“ ‘Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.
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“ ‘Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.
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Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
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Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Leviticus 15:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
- Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath…
Lev 15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
Ver. 4. Every bed.] Sin is more catching than any plague, and more defiling than any out house; {Mar 7:23} Paul found it as noisome to his soul as a dead body to his sense, {Rom 7:24} or as the sanies; {a} of a plague sore to a rich robe. Job abhors himself for it in dust and ashes. {Job 40:4} And Isaiah looks upon himself as an undone man by reason of it. {Isa 6:5}
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{a} A thin fetid pus mixed with serum or blood, secreted by a wound or ulcer.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Every thing, Heb. vessel, by which the Hebrews understand…
Every thing, Heb. vessel, by which the Hebrews understand all sorts of household stuff.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue…
Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue is unclean,.... Which he constantly makes use of; so the Targum of Jonathan, which is peculiar to him, and appointed and appropriated for him to lie upon. Jarchi says, every bed that is fit to lie upon, thou is appropriated to another service; but, he adds meaning is, which he shall lie upon (or continue to lie upon); for it is not said, which he hath laid upon, but which he lieth upon, and is used by him continually; according to the Misnah (u), a man that has an issue defiles a bed five ways, so as to defile a man, and to defile garments; standing, sitting, lying, hanging, and leaning:
and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean; which is appropriated to sit upon; and so the Targum, as before, what is his proper peculiar seat, what he is used to sit upon, and is fit for that purpose: and it is observed by some Jewish writers (w) that a vessel that is not fit to sit upon is excluded, as if a man was to turn up a bushel, or any other measure, to sit upon it; see Tit 1:15.
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(u) Zabim, c. 2. sect. 4. (w) Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Niddah, c. 6. sect. 3.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 15:4. Every bed whereon he lieth, &c. —…
Lev 15:4. Every bed whereon he lieth, &c. — Thus, such persons were cut off from all communications with mankind, and were shunned and avoided by every one, as an abomination. And this could not but tend to render them all extremely careful not to bring upon themselves so loathsome a disease.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Every bed — The inconveniences of ceremonial impurity…
4. Every bed — The inconveniences of ceremonial impurity are strikingly set forth in this and the following verses. The only posture in which the man did not communicate ceremonial impurity was standing without touching any vessel or utensil. The obstruction to social intercourse, business, and trade must have exceeded one’s conception. The man, while under this disability, could neither sit nor lie down without spreading impurity; nor could he eat or drink without defiling the vessel which he touched; while the grasp of friendship polluted the person of his friend and incapacitated him for the public offices of religion and for communion with his kindred until he had washed his clothes and bathed himself, and waited for the friendly shades of evening to emancipate him from ceremonial bondage. Till his purification he was to be excluded from the camp. Num_5:2. In contrast with this burdensome ritual Christianity is appropriately called “the law of liberty.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Every bed, whereon he lieth.—So severely did the…
(4) Every bed, whereon he lieth.—So severely did the canonical law deal with these cases that they interpreted the defilement communicated to the bed, and hence also to his seat and saddle, by the patient in five different ways: by standing, sitting, lying, hanging, or leaning on it. The patient’s polluting power is so great that even if the bed, seat, or saddle is under a stone, he defiles it through the stone by any of these actions. If he stood upon two beds, placing one foot upon each, he defiled both.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The bed or anything that the man sits on…
unclean
The bed or anything that the man sits on that other people must not touch are spoken of as if they were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
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Whoever touches his bed ... be unclean
The person whom other people may not touch is spoken of as if he were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
until evening
"until sunset"
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clean
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