַזָּ֖בthe [one] discharging

    hazavH2100 →42 times

  • בַּטָּה֑וֹרon <the> pure [person]

    batahorH2889 →94 times

  • וְכִבֶּ֧סand he will wash

    vekhibesH3526 →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

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.3 works1 Timothy 4:1–3Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,2 worksTitus 1:9–10He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.2 worksGalatians 1:8–9But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!2 works2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.2 worksIsaiah 1:16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 15:10Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.2 worksJames 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.1 works

The walk

5 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

    Jude 1:4

    For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only…

    it leads to

    • 2 Peter 2:1–3

      Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…

    • Galatians 2:4

      This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

    • 2 Peter 2:10

      Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

    • Titus 1:15–16

      To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

    • 1 Peter 2:16

      Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants 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.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 15 →

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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