Leviticus 15:9
in Leviticus 15Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.
KJV
And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
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This verse in Leviticus 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd what saddle soever he sitteth upon that hath the issue,.... When he rides upon any beast, horse, ass, or camel, whatever is put upon the creature, and he sits upon it, the saddle, and whatever appertains to it, the housing and girdle: shall be unclean; and not fit for another to use, but be defiling to him, as follows.
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 saddle on which the man with the discharge rides
Verse 9 extends the seat rule of verse 4 to travel. John Gill includes the whole riding gear, the saddle with its housing and girdle, on a horse, a donkey or a camel. Anyone who later handled it would be affected, as verse 10 goes on to say.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Anyone who touches anything which is beneath him shall be impure until the evening.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב | hamerkav | <the> saddle | H4817 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִרְכַּ֥ב | yirkav | he will ride | H7392 → | |
| עָלָ֛יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַזָּ֖ב | hazav | the [one] discharging | H2100 → | 42 times |
| יִטְמָֽא׃ | yitma' | it will be unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב<the> saddle
hamerkavH4817 →
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִרְכַּ֥בhe will ride
yirkavH7392 →
עָלָ֛יוon it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
הַזָּ֖בthe [one] discharging
hazavH2100 →42 times
יִטְמָֽא׃it will be unclean
yitma'H2930 →162 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach 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
Genesis 31:34Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
it leads to
- Genesis 31:19
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Genesis 31:17
Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
- Genesis 31:19
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
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.