Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
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Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
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And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And if it be on her bed, or on…
And if it be on her bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth,.... That is, if any person or thing should be upon her bed or seat; a vessel on her bed, or a vessel upon a vessel, as Aben Ezra expresses it:
when he toucheth it; that person or thing that should be on her bed or seat, as well as touch her bed or seat:
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shall be unclean until the even; in a ceremonial sense; so defiling was a woman in such circumstances, and to whom the Scriptures often compare unclean persons and things: and Pliny (i) speaks of menstrues as very infectious, or worse, to various creatures and things, in a natural way.
(i) Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 15.
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