“ ‘Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean. Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. He who sits on anything on which the man who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“ ‘He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“ ‘If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“ ‘Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on shall be unclean. Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“ ‘Whomever he who has the discharge touches, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“ ‘The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
“ ‘When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 13 Of whom the unclean man did spit.
Of whom the unclean man did spit.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv4, 8, 13 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 On vv4, 7, 11, 13 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 On vv4–13 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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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv7, 11, 13 The flesh - That is, any part of his…
The flesh - That is, any part of his body.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v11 Verse 11. And whomsoever he toucheth] Here we find…
Verse 11. And whomsoever he toucheth] Here we find that the saliva, sitting on the same seat, lying on the same bed, riding on the same saddle, or simple contact, was sufficient to render the person unclean, meaning, possibly, in certain cases, to communicate the disorder; and it is well known that in all these ways the contagion of this disorder may be communicated. Is it not even possible that the effluvia from the body of an infected person may be the means of communicating the disease? Sydenham expressly says that it may be communicated by lactation, handling, the saliva, sweat, and by the breath itself, as well as by those grosser means of which there is no question. But the term unclean, in this and the following cases, is generally understood in a mere legal sense, the rendering a person unfit for sacred ordinances. And as there was a mild kind of gonorrhoea that was brought on by excessive fatigue and the like, it may be that kind only which the law has in view in the above ordinances.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v4 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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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v13 The mere cessation of the issue does not make…
The mere cessation of the issue does not make him clean: he must wait seven days, etc., preparatory to his offering sacrifice.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv11–12 Such a one; the person under the disorder, unless…
Such a one; the person under the disorder, unless he have washed his hands.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv9, 12, 13 what saddle . . . he rideth upon that…
what saddle . . . he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean--(See on Gen 31:34).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13 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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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv9, 11, 12, 13 9. saddle] any seat in a carriage or other…
9. saddle] any seat in a carriage or other kind of conveyance is included.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (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 On vv4, 6, 8, 10, 13 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"
translationWords
clean
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v13 15:13-15 In contrast to the man with a skin…
15:13-15 In contrast to the man with a skin disease (see 13:46), a man with a bodily discharge was apparently allowed to live at home. He did not have to undergo the more elaborate cleansing ritual described in ch 14. He simply had to wait seven days after the discharge ceased, wash (15:13), and present the least expensive animal sacrifice of two birds—one as a sin offering and the other as a whole burnt offering.
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