Every garment and every skin which the semen is on shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
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Every garment and every skin which the semen is on shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
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And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
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And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the flow of seed, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And every garment, and every skin,.... Or that is…
And every garment, and every skin,.... Or that is made of skin, which a man wears, or lies upon, see Lev 13:48,
whereon is the seed of copulation; or on any other, for, as Gersom says, there is the same law concerning the rest of vessels, seeing this is a principal uncleanness, and defiles vessels; and perhaps the law makes mention of these, because it is more apt to be found on them:
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shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even; see Jde 1:23.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. Every skin — Those inhabitants of the East…
17. Every skin — Those inhabitants of the East who affect ancient simplicity of manners make use of goatskins for seats and beds. In some cases they take the place of carpets.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) And every skin.—That is, everything which a man…
(17) And every skin.—That is, everything which a man wears or lies upon made of skin, in contradistinction to the ordinary garments made of stuffs (see Lev_13:48) with which it is associated. Any one of these thus defiled was cleansed by washing. It is from this circumstance that the apostle borrows the expression “hating even the garments spotted by the flesh” (Jud_1:23).
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.